Warfare
Regiment
A military unit whose size and role vary markedly between countries. By the end of the 17th century infantry regiments were permanent units commanded by a colonel, and the word may mean either a front-line formation or an administrative or ceremonial unit.
Mentioned in
- Chapter III The War of Movement §7 Galicia, Lemberg and Serbia's Victories§8 The Aisne, the Race to the Sea and First Ypres
- Chapter IV Deadlock §4 Gallipoli: The Campaign That Failed
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition §2 Verdun I: Falkenhayn's Mill§3 Verdun II: The Sacred Way and the Long Grind§8 The Somme I: The First Day
- Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions §2 America Enters, and the World Follows§3 Russia: The February Revolution and the Dual Power§6 Russia's Summer: Kerensky's Offensive, the July Days and Kornilov
- Chapter VII The Last Gamble §5 The Americans Arrive, and the Second Marne§8 The Collapse of Germany's Allies§10 The Eleventh Hour: Compiègne
- Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking §10 Remembering the Dead, and the Road to 1939
- Chapter IX In the Trenches §7 Shell Shock, Courts-Martial and the Men Who Were Shot
- Chapter XIII A World on Fire Overview§2 Togoland, Kamerun and South West Africa§6 The Empires' Soldiers