military campaign

/ˌmɪləˈtɛri kæmˌpeɪn/

Other forms: military campaigns

Definitions of military campaign

1. noun

   several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
   synonyms: campaign

   examples:

   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 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 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

   types:

   expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition

   a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

   Crusade, crusade

   any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

   type of:

   military operation, operation

   activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)