A front (Russian: фронт, romanized: front) is a type of military formation that originated in the Russian Empire, and has been used by the Polish Army...
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defence or department of defense. These in turn manage military branches that themselves command formations and units specialising in combat, combat support...
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series The Simpsons Front (military), a geographical area where armies are engaged in conflict Front (military formation), roughly, an army group, especially...
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The Far Eastern Front (Russian: Дальневосточный фронт) was a front — a level of military formation that is equivalent to army group — of the Red Army during...
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sieges. In the testudo formation, the men would align their shields to form a packed formation covered with shields on the front and top. The first row...
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Phalanx (redirect from Phalanx formation)
The phalanx (pl.: phalanxes or phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes...
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A military reserve, active reserve, reserve formation, or simply reserve, is a group of military personnel or units that is initially not committed to...
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A military column is a formation of soldiers marching together in one or more files in which the file is significantly longer than the width of ranks in...
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A front line (alternatively front-line or frontline) in military terminology is the position(s) closest to the area of conflict of an armed force's personnel...
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Viet Cong (redirect from National Front for the Liberation of Southern Vietnam)
front organization in South Vietnam. Formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and nominally conducted military...
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end of the Eastern Front and the War in Europe. The battles on the Eastern Front of World War II constituted the largest military confrontation in history...
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of Samnium, where the war was fought, was not conducive to the phalanx formation which the Romans had inherited from the Etruscans and Ancient Greeks....
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Turkestan Front defeated the Turkestan Army, an armed Formation of the AFSR in the Caspian region. In 1919, the troops of the Turkestan Front defeated...
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The Northwestern Front (Russian: Северо-Западный фронт) was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational...
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The Reserve Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. The Reserve Front describes either of two distinct organizations during...
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Chief of defence Cloak and Dagger Combat information center Command (military formation) Command center Command and control Commander-in-chief Command hierarchy...
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was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group. Alongside the 1st Ukrainian Front, it was the largest...
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The Military Reaction Force, Military Reconnaissance Force or Mobile Reconnaissance Force (MRF) was a covert intelligence-gathering and counterinsurgency...
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Vanguard (redirect from Vanguard (military formation))
also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy and...
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Roman infantry tactics are the theoretical and historical deployment, formation, and manoeuvres of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic...
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The Stalingrad Front was a front, a military unit encompassing several armies, of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. The name indicated...
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was renamed the Steppe Military District, to be effective 15 April. The Steppe Military District was redesignated the Steppe Front on July 9, 1943. It incorporated...
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Theater (warfare) (redirect from Theater (military))
allowing military operations of fronts. Fronts were originally named in accordance with their theater of operations; for example the Southwestern Front (Russian...
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Union, a military district (Russian: вое́нный о́круг, voyenny okrug) was a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and...
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1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union (redirect from Czechoslovak military units on Eastern front)
commander Ludvík Svoboda), was a military formation of the Czechoslovak Army in exile fighting on the Eastern Front alongside the Soviet Red Army in World...
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A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching. Large military parades...
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A penal military unit, also known as a penal formation, disciplinary unit, or just penal unit (usually named for their formation and size, such as penal...
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Transcaucasus Front (Russian: Закавказский Фронт), also translated as Transcaucasian Front, was a front of the Soviet Red Army—a military formation comparable...
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reserve formations, as they follow a similar format as it relates to brass and percussion (plus optional woodwind) instruments. British military music was...
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of established military terms List of military operations List of military strategies and concepts Military strategy Tactical formation Bretnor, Reginald...
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