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  2. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.

  3. Category:World War II raids - Wikipedia

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    World War II commando raids (1 C) D. Doolittle Raid (2 C, 3 P) S. World War II strategic bombing (12 C, 32 P) Pages in category "World War II raids"

  4. List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall - Wikipedia

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    Commando raids were made by the Western Allies during much of the Second World War against the Atlantic Wall.The raids were conducted by the armed forces of Britain, the Commonwealth and a small number of men from the occupied territories serving with No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando during the Second World War.

  5. List of World War II military operations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised ...

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

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    22/23 November: The largest force sent to bomb Berlin to date (764 aircraft) conducted the most effective World War II raid on Berlin 2 December: 100 Ju-88s bombed the port of Bari, sinking 28 ships including the American cargo ship SS John Harvey which was secretly carrying mustard gas. There were 83 military casualties from the poison.

  7. 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.

  8. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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    The total number of building raids amounted to 50, (44 of them being conducted British special forces which in total detained 47 people). In the early hours of 23 March 2006, as part of Operation Lightwater, the SAS carried out Operation Ney 3: their target was a house in Mishahda, 20 miles northwest of Baghdad, they found two men they were ...

  9. Category:Military raids - Wikipedia

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    World War II raids‎ (4 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Military raids" The following 186 pages are in this category, out of 186 total.