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Army Talk: A Familiar Dictionary of Soldier Speech. Princeton University Press. ASIN B00725XTA4. Dickson, Paul (2014). War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6.
Debellatio: to end a war by complete destruction of a hostile state. More severe than sacking. Decisive victory: an overwhelming victory for one side, often shifting the course of conflict. Defilade: a unit or position is "defiladed" if it is protected from direct exposure to enemy fire; see also Hull-down.
Rear Party: The Rear Party is generally a small number of Marines that stay "in country" for a longer period of time than the majority of the battalion. The Rear Party functions as the element to finalize the location after the battalion departs. Recon – Used as a verb to denote stealthy acquisition by theft. Not to be confused with "Recon".
German prisoners in Britain on fatigue duty during World War I. Fatigue duty (or fatigue labor) is the labor assigned to military men that does not require the use of armament. [1] [2] Parties sent on fatigue duty were known in English by the French term "en détachement" according to an 1805 military dictionary. [3]
"Rout" is often used to mean "an overwhelming defeat" as well as "to put to disorderly retreat" or "to defeat utterly". It is often used in sports to describe a blowout . In English common law , a rout is a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot although they do ...
Allies Day, May 1917, National Gallery of Art Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery decorates Soviet Marshals and generals at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 12 July 1945. An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them. [1]
Political warfare is the use of hostile political means to compel an opponent to do one's will. The term political describes the calculated interaction between a government and a target audience, including another state's government, military, and/or general population.
War Party may refer to: War Party, 1988 film starring Billy Wirth and Kevin Dillon; War Party, a 1965 American Western film; War Party, 2004 album by the heavy metal band GWAR; War Party Tour 2004, a 2004 DVD live show by Gwar; War Party (band), a Cree hip hop band in Canada "War Party", a song by Eddy Grant from Killer on the Rampage