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Battalion
Battalion Bat*tal"ion, n. (Mil.)
An infantry command of two or more companies, which is the
tactical unit of the infantry, or the smallest command which
is self-supporting upon the battlefield, and also the unit in
which the strength of the infantry of an army is expressed.
Note: In the United States army, since April 29, 1898, a
battalion consists of four companies, and three
battalions form a regiment. The term is also applied to
two or more batteries of artillery combined into a
single command.
BattalionBattalion Bat*tal"ion, n. [F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione.
See Battalia.]
1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in
battle array. ``The whole battalion views.' --Milton.
2. (Mil.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment,
esp. when assembled for drill or battle. Battalion
Battalion Bat*tal"ion, v. t.
To form into battalions. [R.]
Meaning of Battalions from wikipedia
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reserve battalions)
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry (three
regular battalions)
Royal 22e Régiment (three
regular and two
reserve battalions) The...
- troops. The
Battalions were
founded in 1943 by the
government of
Ioannis Rallis. The
Rallis cabinet p****ed the law
raising the
Security Battalions on 7 April...
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Guardians of
Truth Battalions (Arabic: سرايا أولياء الدم, romanized: Katāʼib awliyāʼ al-Ḥaqq) is an
Iraqi militant group against the
Syrian Transitional...
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Zapata and Villa. They were
called the Red
Battalions because of
their left-wing membership. The
battalions were
ultimately disbanded after Carranza no...
- — as "Territorial
defence battalions". A
minority of
battalions were
independent of
state control. Most of the
battalions initially didn't
receive money...
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Order Police battalions were
battalion-sized
militarised units of **** Germany's
Ordnungspolizei which existed during World War II from 1939 to 1945....
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United States Naval Construction Battalions,
better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S.
Naval Construction Forces (NCF). The
Seabee nickname is a...
- 3rd, and 4th
Raider Battalions became respectively the 1st, 3rd, and 2nd
Battalions of the 4th Marines. The 2nd
Raider Battalion filled out the regimental...
- and 2nd
Battalions, the
militia (later
Special Reserve)
battalion was the 3rd
Battalion, and the Army
Reserve battalions were the 4th
Battalion, the 5th...
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defence battalions were formed. In
autumn 2014, most of the
territorial defence battalions were
reorganized as
motorized infantry battalions of the Ukrainian...
