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Forlorn hope: a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high. [3] Frontal assault or frontal attack: an attack toward the front of an enemy force. Garrison: a body of troops holding a particular location on a long ...
Air supremacy – A degree of air superiority where a side holds complete control of air power over opposing forces. Control of the air is the aerial equivalent of Command of the sea. Attrition warfare – A strategy of wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous loss of personnel and material. Used to defeat enemies with ...
The insurgents' sweep into power concludes an astonishing Turkish-backed offensive that saw them overturn a years-long stalemate to overrun major cities in less than two weeks and end the half ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was a “direct result” of Israel’s military campaign against Iran and its ...
Annexation, [1] in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. [2]
Republicans seize control of the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, Democrats are looking to seize control of the U.S. House of Representatives from the GOP.
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. [3] The term is a calque of Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Most modern civil wars involve intervention by outside powers.
The term comes from French coup d'État, literally meaning a 'stroke of state' or 'blow of state'. [20] [21] [22] In French, the word État (French:) is capitalized when it denotes a sovereign political entity. [23] Although the concept of a coup d'état has featured in politics since antiquity, the phrase is of relatively recent coinage. [24]