military operation

1. Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) (synset 100957171)
   "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • combined operation - a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces
   • maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation - a military training exercise
   • campaign, military campaign - several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
   • naval campaign - an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea
   • military mission, mission - an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
   • reenforcement, reinforcement, support - a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
   • attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
   • offence, offense, offensive - the action of attacking an enemy
   • peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation - the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
   • amphibious operation - a military operation by both land and sea forces
   • information gathering - the act of collecting information
   • psychological operation, psyop - military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
   • covert operation - an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor
   specific instances:

   • argonne, argonne forest, meuse, meuse river, meuse-argonne, meuse-argonne operation - an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
   • operation desert storm - the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
   same as: operation

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