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  2. Red line (phrase) - Wikipedia

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    The Thin Red Line (1881) by Robert Gibb, depicting the 93rd Regiment of Foot of the British army fighting off Russian cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. From British English, an entirely different figure of speech for an act of great courage against impossible order or thinly spread military unit holding firm against attack, or the "thin red line", originates from reports of a red ...

  3. Red lines in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

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    The mention of red lines has been in everyday use since the beginning of the renewed Ukraine conflict to justify the war. In February of 2022, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation stated that the United States and its Western partners had crossed a red line concerning Ukraine, which resulted in consequence of Russia having to undertake its "Special Military Operation" against ...

  4. The Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) - Wikipedia

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    The Thin Red Line described an episode of the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. [3] In the incident, around 500 men of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders led by Sir Colin Campbell, aided by a small force of 100 walking wounded, 40 detached Guardsmen, and supported by a substantial force of Turkish infantrymen, formed a line of fire against the Russian cavalry.

  5. The Thin Red Line - Wikipedia

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    The Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava), an 1854 military action during the Crimean War Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , a military unit nicknamed the Thin Red Line Regimental marches of the British Army , of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

  6. Red Line - Wikipedia

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    Red Line (Namibia), a pest-exclusion fence separating Northern Namibia from the central and southern parts; Red Line, the military line of defense in Operation Manta, along the 15th and later 16th parallel north, of the Chadian-Libyan Conflict; All Red Line, a network of telegraph cables linking the British Empire

  7. China calls Taiwan a 'red line', criticises new US military ...

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    China criticised new U.S. military aid to Taiwan on Sunday, saying the $571 million package seriously violates the "one China principle" and provisions of joint communiques between China and the U ...

  8. NATO Joint Military Symbology - Wikipedia

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    The first basic military map symbols began to be used by western armies in the decades following the end of the Napoleonic Wars.During World War I, there was a degree of harmonisation between the British and French systems, including the adoption of the colour red for enemy forces and blue for allies; the British had previously used red for friendly troops because of the traditional red coats ...

  9. List of military slang terms - Wikipedia

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    Military slang is a colloquial language used by and associated with members of various military forces. This page lists slang words or phrases that originate with military forces, are used exclusively by military personnel or are strongly associated with military organizations.