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  2. List of raids - Wikipedia

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    A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture or kill specific personnel. This contrasts to regular military operations where the end goal is to capture territory and advance.

  3. Category:Military raids - Wikipedia

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    1973 raid on al-Mazzah Airport; Alauddin Khalji's raid on Bhilsa; Alauddin Khalji's raid on Devagiri; Albania–Yugoslav border incident (April 1999) Raid on Alexandria (1941) Raid on Alexandria (Virginia) Attack on Altena Farm; Raid at Altenburg; 2024 Anbar raid; Angur Ada raid; Ar Rass raids; Arab raid against Rome; Arfai incident; Battle of ...

  4. Raid (military) - Wikipedia

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    The traditional habit of Bedouin tribes of raiding other tribes, caravans, or settlements is known in Arabic as ghazzu. [3] [4] Such activity was still noticed by J. S. Buckingham in 1820s Palestine not only among nomadic Bedouin, but also among the nominally sedentary villagers of er-Riha (Jericho), who left the little land cultivation he observed to women and children, while men spent most ...

  5. List of military operations - Wikipedia

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    Noble Eagle (2001) — US military operations to prevent terrorism in the United States. Enduring Freedom – Kyrgyzstan (2001) Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (2002) US military operations and civic assistance based in Djibouti. Enduring Freedom – Philippines (2002) US military operations in the Philippines against Abu Sayyaf insurgents.

  6. List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001 ...

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    Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 9781505855296. Wright, Donald P.; et al. (2009). A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, October 2001-September 2005. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press. ISBN 9781070202754.

  7. List of invasions - Wikipedia

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    An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...

  8. List of air operations during the Battle of Europe - Wikipedia

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    2 November: A raid targeting the Wiener Neustadt Messerschmitt plant damaged the nearby Raxwerke V-2 rocket facility. 3 November: A Wilhelmshaven raid is the first Eighth Air Force blind-bombing mission to completely destroy the aiming point, the Eighth's first 500-plane mission, and the first use by the US of H2X radar

  9. Attacks on the United States - Wikipedia

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    The September 11 attacks, the deadliest terrorist attack in history. The United States of America has been attacked several times throughout its history as a country. This is a list of attacks, in chronological order, including attacks on U.S. states and territories, embassies and consulates, or the military of the United States.