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  • Thumbnail for Barrage (artillery)
    lifting barrage was a development in which the barrage lifted periodically to a target further back, such as a second line of trenches. This was countered by...
    32 KB (4,643 words) - 18:41, 12 September 2024
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    A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft...
    12 KB (1,339 words) - 22:31, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Thiepval Ridge
    the reserve battalion held back, to avoid the German counter-barrage. As soon as the counter-barrage stopped the troops were to advance rapidly in small...
    47 KB (6,538 words) - 17:07, 10 February 2024
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    Canadian creeping barrage began and the infantry advanced, some troops having left their trenches early to avoid the German counter-barrage expected as soon...
    63 KB (9,148 words) - 12:44, 10 February 2024
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    casualties. The swampy ground proved to be a great hindrance, and a German counter-barrage caused heavy Soviet casualties. Frustrated by the slow advance, Zhukov...
    19 KB (2,359 words) - 19:38, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ganges Barrage Project
    from New York, proposed to the Pakistan government to construct a counter-barrage to hold water in the monsoon and supply it to the Gorai and other rivers...
    6 KB (650 words) - 19:12, 1 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Doiran (1917)
    British and Bulgarian batteries was followed by a one-hour Bulgarian counter-barrage in which 10,000 shells were fired. The British infantry began its attack...
    10 KB (1,108 words) - 10:38, 19 October 2024
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    multi-layered creeping barrage. Standing barrages beyond the objectives were to be fired during pauses to obstruct German counter-attacks, to confront them...
    55 KB (7,483 words) - 12:38, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marina Barrage
    has proved to be a tourist attraction. Marina Barrage is open for viewing 24/7. The information counter is open from 9.00am to 9.00pm daily. Tours for...
    9 KB (820 words) - 00:03, 23 May 2024
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    identify the firing gun's position, allowing it to be targeted in a counter-barrage. They depended almost entirely on the shell's velocity for their lethality:...
    33 KB (4,582 words) - 14:25, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Albert (1916)
    observer saw a German barrage fall between Trônes Wood and Bernafay Wood. The observer called by wireless for an immediate counter-barrage, which obstructed...
    141 KB (21,228 words) - 07:48, 27 September 2024
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    the British attack. The detonation was swiftly followed by a German counter-barrage and in the next few minutes, German machine-guns opened fire all along...
    32 KB (4,398 words) - 02:32, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Oder–Neisse
    The swampy ground proved to be a great hindrance and under a German counter-barrage, Red Army casualties were very heavy. Frustrated by the slow advance...
    11 KB (1,335 words) - 04:53, 2 June 2024
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    Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". The Oxford English Dictionary...
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    Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Ginchy
    a counter-attack from Ginchy. After another bombardment at 2:00 p.m. the British attacked from the Guillemont–Ginchy road, behind a creeping barrage and...
    53 KB (7,895 words) - 23:30, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Pozières
    the Australians, believing an attack was imminent, appealed for a counter-barrage. The artillery of I Anzac Corps, II Corps and the guns of the two neighbouring...
    27 KB (3,512 words) - 10:59, 11 October 2024
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    attacking first, was forced to withdraw when faced with an intense counter-barrage. The scaling ladders, secured against the walls, collapsed under the...
    80 KB (10,219 words) - 16:37, 19 October 2024
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    Douaumont had been reduced to 37 men near Thiaumont Farm and German counter-barrages inflicted similar losses on French troops. On 22 May, French Nieuport...
    120 KB (16,681 words) - 14:56, 3 November 2024
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    aiming a counter barrage directly behind an enemy's creeping barrage, one could target the infantry that was following the creeping barrage. Microphones...
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