Without the government requisitioning grain at levels far beyond the capacity of the Ukrainian peasantry to fulfill, Professor Motyl said, there would have been no famine.
Lacking funds or goods to exchange against grain needed to feed the Red Army and the towns, Lenin instituted a system of requisitioning grain surpluses without compensation.
This strategy necessitated a thorough knowledge of the terrain of the theatre of war, especially as quick movement precluded adequate supplying of his armies without a large amount of requisitioning in the area of operations.
He was asked by the Central Intelligence Agency CIAA) to furnish an officer, but became furious when he learned the CIA was requisitioning Marine supplies without his permission.
The authorities were requisitioning their farmland for development.
From 1803, as a Fine Arts commissioner, he was also responsible for requisitioning thousands of Italian pieces.
A typical corps might have three infantry divisions, a light cavalry brigade for reconnaissance, and reserve artillery batteries in addition to those attached to each division; their increased size allowed them to fight without support for long periods of time, as Ney did, and their durability permitted them to spread out and subsist by requisitioning local food.
It wasn't the only thing Germany and the Young Turks were requisitioning.
Germany was already requisitioning Ottoman supplies in Germany's name for her own use.
And so, basic personal-protective gear, high-powered weaponry, and vehicles categories encompassing everything from night-vision devices, body armor, and full SWAT gear to Tasers, small arms, sniper rifles, and Humvees were often requisitioned without the necessary guidance on how to properly deploy them.
