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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WarWar - Wikipedia

    War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.

  2. The Cascade Range is made up of a band of thousands of very small, short-lived volcanoes that have built a platform of lava and volcanic debris. Rising above this volcanic platform are a few strikingly large volcanoes, like Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens, that dominate the landscape.

    • United States and Canada
    • 14,411 ft (4,392 m) NAVD 88
    • 700 mi (1,100 km) north-south
  3. The Raid on Alexandria ( Operazione EA 3) was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy ( Regia Marina) divers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, who attacked and sank two Royal Navy battleships at their moorings and damaged an oil tanker and a destroyer in the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt, using manned torpedoes .

    • 19 December 1941
    • Italian victory
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Range_warRange war - Wikipedia

    A range war, also known as range conflict or cattle war, is a type of usually violent conflict, most commonly in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American West. The subject of these conflicts was control of "open range", or range land freely used for cattle grazing, or conflicting sheep pasture, which gave

  5. In United States military doctrine, military operations other than war include the use of military capabilities across a range of operations that fall short of war. Because of political considerations, MOOTW operations normally have more restrictive rules of engagement (ROE) than in war.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › World_warWorld war - Wikipedia

    A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › World_War_IWorld War I - Wikipedia

    World War I [j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia.