How to use "echelon" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "echelon" in popular movie and book plots

  • Unfortunately, he does so on the Night of the Long Knives, when Hitler ordered the assassination of upper echelon SA corps.  - Bent (film)
  • During a later visit from Käte, Richthofen informs her that he has been offered a rear echelon position in command of the entire Air Service.  - The Red Baron (2008 film)
  • He tells her of meeting with the wounded Sanya on a bombed echelon and his apparent attempt to save Sanya's life.  - The Two Captains
  • After being wounded in February 1944, Boeselager was assigned in June to a rear echelon squadron.  - Georg von Boeselager
  • Unfortunately, it is the night that Hitler orders to assassinate the upper echelon of the Sturmabteilung corps, to consolidate his power.  - Bent (play)

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