Slitherine

Units are deemed “in the Command Chain” if they belong
to an Army which is, in turn, attached to an Army Group (also
sometimes called the GHQ, Great Headquarter). Any Units which
don’t belong to such an Army are considered independent Stacks
for Command Chain purposes, and they have a penalty of -50% to
the Command Points generated by the leaders in that Stack. Naval
Stacks are handled differently without a hierarchy other than Units
and Fleets.
On the map, you can then have three kinds of land Stacks:
• The Army Group (or GHQ) Stack, which is the Stack
commanding subordinate Armies.
• The Army Stack, which is a Stack subordinate to an Army
Group or GHQ Stack.
• Independent Stack, which is a Stack Out of the Command
Chain.
These three Stacks each have Units and they are all “containers”
for Units. Units represent formations of various sizes and act as
“containers” for elements, with from 1 to 9 elements in each Unit.

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ORIGINAL: zakblood

belong means, you belong to the british empire etc,

be the property of,

be a member of (a particular group or organization).

(of a thing) be rightly placed in a specified position.

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answer to 2 is someone elses turn who owns the game

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ORIGINAL: cassmj

2. Corps are always independent. They will, however, act with an Army in the same area (so for example, if you have coordinated move clicked on the army, and then move it, the corps in that area will want to tag along).

Of course, MTSG will influence adjacent independent corps -- this leads to some very large battles when you only wanted a small one. It also means that front lines have mutual support, which is reflective of the war.

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ORIGINAL: kvob

Sorry if this seems a stupid question but what's the point of an army if this is the case? I've been playing a few turns with the historical scenario and there doesn't seem to be any particular problem with corps suffering command penalties (apart from the BEF, which is out of the range of its GHQ). It seems to me that, as long as a corps is within the influence of GHQ then armies are superfluous - or am I missing something?