Examples of 'he was given command' in a sentence

Meaning of "he was given command"

When someone is given command, it means they are entrusted with the responsibility of leading or controlling a group of individuals or an operation. This phrase implies that a person has been given authority, power, or leadership role to guide and make decisions in a specific context, such as a military operation or a business venture

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he was given command
He was given command of the army of the interior.
As his health had improved he was given command of the ChannelFleet.
He was given command of a little brig.
In the last year of the war he was given command of Prinz Eugen.
He was given command discipline for conduct unbecoming twice.
As his health had improved he was given command of the Channel Fleet.
He was given command of a detachment of cavalry.
Following the death of Bibulus he was given command of the Pompeian fleet.
He was given command of troops in Berlin after the completion of the Prussian campaign.
The following year, he was given command of battleship Hyūga.
He was given command of a motorcycle battalion in the SS Division Das Reich.
Grant failed at almost everything he tried -- until he was given command of the Union Army.
Later he was given command of a division.
Returning to the war late November, he was given command of No.
There he was given command of the Argonauta.
Following the defeat at Fredericksburg, he was given command of the Army of the Potomac.
In June he was given command of the departmental national guards.
After returning to Romania from these postings, he was given command of the First Army.
To accomplish this he was given command of HMS Exeter and a small fleet of ships.
After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, he was given command of a border detachment.
After the War he was given command of the destroyer HMS Cheviot.
However, he lost Guderian as his chief-of-staff ; he was given command of a panzer division.
He was given command of Army Group South for the campaign against Poland.
He returned to Quito, where he was given command of another expedition to New Granada.
He was given command of a small schooner, with which he captured a larger French privateer.
In the last months of the conflict, he was given command of I Airborne Corps.
He was given command of a small squadron under Vice-Admiral Martin in the Channel.
Following his dismissal, he was given command of the 4.
He was given command of a light squadron, with his flag on the frigate Carmagnole.
Before he transferred to the 11th, he was given command discipline for conduct unbecoming twice.
He was given command of the 3rd infantry brigade at the Helfaut camp near Saint-Omer.
SchÃŒtzen-Brigade until he was given command of the 1.
He was given command of the 7th Division stationed in Magdeburg.
Due to heavy losses, he was given command as a StaffelkapitÀn of 8.
He was given command of a battalion in the SS-Regiment " Deutschland.
Now a Hauptmann ( captain ), he was given command of an artillery battery.
He was given command the 32nd Infantry Regiment.
A few months later, he was given command of the 2nd Division.
He was given command of the 18th Guards Rifle Division soon after.
However, in that year, he was given command of the 1st Airborne Division.
He was given command of an anti-aircraft unit from the 30th Battery Royal Canadian Artillery.
At the start of World War I, he was given command of the 1st Army.
Afterwards he was given command of a brigade of Alabamians in Withers ' division of Polk 's Corps.
After his return to Russia in 1889, he was given command of the protected cruiser.
In April he was given command of a company in the 1st Turkestan Rifle Regiment.
After leaving this position in 1884, he was given command of the VIII Army Corps.
In 1671 he was given command of protecting the southern coast of France from barbary pirates.
Promoted to vice admiral in 1937, he was given command of the Reserve Fleet that year.
In 1937 he was given command of a TotenkopfverbÀnde unit and later became a training instructor.
Promoted to lieutenant general, in 1989 he was given command of the Third United States Army.

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