0 a person who commands -- velitel
He was the commander of the expedition.
1 in the British navy, an officer of the rank next below the captain. -- korvetní kapitán
This becomes most apparent in brigade commanders' and technicians' reports detailing problems at the 'work front'.
Certainly the appointment of general officers and the selection of senior commanders were not viewed primarily as partisan patronage opportunities by the national administration.
In other cases, it may be that the political representatives of a rebel movement tend to have a different background from field commanders.
Obviously, the commander here is unwilling to comply with his orders.
The rivalry between commander and commissar was particularly intense because all orders or directives had to be co-signed by the two officers.
However, the heavy losses their troops sustained between 1914 and 1916 disabused commanders of many of these ideas.
A law passed in 1991 gave the president carte blanche in the appointment of the commander-in-chief and the removal of top officers.
My informants also insisted that zonal commanders, political officials and civilians organised relations between civilians and guerrillas differently, particularly during early phases of the war.
