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  • 412004 Avtury raid — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Avtury raid caption= partof=Second Chechen War place=Avtury, Chechnya date=August 12 13, 2004 result=Rebel victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=? commander2=Suleiman Elmurzayev Abu Hafs al Urduni strength1 …

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  • 42Limbang raid — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= partof=the Indonesia Malaysia confrontation caption= date=December 12, 1962 place=Limbang, Sarawak, Borneo casus= territory= result=British victory combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom… …

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  • 43Easter Sunday Raid — The Easter Sunday Raid was an air raid carried out by the Empire of Japan on Easter Sunday, 5 April, 1942 on Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), as a part of the Indian Ocean Raid. A few days later Trincomalee was also attacked. The raids were… …

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  • 44air raid — (n.) 1914, from AIR (Cf. air) (n.1) + RAID (Cf. raid); originally in reference to British attacks Sept. 22, 1914, on Zeppelin bases at Cologne and Düsseldorf in World War I. The German word is Fliegerangriff aviator attack, and if Old English had …

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  • 45Po Valley Raid — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=The Raid of the Po Valley partof=the Second Punic War caption= date=203 BC place=Insubria, present day northwestern Italy casus= territory= result=Roman victory combatant1=Carthage combatant2=Roman Republic… …

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  • 46Bombing of Kassel in World War II — The city of Kassel in Germany was severely bombed during World War II and more than 10,000 civilians died during these raids. Kassel is in the northern part of the federal state of Hessen, between Frankfurt (190 km south), and Hannover (160 km… …

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  • 47Bombing of Cologne in World War II — Cologne in 1945 The City of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids[1] by the Allies during World War II, including 31 times[ …

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  • 48Flying Tigers — This article concerns the 1st American Volunteer Group, a World War II unit known as “The Flying Tigers.” For follow on units, see the AVG main heading; for other uses of the name, see Flying Tigers (disambiguation). Infobox Military Unit unit… …

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  • 49USS Healy (DD-672) — was a Fletcher class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commander Howard R. Healy (1899 ndash;1942) who had distinguished himself on board Lexington (CV 2) during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Healy was launched by Federal Shipbuilding …

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  • 50Early thermal weapons — were devices or substances used in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approx 8th century BC until the mid 16th century AD) which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories.… …

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