military campaign

Noun
  1. referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
    subtypes: expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition - a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
    specific instances:
    • dardanelles, dardanelles campaign - the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
    • okinawa, okinawa campaign - a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
    • petersburg, petersburg campaign - the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
    • wilderness campaign - American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses
    same as: campaign

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