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Due to the disproportional affect that a raid can have on an enemy, relative to the attacker's strength and the duration of the attack, raids are a favored tactic in irregular warfare. This article contains a list of military raids , not including air raids , sorted by the date at which they started:
Commando raids were made by the Western Allies during much of the Second World War against the Atlantic Wall.The raids were conducted by the armed forces of Britain, the Commonwealth and a small number of men from the occupied territories serving with No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando during the Second World War.
The total number of building raids amounted to 50, (44 of them being conducted British special forces which in total detained 47 people). In the early hours of 23 March 2006, as part of Operation Lightwater, the SAS carried out Operation Ney 3: their target was a house in Mishahda, 20 miles northwest of Baghdad, they found two men they were ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. Raid (military) * List of raids; 0–9. 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon; 2004 Beit Hanoun raid; 2015 Niger raid; 2024 Masyaf ...
31 March/1 April: A bombing raid on Emden is the first use of the 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) HC "cookie" blockbuster bomb. 15 April: The Belfast Blitz kills 1000, the greatest loss of British lives outside London from a night raid. 10 May: The longest blitz air raid on london killing 2324 people and 11,000 houses.
Pages in category "World War II raids" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Raid on Alexandria ...
Bombing of Essen in World War II, on 8 March 1942 was the first carpet bombing raid by RAF, with the first electronic navigation of the RAF, with 211 aircraft, and the Gee radio navigation system; on 5 March 1943, there was a huge raid, with 160 acres destroyed; this was the first raid of the 'Battle of the Ruhr', with 442 aircraft; and from ...
Pakistan's Border Action Team conducted a raid on an Indian army listening post in the Uri sector of the Baramulla district. Around four Indian soldiers were killed. [10] Pakistani post near Bhimber Gali in Poonch attacked. 18 September 2003 Indian soldiers attacked Pakistani post. A JCO and three soldiers were killed in the attack. One soldier ...