action militaire

Definitions of action militaire
  1. noun
    a military engagement
    synonyms: action
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    concorde
    the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
    guerre mondiale
    a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
    guerre mondiale
    a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
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    bataille, lutte
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
    encerclement, investissement
    a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
    défense
    (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
    guerre électronique
    military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum
    assaut, attaque, attaque par surprise, offensive
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
    guerre
    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
    accrochage, bataille, collision, conflit, confrontation, corps à corps, papouille
    a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
    combat naval
    a pitched battle between naval fleets
    couverture aérienne, défense antiaérienne
    defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness
    resistance
    a defensive effort
    guerre civile
    a war between factions in the same country
    bataille, combat, conflit, confrontation, lutte
    an engagement fought between two military forces
    attention
    close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
    guerre mondiale
    a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
    siège
    the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
    type of:
    action de groupe
    action taken by a group of people
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