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| battle
| A major fight between armed forces during the course of a war.
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| civil war
| A war fought between people from the same country.
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| engagement
| A fight between two small units of opposing armed forces.
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| guerilla
| A member of an irregular military group that fights with sudden, unexpected attacks on the official armed forces.
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| outbreak
| The sudden beginning of a conflict.
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| rebel
| Someone who opposes his government with force.
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| uprising
| A situation where a group of people use force to oppose their government.
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| war
| An armed conflict where a country uses all its national resources and military strength.
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| defensive mission
| An operation designed to cause an enemy attack to fail.
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| offensive mission
| An operation to destroy the enemy in order to secure terrain or hold the enemy in position.
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| reconnaissance mission
| An operation to obtain information about the enemy and about the area of operations.
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| security mission
| An operation to protect a moving force, provide time to react and space to manoeuvre.
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