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• order-of-battle

Noun

order of battle ‎(plural orders of battle)

1. (military) 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. [from 17th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 311:

     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.

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