guerrilla unit

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guerrilla
noun[C]
uk
/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/us
/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/
a member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofguerrillaandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Huberto is leader of aguerrillaunitfighting a revolution.
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The group moved through dangerous swamps for several days and eventually stumbled upon aguerrillaunit.
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It envisaged the use of guerrilla units called flying columns, initially four units of about 50 men each.
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Some fought on as small guerrilla units, frequently called shanlin.
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Some did not flee after the defeat of the armies and fought on as small guerrilla units, called shanlin.
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Guerrilla units should learn to be independent of higher leadership because they may need to function without it.
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Wu and others did not flee and fought on as small guerrilla units, frequently called shanlin.
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Conventional forces could also capture and hold more real estate than the guerrilla units.
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Paramilitary trainers would train guerrilla units, with resupply coming via airdrops, and specialized short takeoff and landing aircraft using makeshift dirt airstrips.
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By the end of the war, some 277 separate guerrilla units, made up of some 260,715 individuals, fought in the resistance movement.
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Local guerrilla units received supplies, training, and a largely free hand to develop the war in their own region.
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Although they were not allowed in the regular army, they fought in militia and guerrilla units on the home front.
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