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were used to select targets for bombing. Luftwaffe commanders planned the raids in response to the increasing effectiveness of the Royal Air Force's (RAF)...

major cities of South Vietnam shortly after midnight on 21 August 1963. The raids were executed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under...

especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants...

were part of a bombing program known today as The Blitz. As a result of the raids on the nights of 13 and 14 March 1941, the town was largely destroyed...

Don. Documents captured at the end of the war showed the targets for the raids included the Atlas Steelworks, Brown Bayley Steelworks, Meadowhall Iron...

the Armed Offenders Squad and Special Tactics Group, were involved in the raids, which involved the execution of search warrants at various addresses...

initiated the Bandit War, launching raids into Texas that began in July 1915. The raids were countered by Texas Rangers, the US Army, and local self-defense groups...

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...

the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific War in 1944–1945. The raids that were conducted by the U.S. military on the night of 9–10 March 1945...

history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Canada; the raids and their aftermath are today widely considered to be the Canadian equivalent...

destroyed and over 3,000 rendered unusable and later demolished. To counter the raids, Bristol's defenders developed an air defence system that increased in...

fences, making it impossible to penetrate its perimeter. As a result of the raids, 25 aircraft were completely destroyed, many more damaged and 12 German...

The Raids of Urquhart were two raids carried out in the vicinity of Urquhart Castle in the Scottish Highlands in October 1544 and April 1545 where a large...

Llandaff Cathedral, amongst many other civilian buildings caught in the raids, was damaged by the bombing in 1941. During 1940 the Luftwaffe targeted...

detailed assessment of the damage caused by the raids. The first two USAAF raids were accidental. The raids were used for anti-American propaganda purposes...

Greenock, Scotland by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The raids over the nights of the 6 and 7 May 1941 targeted the shipyards and berthed...

Force on the city of Ancona in the Marche, Italy during World War II. The raids caused heavy civilian casualties and destroyed or damaged nearly 70 %...

forces were under the overall command of Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. The raids were carried out by two separate U.S. carrier task forces. Aircraft from...

Channel Islands and the northern coast of France in December 1943. Most of the raids consisted of ten men of various ranks, carried by Motor Torpedo Boats...

year they were defeated in the Battle of Molodi. Despite the defeat, the raids continued. As a result, the Crimean Khanate was invaded several times...