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Meanings of general staff in English

Russian
генеральный штаб
Portuguese
estado maior
Spanish
estado mayor del ejército
Catalan
estat major
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Group of the highest ranking military staff of a state, or the body in charge of military planning.

генеральный штаб
Usage of general staff in English
1
Maurice Gifford, attached to the Imperial Yeomanry, general staff; and Lieutenant F.W.
The Relief of Mafeking / How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flyi...
2
Hitler, meanwhile, began to meddle with the German general staff's operational plan.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
3
War having been declared, the Italian general staff had wasted no time.
The Boy Allies in Great Peril; Or, With the Italian Army in the ...
4
Tells about officers and the general staff, most of whom are upper-class.
The new yorker
5
I want you to schedule a general staff meeting fifteen minutes from now.
The stand
6
The officers of the general staff will immediately succeed the bier.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Sect...
7
The following morning I attended a meeting of Bley's general staff.
The Great Book of Amber
8
It has its own commanding general , who is responsible to the general staff.
The Belgians to the Front
9
He knows more about planning battles than half the general staff.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
10
Officers of the general staff suddenly were missing from their desks.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
11
That is the only crime I impute to any general staff-lackof intelligence.
With the Allies
12
We'll have a meeting of the general staff and decide what to do.
Pee-wee Harris Adrift
13
Officers of the general staff learn to order, not to command.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
14
Is it then believed that there is ability only in the general staff?
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
15
This section of the lab was off-limits to the general staff.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
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Another of my sons, an artilleryman, is with the general staff.
America's War for Humanity
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