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orders of battle

orders of battle is the plural of order of battle.

Meaning of order of battle

Noun

order of battle (plural orders of battle)

  1. The arrangement of units or other divisions of the armed forces in combat; specifically, the deployment plans of an enemy, or a written record of this.
    • Working for the Resistance, Challe, a regular airman, had skilfully obtained the Luftwaffe order-of-battle on the eve of D-Day and transmitted it to London, for which he was awarded the British D.S.O.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 311

Questions about orders of battle

What is orders of battle the plural of?
Orders of battle is the plural of order of battle.

Words near orders of battle in the dictionary

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