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e. Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French Revolutionary System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army corps general . The rank is mostly used in countries where it is used as a modern alternative to a previous ...
Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general.. In English-speaking countries, when appointed to a field command, a major general is typically in command of a division consisting of around 6,000 to 25,000 troops (several regiments or brigades).
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The rank is mostly used in countries where it is used as a modern alternative to a previous older rank of major-general. The rank is almost always above a rank corresponding to command of a brigade, and normally below a rank corresponding to command of a corps.
The Spanish rank general de división translates literally as "general of division", and is used by the army, the air force and the Guardia Civil("Civil Guard").
The Swiss military use 4 languages, German, French, Romansh and Italian. The names of the OF-7 rank are divisionär (German); divisionnaire (French); divisiunari (Romansh); divisionario(Italian). In all cases, these are abbreviated as "Div", and in all cases represent the head of a division, and hence can be translated as "divisional general".
Divisional general is a rank of general in command of a division. Examples would include the Spanish general de división , the French général de division and the Polish generał dywizji . For convenience such ranks are often translated into English as " major-general ", the equivalent rank used by most English-speaking nations.
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Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French (Revolutionary) System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army corps general. The rank is mostly used in countries where it is used as a modern alternative to a previous older rank of major-general or lieutenant-general.
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (born Oct. 4, 1836, Colesberg, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died Feb. 4, 1911, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, S.Af.) was a Boer general who played a prominent part in the early stages of the South African War. Cronjé was born in the Cape Colony but was taken in early life to the Transvaal, during the Great Trek.
