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The siege of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007. Following the reported major failure of the coalition forces, whose purpose was to stabilise Basra and prepare it for the turning over of security to Iraqi government forces, the city was overrun by insurgent forces from three different Iraqi factions including the Mahdi Army, and the ...
Logistics Base: Shaibah: Basra: 2003: 2007: Transferred to Iraqi Army: See article for units. [1] Palace: Basra: Basra: 2003: 3 September 2007 [13] Transferred to American Control: 105th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) - 19th Regiment Royal Artillery during Telic 5 with 5 & 19 Batteries with RAP. [1] Port: Khor Al Zubair: Basra: Unknown ...
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
Tyler Perry is spotlighting a lesser-known piece of World War II history in his new Netflix film, The Six Triple Eight. Based on a WWII History Magazine article by Kevin M. Hymel, the film, out ...
In its early years, the British V bomber force relied on the concept of aircraft dispersal to escape the effects of an enemy attack on their main bases. There were 22 such bases in 1962, in addition to the ten main bases a total of 32 bases available for the V bomber force.
The tug of war between BlackRock and FDIC is the latest example of rising D.C. scrutiny of BlackRock, which oversees $11 trillion in assets. For years, the financial giant has been a target of GOP ...
After a year filled with animated inner emotions, mutants, aliens, gladiators and witches, the new year will bring a crop of new (or, newly revisited) movies to choose from, as always.
Turn-based tactics is a video game genre. Chris Crawford, [1] Julian Gollop, Strategic Simulations, and Blue Byte developed early turn-based tactical games, [2] which were often inspired by traditional tactical wargames played on tabletops. [3]