reprisal raid

  • 1reprisal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody, brutal, savage, violent ▪ military ▪ The government responded with harsh military reprisals. ▪ economic …

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  • 2Reprisal — Not to be confused with a reprise. In warfare, a reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of the laws of war to punish an enemy for breaking the laws of war. A legally executed reprisal is not an .To be legally justified, a reprisal can… …

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  • 3reprisal — noun (C, U) also reprisals (plural) an act of violence or other strong reaction, to punish your enemies or opponents for something they have done: They didn t tell the police for fear of reprisal. | in reprisal (for): prisoners killed in reprisal …

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  • 41952 Beit Jala raid — The Beit Jala reprisal raid was an Israeli attack on Beit Jala, an Arab town on the border between Jordan and Israel (today part of the Palestinian territories) on January 6, 1952. Seven Palestinian Arab civilians were killed in the attack. Based …

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  • 5Meigs Raid — Part of the American …

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  • 61942 raid in southern Bačka — Monument to the victims in Novi Sad …

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  • 7Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan/Israel Mixed Armistice Commission — At the closing of the 1948 Arab Israeli War a Truce (General Armistice Agreement) was signed between Hashemite Jordan Kingdom and Israel on the 3 April 1949 [ [http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/f03d55e48f77ab6985256… …

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  • 8Operation Biting — Coordinates: 49°40′16.06″N 0°09′42.60″E / 49.6711278°N 0.161833°E / 49.6711278; 0.161833 …

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  • 9Moshe Dayan — Dayan in 1978 Born 20 May 1915(1915 05 20) Kibbutz …

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  • 10Battle of Ridgefield — Part of the American Revolutionary War …

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