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111First strike — In nuclear strategy, a first strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country s ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country… …
112Airborne forces — Airborne Military parachuting or gliding form of inserting personnel or supplies. Purpose Delivering personnel, equipment, or supplies. Origins Attributed to Italian troops on November 1927. [ Parachutist Badge awarded by the United States Army… …
1132003 invasion of Iraq — This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For events after May 1, 2003, see Iraq War. For the Mongol Invasion of Iraq, see Siege of Baghdad (1258). For the British invasion of Iraq during World War II, see Anglo Iraqi War. 2003 invasion of …
114Karl Lennart Oesch — (8 August1892, Pyhäjärvi, Karelian Isthmus 28 March 1978, Helsinki) was one of the leading Finnish generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War fully two… …
115Preemptive war — A closely related topic is a preventive war, namely an anticipatory war in the face of a less immediate threat Another type of preemptive military action is a preemptive strike A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or …
116Vicksburg Campaign — Lithograph of the Mississippi River Squadron running the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on April 16, 1863 …
117United States Army Air Service — Infobox Military Unit unit name=United States Army Air Service caption= dates=1918 05 24 to 1926 07 02 country= United States of America allegiance= branch=United States Army type= role= size= 195,024 men, 7,900 aircraft (1918) 9,954 men, 1,451… …
118Siege of Warsaw (1939) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Warsaw caption=Volunteer fire fighters watching an air duel over Warsaw. Propaganda poster reads United, we will defeat the enemy partof=Invasion of Poland date=September 8 – September 28, 1939… …
119Exercise Zapad — (zapad is Russian for west) were large scale military exercises carried out in the Soviet Union in 1981 and 1999. Zapad 81 Exercise Zapad 81 ( West 81 ) was the largest military exercise ever to be carried out by the Soviet Union, according to… …
120Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Philippines caption= Allied prisoners of war use improvised litters to carry comrades who are sick, exhausted and/or wounded. This event, shortly before the end of the battle, would become known as …
