nationalist troops

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nationalist
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/
wanting your country to be ...
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troop
noun
uk
/truːp/us
/truːp/
soldiers on duty in a ...
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(Definition ofnationalistandtroopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Similarly, the bandits lacked the similar willingness and attempted to expend those nationalist troops whenever they could in order to save their own skin.
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These nationalist troops were observed earlier by various communist units at the higher ground but all mistakenly believed that they were the friendly forces.
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Nationalist troops sent to retake the bridge were ambushed and the city was effectively cut off from government reinforcements.
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Surprisingly, the lieutenant, learning that they are performers, wants them to take part in a show he has been planning to entertain the nationalist troops.
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After two battalions were completely annihilated by the communist onslaught, the nationalist morale collapsed and the nationalist troops fled southward.
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Over 1,700 nationalist troops were captured alive by the attacking communists.
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Similarly, the bandits lacked the similar willingness and attempted to expend those nationalist troops whenever they could in order to save their own lives.
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Less than ten out of the original forty nationalist troops survived and quickly retreated back to the safety of the city wall.
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However, the numerical inferior nationalist troops had just learned the news of the upcoming attack and retreated by abandoning the stronghold.
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However, these nationalist troops were extremely tough and very combat capable.
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The nationalist troops were caught completely off guard, and all of them were captured while in their sleep.
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Compounding the problem, due to the need of bandits knowledge of local area, they were often rewarded with higher ranks than the nationalist troops left behind.
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The nationalist troops were still better off in the sieges because all available resources were devoted to combat troops, but the civilian populace would be starved and suffering.
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As a result, the very urban populace the nationalists attempted to protect inevitably turned against the nationalist troops, thus contributing to the eventual downfall of the nationalist regime.
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