Bombardment, the Glossary
A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft on fortifications, combatants, or cities and buildings.[1]
Table of Contents
21 relations: Aerial bomb, Ammunition, Artillery, Building, Capitulation (surrender), City, Civilian, Combatant, Fortification, Infantry, Military aircraft, Missile, Non-combatant, Operation Uranus, Population, Siege, Siege of Strasbourg, Strategic bombing, Surrender (military), World War I, World War II.
Aerial bomb
An aerial bomb is a type of explosive or incendiary weapon intended to travel through the air on a predictable trajectory. Bombardment and aerial bomb are explosive weapons.
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Ammunition
Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system.
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Artillery
Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Bombardment and Artillery are explosive weapons.
Building
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
Capitulation (surrender)
Capitulation (capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms) is an agreement in time of war for the surrender to a hostile armed force of a particular body of troops, a town or a territory.
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City
A city is a human settlement of a notable size.
Civilian
A civilian is a person who is not a member of an armed force nor a person engaged in hostilities.
Combatant
Combatant is the legal status of a person entitled to directly participate in hostilities during an armed conflict, and may be intentionally targeted by an adverse party for their participation in the armed conflict.
Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
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Infantry
Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.
Military aircraft
A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type.
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Missile
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor. Bombardment and missile are explosive weapons.
Non-combatant
Non-combatant is a term of art in the law of war and international humanitarian law to refer to civilians who are not taking a direct part in hostilities; persons, such as combat medics and military chaplains, who are members of the belligerent armed forces but are protected because of their specific duties (as currently described in Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, adopted in June 1977); combatants who are placed hors de combat; and neutral persons, such as peacekeepers, who are not involved in fighting for one of the belligerents involved in a war.
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Operation Uranus
Operation Uranus (Operatsiya "Uran") was a Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis forces in the vicinity of Stalingrad: the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian armies, and portions of the German Fourth Panzer Army.
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Population
Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.
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Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
Siege of Strasbourg
The siege of Strasbourg took place during the Franco-Prussian War, and resulted in the French surrender of the fortress on 28 September 1870.
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Strategic bombing
Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy's war-making capability.
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Surrender (military)
Surrender, in military terms, is the relinquishment of control over territory, combatants, fortifications, ships or armament to another power.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment
Also known as Bombarded, Bombarding, Bombardments.