• 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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