Meanings
nounorder of battle (plural orders of battle)
plural orders of battle · alternative battle order
- governmentThe 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.First known use 17th c.
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 作战序列
- 作战序列Translations
Finnish taistelujärjestys
- taistelujärjestysTranslations
French ordre de bataille
- ordre de batailleTranslations
German Schlachtordnung
- SchlachtordnungTranslations
Latin īnstrūctūra
- īnstrūctūraTranslations
Polish but see porządek bitewny
- but see porządek bitewnyTranslations
Swedish slagordning
- slagordningTranslations
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