military campaign
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1. several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) (noun.act)
| instance hyponym | : | dardanelles, dardanelles campaign, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | okinawa, okinawa campaign, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | petersburg, petersburg campaign, |
| definition | : | the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | wilderness campaign, |
| definition | : | American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses (noun.act) |
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