ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BATTALION
From French bataillon, from Old Italian battaglione, from battaglia company of soldiers, battle.
7 QUOTES WITH «BATTALION»
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battalion.
In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.
The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone.
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
Every battalion has its marching songs.
Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.
The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job.
The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATTALION»
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battalion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite ...
32 Battalion is the gripping inside story of South Africa's most controversial fighting unit of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Finding the Lost
Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and ...
In this way the book does not merely tell the story itself, but explains why it all came about in the first place.
The shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews.
Christopher R. Browning, 1993
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Merry Hell: The Story of the 25th
Battalion (Nova Scotia ...
Author Robert N Clements, who served in the battalion throughout that period and rose from private to captain, wrote the story many years after the war, based on his personal memories and experiences.
Robert N. Clements, Brian Douglas Tennyson, 2013
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An Infantry
Battalion in Combat: A Critical Appraisal of ...
With the backdrop of development of 1947-48, when it occupied some areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan tried its luck again in 1965 by sending across an amalgam of regular troops but this time without the looters, plunderers and rapist ...
Originaly publishied: 1st edition Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1938.
Thomas Marvin Johnson, Fletcher Pratt, 2000
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Imager's
Battalion: The Sixth Book of the Imager Portfolio
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling Princeps, L.E. Modesitt's Imager's Battalion follows magical hero Quaeryt as he leads history's first Imager fighting force into war.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., 2013
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Memoirs of the Stuart Horse Artillery
Battalion
The authors offer rare glimpses into the development of tactics learned from the "school of the battlefield," Finally, Louis Sherfesee's "Reminiscences of A Color-Bearer" fleshes out many of the stories in the history that he cowrote with ...
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McCrae's
Battalion: The Story of the 16th Royal Scots
In this stirring book he draws upon interviews with veterans and a unique archive of letters, diaries and photographs, assembled from the families of more than 1,000 of Sir George McCrae's men.
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The
Battalion: The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger ...
The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in WWII Col. Robert W. Black.
companies had an extra platoon leader in case of injury or failure; these were
now cut and it was a hard process. The company com— mander made his choice
of ...
Col. Robert W. Black, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATTALION»
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Mulkeytown native serves with Navy construction battalion
With nearly 600 personnel assigned to the battalion, jobs are highly varied and every job plays an important role in keeping the battalion ready ... «The Southern, Jul 15»
Army National Guard Battalion assumes command of Multinational …
Gray commands 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, part of the North Carolina Army National Guard based out of ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
2-300th FA Battalion prepares for historical deployment
A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, Wyoming Army National Guard, based in Gillette, Wyo., works to ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
Battalion chief answers the call, wherever it is
Vancouver Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Griffee never knows when he might get a 2 a.m. phone call with orders to get on a plane in two hours and ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
Polk 'Geronimo Battalion' gets new commander
FORT POLK – The “Geronimo Battalion,” a key unit in the operation of the Joint Readyness Training Center, welcomed Lt. Col. Curtis Lee ... «Alexandria Town Talk, Jul 15»
Brave men of a Tyneside battalion get fitting memorial in France
The brave sacrifice of thousands of Tyneside soldiers has been remembered in France with the first ever formal tribute to a battalion. «The Journal, Jul 15»
Fort Campbell's 716th Military Police Battalion reflects on their fallen
Fort Campbell, KY – Soldiers from the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, gathered at the Don ... «Clarksville Online, Jul 15»
Leader: Europe's battalion of woes
Politics; | International politics. Leader: Europe's battalion of woes. The European Union has indeed brought peace and prosperity, but now this ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
Battalion of Brigade of Guards raised at Bhusawal
PUNE: A new Battalion of the Brigade of the Guards was raised at Bhusawal ... at the momentous occasion of raising of the new elite battalion. «Times of India, Jul 15»
Battalion defenceman joins Team USA
U.S. defenceman Cam Dineen, who recently signed with the Battalion for the upcoming season, has been chosen for the U.S. Under-18 Select ... «Bay Today, Jul 15»
