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Encyclopedia > General Officer Commanding

General Officer Commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth (and some other) nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division. A general officer heading a particularly large or important command may be called a General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C). General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... The British II Corps was formed in both World War I and World War II. During WWII its first assignment was to the British Expeditionary Force. ... The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was the most famous unit of its type in British service during World War II. It was a regular division in the Middle East, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and...


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