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111Battle of Midway — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …
112Mongol invasion of Europe — Mongol conquest of Eastern Europe The route of the first Mongol expedition in Russia 1223 Date a) 1223 …
113List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy — This list of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy lists all vessels sunk by ships commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and by Japanese naval aircraft, listed alphabetically by ship name.Australia* HMAS Armidale : Australian corvette… …
114Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
115Friendly fire — For other uses, see Friendly Fire (disambiguation). Blue on blue redirects here. For other uses, see Blue on blue (disambiguation). Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one s own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage… …
116Operation Chastise — Part of the Second World War The Möhne dam on the day following the attacks …
117British Commandos — The British Commandos were first formed by the British Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well armed but non regimental raider force employing unconventional and irregular tactics to assault, disrupt and reconnoitre the enemy in mainland… …
118SMS Von der Tann — SMS stands for Seiner Majestät Schiff , or His Majesty s Ship in German.] was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine, as well as Germany s first major turbine powered warship. At the time of her construction, Von der Tann …
119Direct action (military) — For other uses, see Direct action (disambiguation). In the context of military special operations, direct action (DA) consists of: Short duration strikes and other small scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied …
120World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
