When the BEF was sent to France on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 , Aldershot Command military.military_command the basis for I Corps under Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig .

The Command military.military_command motto is `` Molon labe '' ( Greek for `` Come and take them '' , reportedly said by King Leonidas I of Sparta before the Battle of Thermopylae in response to the Persian demand to surrender their weapons . )

In Autumn 1943 , he was appointed to the South East Asia Command military.military_command SEAC ) of the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II on the staff of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten , where he served as principal administrative officer and from February 1944 , as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander , replacing General `` Vinegar Joe '' Stilwell .

The Operational Command military.military_command joint Allied South East Asia Command in the South-East Asian Theater The American General Joseph Stilwell commanded the operational Northern Combat Area Command and used his other positions to communicate directly with Joint Chiefs of Staff about some operational matters .

During the brief years of the Peninsular War , the palace was used as headquarters of the Army General Command military.military_command and residence of the Marshal Jean de Dieu Soult and his officers .

On 9 June ( 3 days after D-day ) , sent a message to German High Command military.military_command reached Adolf Hitler saying that he had conferred with his agents and developed an order of battle showing 75 divisions in England—in reality , there were only about 50 .

With divisions freed up by the winding-down of the Eastern Front and victory against the Italians at Caporetto , General Erich Ludendorff of the German High Command military.military_command the time ripe for a successful offensive .

Following the fall of Columbia , South Carolina , the unit , along with the entire Cavalry Command military.military_command transferred to the Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston , where they fought final actions in the Campaign of the Carolinas through the spring of 1865 , surrendering with the Army of the Tennessee with less than 200 men .

During 1940 , Douglas and Trafford Leigh-Mallory clashed with the head of No . 11 Group , Keith Park , and the head of Fighter Command military.military_command Hugh Dowding , over strategy in the Battle of Britain .

After serving as deputy Chief of Staff for the Far East Command military.military_command Tokyo during Douglas MacArthur 's command , in 1951 Hickey was assigned as Chief of Staff , receiving promotion to Lieutenant General , serving under Matthew Ridgway and Mark Clark , and playing an important role in the planning and execution of operations during the Korean War .

The Lebanon crisis of 1958 arose during the summer of 1958 , prompting the President Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States to order the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command military.military_command Composite Air Strike Force Bravo '' ( several squadrons ) to fly immediately from the United States to Incirlik .

This , added to the news of Adolf Hitler 's death and the fall of Berlin to the Red Army , left the German Command military.military_command Italy with no option but to accept the demand for the unconditional surrender of its troops .

On 22 October 1962 , at the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis , when President Kennedy announced the presence of Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba , Continental Air Defense Command military.military_command CONAD ) directed the dispersal of interceptors within the United States .

As vice chief of staff , Hamlett negotiated the creation of U.S. Strike Command military.military_command Air Force chief of staff Curtis E. LeMay , played a key role in Army operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis , and participated in the escalation of the Vietnam War .

General Claude Auchinleck , who had replaced Wavell as C-in-C Middle East Command military.military_command Cairo , agreed in principle , but was not anxious to expedite the operation because a troop movement of this size would have to be made by fast warships during moonless periods of the month ( because of the risk of air attacks to shipping ) at a time when every resource needed to be concentrated on the planned Operation Crusader .

It served as the Headquarters of Western Command military.military_command the Second World War and was visited by Prime Minister Winston Churchill , General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Charles de Gaulle .

On 15 December 1914 the German Military Command military.military_command Niedermayer with a small expeditionary military team to Afghanistan with the aim of forging an alliance with the indigenous populations there using his knowledge of their culture to try to incite a revolt against the British Empire 's presence in India & Persia , in a similar strategy to that which would later by used by Lawrence of Arabia against the Ottoman Empire during the Arab revolt .

Cotton was appointed Adjutant-General to the reserve under the Command military.military_command Arthur Wellesley ( soon to become the Duke of Wellington ) and was involved in the Battle of Køge on 29 August 1807 .

IX Bomber Command military.military_command quickly put together in late 1942 to aid the British Eighth Army 's drive west from Egypt into Libya against Rommel 's Afrika Corps during the Western Desert Campaign .

As Chief of the Italian Supreme Command military.military_command Cavallero worked closely with German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring ; he had a rather conflicting relationship with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel , whose advance into Egypt after his success at the Battle of Gazala he opposed , advocating instead the planned invasion of Malta ; his opinion was however discounted .

In 1917 the German High Command military.military_command an attempt to use a Zeppelin to deliver supplies to Lettow-Vorbeck 's forces in German East Africa .

At the end of 1914 , Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Plumer , the GOCinC , left Northern Command military.military_command form V Corps in France , and Major-General Henry Lawson was placed in temporary command , followed by Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell after he had suppressed the Easter Rising in Ireland .

Kane 's origins in the 1995 `` Command military.military_command Conquer '' series date back to the 1996 game `` Command & Conquer : Red Alert '' , in which he can be seen acting in an advisory capacity for USSR leader Joseph Stalin during an alternate World War II fought between the Allies and the Soviet Union .

Stavka of the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II , or the headquarters of the `` Main Command military.military_command the Armed Forces of the USSR '' ( `` Stavka Glavnogo Komandovaniya '' ) ( ) , was established on 23 June 1941 by the top secret decree signed by Joseph Stalin in his capacities both as the head of government and as the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .

There followed spells working for General Harold Alexander first as Chief of General Staff , Middle East Command military.military_command Cairo and then Chief of General Staff , 18th Army Group in Tunisia ( 1942–43 ) .

They attended a dinner with Churchill , the Chief of the Imperial General Staff General Alan Brooke , and General Harold Alexander , who was about to assume control of Middle East Command military.military_command the post responsible for the overall conduct of the campaign in the North African desert .

When the Second World War in Yugoslavia started , he was a member of the Central Committee of the Party and soon joined the Supreme Command military.military_command the Partisans , where he worked with Josip Broz Tito and Edvard Kardelj on the resistance plans .

He led the United Nations Command military.military_command the Korean War until he was removed from command by President Harry S. Truman on 11 April 1951 .

When the Korean War broke out , the USAF established the Pentagon Air Force Command military.military_command , from which President Harry S. Truman `` had a direct telephone line installed to the White House .

During the Korean War ( 1950–1953 ) , Corso performed intelligence duties under General Douglas MacArthur as Chief of the Special Projects branch of the Intelligence Division , Far East Command military.military_command

During the October 1973 Yom Kippur War , although retired from the IDF and serving as the Minister of Trade and Industry , he was recalled by Prime Minister Golda Meir back into military service to replace Shmuel `` Gorodish '' Gonen as chief of the Southern Command military.military_command which defended the Sinai Peninsula .

Shmuel `` Gorodish '' Gonen ( ; 1930 – 30 September 1991 ) was an Israeli general and Chief of the Southern Command military.military_command the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War .

Rushing was assigned to United States Central Command military.military_command CENTCOM ) in Doha , Qatar , during Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as a spokesperson to General Tommy Franks .

Kilzer ’ s second work of history , “ Hitler ’ s Traitor , ” tries to unmask the secret spy named “ Werther ” who operated in the German High Command military.military_command played a decisive role in defeating Adolf Hitler in the Second World War .

General Douglas MacArthur was also directed to transfer 274 Army combat-experienced volunteers from the Southwest Pacific Command military.military_command veterans of the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns .

Despite the Battle of Britain and the consequent urgent need for fighters , 263 Squadron remained in Scotland - Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding , in charge of RAF Fighter Command military.military_command stated on 17 October that 263 could not be deployed to the south because `` there was no room for 'passengers ' in that part of the world '' .

It saw the invention of radar by Robert Watson-Watt , which was invaluable in the Battle of Britain , as was the leadership at RAF Fighter Command military.military_command Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding .

It saw the invention of radar by Robert Watson-Watt , which was invaluable in the Battle of Britain as was the leadership at RAF Fighter Command military.military_command Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding .

Significant individual contributions to the war effort by Scots included the invention of radar by Robert Watson-Watt , which was invaluable in the Battle of Britain , as was the leadership at RAF Fighter Command military.military_command Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding .

The most influential among the few who disagreed with such views was Hugh Dowding , who led RAF Fighter Command military.military_command the Battle of Britain .

After Maj. Gen. Udi Adam resigned in October 2006 amid criticism over his conduct in the 2006 Lebanon War , Eizenkot replaced him as head of the Northern Command military.military_command

Before the 1970 Corrective Revolution that brought Hafez al-Assad to power , the local party leadership was elected by fellow Ba'ath Party members ; when al-Assad came to power the Regional Command military.military_command to appoint all party officials .