Episode 1769
Battalion
Tue, 2022-Mar-08 00:05 UTC
Length - 1:22
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The random article for Tuesday, 8 March 2022 is Battalion.
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,000 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies. In some countries, battalions are exclusively infantry, while in others battalions are unit-level organizations.
The term "battalion" was first used in Italian as battaglione no later than the 16th century. It derived from the Italian word for battle, battaglia. The first use of battalion in English was in the 1580s, and the first use to mean "part of a regiment" is from 1708.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:05 UTC on Tuesday, 8 March 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Battalion on Wikipedia.
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