Definition of "echelons" []

• Plural form of echelon. (noun)

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• "The following day the number of Crimean Tatars transported to rail stations increased to 165,515 of which 136,412 had been loaded onto train echelons bound for Uzbekistan (Bugai, doc. 12, p. 138)."
• "They reported loading a total of 180,014 Crimean Tatars into 67 train echelons of which 63 with 173,287 deportees were already on their way to their new destinations (Bugai, doc. 13, pp. 138-139)."
• "The second echelons, that is, the remainder, of these divisions were to follow as soon as they could be unloaded; directly following them, if possible with tank elements in the first wave, would come the second wave of six panzer and three motorized divisions, [And two motorized regiments.] split up equally between each Army's sector and leaving from the same areas as those of the first wave."