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unusual facts about The Commander



Alexandra Gilbreath

Gilbreath's other television credits include episodes of Absolute Power, Midsomer Murders, The Commander, Casualty and Trial & Retribution.

Simon de Waal

In 2005, he collaborated with Lynda La Plante, creator of Prime Suspect and The Commander, and co-wrote a 2x90 minutes episode for The Commander (ITV, 2005) called "Blacklight".


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2006 Kodori crisis

It has remained under precarious control of the central Georgian government, but the government of the area has effectively been run, until the recent crisis, by a local authority and warlord Emzar Kvitsiani, who previously led the defense of the gorge against the Abkhaz separatist forces in the capacity of the commander of the local Monadire (literally: "Hunter") militia force and an envoy of the former President of Georgia named Eduard Shevardnadze.

2d Antisubmarine Squadron

Deployed again to Port Lyautey in French Morocco in March 1943 to shore up scanty Allied antisubmarine defenses in the Atlantic approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar as part of 2037th Antisubmarine Wing (Provisional) under the operational control of the United States Navy (USN) Fleet Air Wing 15 (FAW-15), which answered to the commander of the Moroccan Sea Frontier.

Ahmet Sejdić

After the brigade was forced to leave Višegrad in May 1993 and move to Goražde because of the fall of Rogatica and lack of supplies, he became the commander of the 808 muslimanska in Goražde.

Ambela Campaign

Reinforcements were gradually drafted in on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief Sir Hugh Rose and he replaced Chamberlain with Major General John Garvock on 6 December.

Arthur D. Nicholson

At a subsequent meeting between General Otis and General Mikhail Zaitsev, the commander of Group of Soviet Forces Germany, General Otis made it clear that the U.S. Army believed that Nicholson's murder "was officially condoned, if not directly ordered." Following this, a Soviet diplomat was ordered out of the U.S. and the U.S. canceled plans to jointly celebrate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe with the Soviets.

Ashok Chaturvedi

On one particular occasion, Timothy J. Keating, the commander of the United States Pacific Command made an official trip to India in August 2007 and met a number of senior Indian defense and intelligence chiefs including Chaturvedi.

Bąkowiec

26 July 1945 - Division of AK (the commander Bernaciak Marian) released from transport, near Bąkowiec, about 120 prisoners, including many soldiers of underground armies.

Battle of Elephant Point

On 22 March, as the joint battles of Meiktila and Mandalay were drawing to a close, a conference was held at Monywa in Burma, attended by senior Allied military figures including Admiral Lord Mountbatten, the commander in chief of the Allied South East Asia Command, and General William Slim, commander of Fourteenth Army.

Battle of Quatre Bras

At the Dutch headquarters at Genappe (about five kilometres (3 miles) from Quatre Bras), Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque, chief of staff to the Prince of Orange, realising the danger ordered Lieutenant-General Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky, the commander of the 2nd Dutch Division, to dispatch his 2nd Brigade (Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) to occupy Quatre Bras.

Battles of Khalkhin Gol

At the end of the month, the commander of the Japanese 23rd Infantry Division, Lt. Gen. Michitarō Komatsubara, was given permission to "expel the invaders".

British Cemetery Elvas

The Duke of Wellington was anxious to secure both cities before advancing into Spain and chose to conduct the operations in the north himself and leave Marshal Beresford, the Commander in Chief of the Portuguese army, in command of the southern operation.

Capture of Klisura Pass

The capture of the strategic pass by the Greek army was considered a major success by the Allied forces, with the Commander of the British forces in the Middle East, Archibald Wavell, sending a congratulatory message to Alexander Papagos.

Characters of Diablo

Imperius, the Archangel of Valor (voiced by Rick D. Wasserman) is the commander of the hosts of the High Heavens.

Eiji Kimizuka

Promoted to Major General in 2001, Kimizuka served as the Commander of the Western Army in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Elmer Blaney Harris

He went to work for the Food Board under Herbert Hoover, but sick of working with Graham flour, he took a new position as civil aide to the commander in charge of amusements and morale at Camp Bowie, Texas as a dramatic director with the Fosdick Commission.

Erkki Raappana

Major General Erkki Johannes Raappana (June 2, 1893 in Oulujoki – September 14, 1962 in Joensuu) was the commander of the 14th Division of the Finnish Army during the Second World War.

Executive Outcomes

The Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Jerry Singirok – who reversed his support for the operation – ordered the detaining of all the mercenaries on their arrival, and forced the Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan to resign with Papua New Guinea coming close to a military coup.

Fawzi Mutlaq al-Rawi

Rawi was accused of having twice met with a former commander of the Ba'athist militant group Jeish Muhammad in 2004, and having told the commander that the group would receive material support from the Syrian government.

Frank Frantz

On June 30, Colonel Leonard Wood, the commander of the Rough Riders, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.

Fulvia Plautilla

Her mother was named Hortensia; her father was Gaius Fulvius Plautianus; the Commander of the Praetorian Guard, consul, maternal first cousin and close ally to Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (the father of Caracalla).

Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, also spelled Paullinus, (fl. 1st century) was a Roman general best known as the commander who defeated the rebellion of Boudica.

Georg-Robert Besslein

In February 1942, he was posted to the SS Infantry Reserve Battalion Germania as the commander of the Infantry Gun Company.

Heribert von Larisch

On 15 March he was the commander of the Infantry School Döberitz (which was moved to Grafenwöhr in early March) until 24 April.

James Lucas Yeo

The commander of these forces, Sir George Prevost, failed to follow up key advances made by Sir James at Sackett's Harbour and elsewhere that might have resulted in major British victories.

Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands

Nimitz ordered a major attack on Iwo Jima following the raids of November 27 and dispatched Lieutenant General Millard Harmon, the commander of Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas, from Hawaii to Saipan to oversee this operation.

Jean d'Aulon

He appears in the video game Jeanne D'Arc, where he is one of the two characters who joins at Neufchâteau, upon orders of the commander of Vaucouleurs.

José César Ferreira Gil

During World War I, Ferreira Gil served as the Commander of the Portuguese Forces in Northern Portuguese Mozambique, leading them in combat in the East African Campaign against the German Forces of Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck.

Joseph Hodgkins

On January 24, 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress formed a special company of Minuteman in which Captain Nathaniel Wade would be the commander and Lieutenant Hodgkins would be the second in command.

Kenneth J. Summers

Kenneth J. Summers (born July 1944) is a retired Canadian naval officer, best known for being the commander of the Canadian contingent of the Gulf War coalition.

Lê Hoàn

Responding to popular demand, in 1010 the commander of the palace guard Lý Công Uẩn seized the throne and founded the Lý Dynasty, the first long-lived imperial dynasty of Vietnam.

Marcel Duval

His senior appointments were as the Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region and the Deputy Commander of NORAD.

Michael E. Ennis

In 1986, Ennis was named Naval Representative to the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

Nicole Malachowski

After successfully completing her tour with the USAF Thunderbirds in November 2007, including approximately 140 performances, Malachowski served on staff of the Commander, United States Air Force Warfare Center, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to June 2008.

North America and West Indies Station

In 1952, the Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Sir William Andrewes, became the initial Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Northwood Headquarters

In 2002, following a rationalisation, the Commander-in-Chief Fleet moved the majority of his staff to Portsmouth and handed over the Northwood site to the Chief of Joint Operations.

Order of the Lion and the Sun

On 6 September 1900, the mayor of Mariánské Lázně, Dr. Nadler, was decorated with the Commander Cross of the Lion and the Order of the Sun by the Shah during an official visit.

Owen Honors

John C. Harvey Jr., the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon that Captain Honors was removed for demonstrating poor judgment.

President Guard Regiment

The Commander of the President Guard Regiment is an army Major General known as the Military Secretary to the President which is the US equivalent to the Director of White House Military Office.

Sam Templeton

He is well known for his actions with the 39th Battalion as the commander of 'B' Company during the First Battle of Kokoda and went missing in action on the 26 July 1942 near the village of Oivi.

Seely/Wright House

She was the youngest daughter of Samuel Townsend and Sarah Townsend and was only 15 years old when the commander of the Queen's Rangers occupied her home during the Revolutionary War.

Siege of the Alamo

On February 11, the commander of the Alamo, Colonel James C. Neill, left the Alamo, likely to recruit additional reinforcements and gather supplies.

Sigismund von Schlichting

Schlichting was born in Berlin, the son of a Prussian general who was then the commander of the Kriegsakademie (War Academy).

Simler Hall

It is named for General George B. Simler, the commander of the Air Training Command and primary proponent of the creation of the CCAF.

South-East Asian theatre of World War II

India Command under General Sir Archibald Wavell the Commander-in-Chief (CinC) of the Army of India and the Far East Command, first under Air Chief Marshal Robert Brooke-Popham and then from December 23, 1941 commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Royds Pownall.

Tatul, Armenia

The village was renamed after the commander and the National Hero of Armenia Tatul Krpeyan, who was born in the village.

Travancore

In this battle, the admiral of the Dutch, Eustachius De Lannoy, was captured; later he joined the Travancore army and rose up to become the commander of the Tranvancore forces and modernised the Travancore army by introducing better firearms, artillery and the European style of military drills and discipline.

Wang Hai

After the war, he was promoted to command an air division, and later the Commander-in-chief and vice Party Secretary of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force.

William McKay

The news of the declaration of war he carried, along with orders from Major General Isaac Brock, the Commander in Upper Canada, allowed the British detachment to take the American detachment at Fort Mackinac by surprise.

Ziverbey Villa

The mastermind behind Ziverbey interrogations was brigadier general Memduh Ünlütürk, working under lieutenant General Turgut Sunalp, who was reporting to the Commander of First Army, General Faik Türün.