invasion
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an invasion or hostile attack
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an attack that penetrates into enemy territorytypes:infiltrationa process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)type of:attaque(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
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In this memoir, presented in graphic form, Marjane Satrapi describes growing up during the Iranian revolution.
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base located at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Over 2,400 Americans died. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress to ask for a declaration of war. He began by referring to December 7th as "a date that will live in infamy." The Pearl Harbor attack brought the United States into World War II and was the most deadly foreign attack on American soil until the 9/11 attacks by al Qaeda in 2001.
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett were moved by details from the diary of Anne Frank to develop their Pulitzer Prize-winning play. This list is based on a scene where the characters are affected by a piece of bread and a piece of news. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 8 Unit 3's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Night, First They Came for the Communists, Terrible Things, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Diary of a Young Girl, Elie Wiesel Speech, Do Something!, Wangari Maathai, Freerice.com, Public Service Announcements, Famine as a Weapon