search-and-destroy operation

  • 1Search and destroy — Search and Destroy, or Seek and Destroy, or Zippo, or even simply S D, refers to a military strategy that became a notorious component of the Vietnam War. It became an offensive, crucial to General Westmoreland’s second phase. In his three phase… …

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  • 2search-and-destroy — /ˌsɜtʃ ən dəˈstrɔɪ/ (say .serch uhn duh stroy) adjective of or relating to a military operation which aims to find and eliminate specifically targeted enemy personnel or equipment …

  • 3search and destroy mission — noun an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them • Hypernyms: ↑mission, ↑military mission …

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  • 4Operation Cedar Falls — Part of the Vietnam War Operation Cedar Falls …

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  • 5Operation Perth — Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) …

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  • 6Operation Hump — Part of Vietnam War Date 5 – 8 November 1965 Location South Vietnam, Bien Hoa Result …

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  • 7Operation Taylor Common — Part of the Vietnam War Date 6 December 1968 – 9 March 1969 Location An Hoa Basin, Quang Nam Province …

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  • 8Operation Attleboro — war der Codename der Schlacht um Dau Tieng und Dong Minh Chau und wurde vom 14. September bis 24. November 1966 nordwestlich von Dau Tieng durchgeführt. Benannt wurde die Operation Attleboro nach der Garnisonsstadt Attleboro in Massachusetts/USA …

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  • 9Operation Phoenix — may refer to: Military related Phoenix Program, CIA military, intelligence, and internal security program in the Vietnam War Vela Incident, suspected 1979 Israeli South African nuclear test allegedly codenamed Operation Phenix Project Phoenix… …

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  • 10Operation Bribie — Part of the V …

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