corps commander
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcorpsandcommander
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corps
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/kɔːr/us/kɔːr/
a military unit trained to perform ...
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commander
noun[C]
uk/kəˈmɑːn.dər/us/kəˈmæn.dɚ/
an officer who is in charge of a military operation, or an officer of a particular rank in many countries' ...
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(Definition ofcorpsandcommanderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On every decision, the government apparently had to secure the unanimous consent of everycorpscommander in the army and of their equivalents in the navy and air force.
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In a battle acorpscommanderwill never willingly give up a division when there is a desire to build up another corps.
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These five divisions will be under acorpscommanderwith the rank of lieutenant-general.
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Thecorpscommanderwill be responsible for training (including administration of his training grant), inspection and personal questions.
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The men were personally addressed by thecorpscommander, who explained why they were needed.
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Surely a reconnaissance regiment—above all at corps level—should be immediately available to thecorpscommanderas reconnaissance should precede any action.
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It goes to the divisional commander and then to thecorpscommander.
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It appears that an order of this kind was in fact issued, though not, as is suggested, by thecorpscommander.
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The action taken by the commanding officer was approved by thecorpscommander.
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The army commander and thecorpscommanderhave got their own work to do, and so have the commanders in the lower ranks.
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He will have hiscorpscommanderbehind him, pushing and shoving and wanting to know this, that and the other.
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That will allow thecorpscommanderto maintain two strong forward divisions and a division to give the corps more depth.
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We are not contributing just thecorpscommander, but most of the staff in the corps, including a whole brigade of signallers.
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That is a hard task to set acorpscommander.
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In the vehicle was no less a person than thecorpscommanderwho had no idea that he was coming along the road from the enemy side!
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A carcorpscommandermight have a car of his own, and a troop of five cars is the only possible unit for an officer to command in the field.
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From 1932, he became the armycorpscommanderof the 32ed army corps.
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Xu was promoted to head of the military division in 1983, and vice armycorpscommanderthe next year.
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The expansion of the army saw some officers promoted from brigade tocorpscommanderin less than a year.
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In case of danger, eachcorpscommandershould change this order of march, by having his advance and rear brigades unencumbered by wheels.
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