This month Brazil announced that it will also take command of the naval part of the UN's mission in Lebanon.
Shai Wosner was fully in command of the solo part, keeping it alertly wobbling on the edge of catastrophe, as if he had been a juggler with six balls in the air at the same time (six different simultaneous tempos), and his orchestral companions were always in readiness with him.
When the division arrived in Britain, it came under the command of XVIII Airborne Corps, part of the First Allied Airborne Army, but was not chosen to participate in Operation Market-Garden, the airborne landings in the Netherlands, as Allied planners believed it had arrived too late and could not be "trained up" in time for the operation.
In October Van Fleet, promoted to major general, was given command of the 90th Division, which took part in the Ardennes counteroffensive (Battle of the Bulge) in January 1945.
The division was placed under the command of the XV Mountain Corps as part of the 2nd Panzer Army, and was initially headquartered in Karlovac.
The 16th Army transferred its troops to the 5th Army, and its command and staff were moved to the second echelon of the Western Front were the Army took up command of part of the 10th Army's troops, and its defensive positions.
In addition, 32 countries have more than 24,000 troops on the ground in Iraq, including the Polish-led forces that are in command of the south-central part of the country.
A loyal lieutenant, Grant for long intervals during the expedition was given independent command of part of the caravan.
Germany's chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, who has ruled out sending any of his compatriots to serve with a NATO force in Iraq, mulled over the possibility of NATO helping to train the new Iraqi army or even assuming command of part of the multinational force.
