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Expediency – War is a matter of expedients – von Moltke; Fog, friction, chance – War is characterized by fog, friction, and chance; Golden Bridge – To leave an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation – Sun Tzu; Iron Calculus of War – Resistance = Means x Will – Clausewitz
10 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days Somaliland War of Independence: 6 April 1981 18 May 1991 10 years, 1 month, 1 week and 5 days Islamic State–Taliban conflict: 2 February 2015: Ongoing: 9 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 3 days Soviet–Afghan War: 24 December 1979: 15 February 1989: 9 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day Iraq War: 20 March 2003
[1] As currently understood in international law , "military occupation" is the effective military control by a power of a territory outside of said power's recognized sovereign territory. [ 2 ] The occupying power in question may be an individual state or a supranational organization, such as the United Nations .
In the end, he couldn’t. In a December 1 speech at West Point, Obama ordered 30,000 new troops into Afghanistan. McChrystal could—and did—find another 10,000 soldiers from the ranks of the coalition forces, which meant he got his 40,000. The generals had won.
1. A military campaign denotes the time during which a given military force conducts combat operations in a given area (often referred to as AO, area of operation).A military campaign may be executed by either a single Armed Service, or as a combined services campaign conducted by land, naval, air, cyber, and space forces.
Relatives of miners and community members wait near an opening to a mine shaft in Stilfontein, in South Africa's North West province, Nov. 13, 2024.
Coalition fatalities per month from the start of the war until 2015, showing seasonal peaks around the summer months. [1]The Afghanistan fighting season refers to the cyclical restarting of fighting every spring during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) due to weather and economic factors.
Leonard averaged 23.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game last season. He appeared in 68 games, the most he’s played in a single season since joining the Clippers in 2019.