to repel an offensive
71skanky — adjective highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust a disgusting smell distasteful language a loathsome disease the idea of eating meat is repellent to me revolting food a wicked stench • Syn: ↑ …
72Franco-Prussian War — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Pierre Georges Jeanniot s La ligne de feu (1886), depicting the Battle of Mars La Tour partof=the wars of German unification conflict=Franco Prussian War date=19 July 1870 – 10 May 1871 place=France and Prussia… …
73Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of the Atlantic partof = World War II caption = Officers on the bridge of an escorting British destroyer keep a sharp look out for enemy submarines, October 1941 date = September 3 1939 May 7 1945 place …
74George B. McClellan — Infobox Officeholder name = George Brinton McClellan imagesize = small caption = George B. McClellan, portrait by Mathew Brady, 1861 order = 24th office = Governor of New Jersey term start = January 15, 1878 term end = January 18, 1881… …
75Radislav Krstić — (Радислав Крстић) (born February 15, 1948) was the Chief of Staff/Deputy Commander of the Drina Corps of the Republika Srpska (VRS) (the Bosnian Serb Army) from October 1994 until 12 July 1995. He was promoted to the rank of General Major in June …
766th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 6th Armoured Division caption= dates= 1940 1945 1951 1958 country= United Kingdom allegiance= branch= British Army type=Armor role= size= command structure= British First Army British Eighth Army current commander …
77Battles of Zhawar — The battles of Zhawar were fought during the Soviet war in Afghanistan between Soviet Army units, and their allies of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against Afghan mujahideen groups. The Soviets objective was to destroy the Mujahideen… …
78Cyrenaican desert campaign — Part of 2011 Libyan civil war Date 3 April 2011 – 12 June 2011 Location Eastern Libyan Desert, Libya …
79Siege — A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by attrition and/or assault. The term derives from sedere , Latin for seat or sitting. [ [http://m w.com/dictionary/siege Merriam Webster: siege] ] A siege occurs… …
80Military history of the Soviet Union — Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov depicted saluting a military parade in Red Square above the message Long Live the Worker Peasant Red Army a Dependable Sentinel of the Soviet Borders! The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days …
