Both sides relied on light infantry operations and air transport Sending , although Commonwealth forces Military_operation enjoyed the advantage Earnings_and_losses of better helicopter deployment Arranging and resupply Supply to forward operating Being_in_operation bases .

The Company soon expanded Expansion its territories around its bases in Bombay and Madras ; later , the Anglo-Mysore Wars ( 1766–1799 ) and the Anglo-Maratha Wars ( 1772–1818 ) led to Causation control Control of even more of India .

The United States offensive , under the overall command Control of Chester Nimitz , followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Control Japanese bases in the central Pacific , support Supporting the Allied drive to retake the Philippines , and provide Supply bases for a strategic bombing Attack campaign against Japan .

The United States offensive , under the overall command Control of Chester Nimitz , followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Control Japanese bases in the central Pacific , support Supporting the Allied drive to retake the Philippines , and provide Supply bases for a strategic bombing Attack campaign against Japan .

israel attacked Attack with 37 air strikes Attack on gazan weapons storage facilities , rocket launching Self_motion sites , weapon manufacturing Manufacturing facilities , training Education_teaching bases , posts , tunnels and militants , killing Killing 22 , mostly from palestinian islamic jihad and the others from the popular resistance committees .

Israeli government is convinced Coming_to_believe that Iran is interested in creating Creating territorial contiguity from Iran to the Mediterranean and in transferring Military_operation military forces – including naval vessels , fighter planes and thousands of troops – to permanent bases in Syria and is trying to `` Lebanonize '' Syria and take over Military_operation using Using Shi'ite militias , as it had done with Hezbollah in Lebanon .

As the Wehrmacht advanced Cause_to_make_progress , Polish forces withdrew Escaping from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish–German border to more established Building defense lines to the east .

In 1940–41 , German night fighters , lacking airborne radar sets and a means to locate Scouring them over Germany , had flown Self_motion to British bomber bases and attempted to destroy Destroying RAF bombers as they returned Arriving from their missions .

The U.S. Navy , Marine Corps , and Army , under the command Control of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , had overrun Destroying the most important islands in the nearby Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands , and then built Building numerous air bases there .

Considerable damage Damaging was inflicted Bodily_harm on the various island bases , including dockyards , communications centers , supply Supply dumps , and its submarine base .

Meanwhile , the Americans built Building new bases from scratch Bodily_harm at places like the Admiralty Islands , Majuro , and Ulithi Atoll , and took over Control the major port at Guam .

In August 1982 , the Salvadoran military attacked Attack the San Vicente Department , an area where the rebel Attack Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front was known Know to have bases .

Djibouti , Eritrea , and Somalia made their airspace , territorial waters , and military bases available to the coalition .

Coalition strategy relied Supply on establishing Creating a number of patrol bases called Name_conferral Combat Operation Posts throughout the city .

Royal Engineers found Know their efforts to build Building patrol bases hampered Hindering by heavy rain turning the ground into a sea of mud .

In earlier conflicts Hostile_encounter prior to the 1982 Israeli invasion Attack , including Operation Litani , Israel attempted to eradicate PLO bases from Lebanon and support Supporting Christian Maronite militias .

Despite this Israeli success in eradicating PLO bases and its partial withdrawal in 1985 , the Israeli invasion Attack increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the severity of conflict Hostile_encounter with local Lebanese militias and resulted in Causation the consolidation of several local Shia Muslim movements in Lebanon , including Hezbollah and Amal , from a previously unorganized Destroying guerrilla movement in the south .

In light of developments Cause_to_make_progress in the Solomon Islands campaign Military_operation , Japanese forces Causation approaching Arriving Port Moresby were ordered Request to withdraw Escaping to and secure Preventing_or_letting these bases on the northern coast .

The Battle of Mogadishu ( 2009 ) started Process_start in May with an Islamist offensive , when rebels from al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam attacked Attack and captured Conquering government bases in the capital of Mogadishu .

The government offensive initially had some success as they captured Conquering a few bases , however in a matter of hours the Islamist launched Attack a successful counter offensive and re-captured the lost areas and made Getting even more gains .

In response Response , the Israeli military forces launched Process_start Operation Attack Litani against PLO bases in Lebanon three days later .

Immediately after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution Statement was passed Process_end , Johnson ordered Arranging the bombing Attack of North Vietnamese Navy bases in retaliation Revenge for the reported Reporting attacks Attack on U.S. Navy warships between 2 and 4 August 1964 .

The French severely damaged Damaging several British ships ; however , both fleets Patrolling successfully returned Arriving to their bases .

Bruges and its satellite ports were a vital part of the German plans in their war on Allied commerce ( `` Handelskrieg '' ) because Bruges was close to the troopship lanes across the English Channel and allowed Preventing_or_letting much quicker access Having_or_lacking_access to the Western Approaches for the U-boat fleet than their bases in Germany .

Historically , the competition Competition has been open Openness to , and remains open to , the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U.S. ( including territories such as Guam , American Samoa , Puerto Rico , the Navajo Nation , and the U.S. Virgin Islands , along with overseas military bases in Germany and South Korea ) .

although another supply frigate broke Destroying through the blockade Besieging and arrived in Arriving december 1808 , the island was surrounded Surrounding by british bases and was invaded Attack and captured Conquering in january 1809 .

the actions implemented Action aircraft of the air force , marines , and navy flying Self_motion from carriers in the south china sea as well as bases in south vietnam and thailand .

The commune later became Becoming a hotbed for partisan activity , remaining Presence resistant to Korean forces in the region until they were relegated to guarding Patrolling bases later that year and until their departure Departing in 1973 .

Initially , the US authorities acknowledged Statement the incident as the loss Earnings_and_losses of a civilian weather research aircraft operated by NASA , but were forced Causation to admit Reveal_secret the mission 's true purpose when a few days later the Soviet government produced Manufacturing the captured pilot and parts of the U-2 's surveillance equipment , including photographs of Soviet military bases taken Creating during the mission Scrutiny .

The strategy of pushing Self_motion the Việt Minh into attacking Attack well-defended bases in remote parts of the country at the end of their logistical trails was validated Check at the Battle of Nà Sản .

This combination Cause_to_amalgamate proved fatal for the bases ' defenses , culminating Self_motion in a decisive French defeat Conquering at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu .

However , it is more widely accepted Receiving that the Pacific War itself began Process_start on 7/8 December 1941 , when the Japanese invaded Attack Thailand and attacked Attack the British colonies of Malaya , Singapore , and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii , Wake Island , Guam , and the Philippines .

Between 1975 and 1988 the SADF staged Hold massive conventional raids Attack into Angola and Zambia to eliminate Removing PLAN 's forward operating bases .

The attack Attack on Île Bonaparte was however part of a wider British strategy to seize Conquering and capture Conquering French raiding Attack bases , and the success of the operation severely limited Limiting future French operations as Hamelin 's squadron was required Imposing_obligation for the defence Defending of Île de France .

To counter Attack the German submarines , the Allies moved Motion shipping into convoys guarded Defending by destroyers , blockades Besieging such as the Dover Barrage and minefields were laid , and aircraft patrols Patrolling monitored Scrutiny the U-boat bases .

The U-boat campaign Military_operation was not able to cut off Removing supplies Supply before the US entered the war in 1917 and in later 1918 , the U-boat bases were abandoned GiveUp in the face of the Allied advance .

From June 1944 until January 1945 , B-29s stationed in India staged Motion_directional through bases in China to make Creating a series of nine raids Attack on targets in western Japan , but this effort proved ineffective .

The strategic bombing Attack campaign Military_operation was greatly expanded Expansion from November 1944 when bases in the Mariana Islands became Becoming available as a result Causation of the Mariana Islands Campaign Military_operation .

the nascent bangladesh air force flew Escaping sorties against pakistani military bases .

On that day , 242 Japanese aircraft , in two separate raids Attack , attacked Attack the town , ships in Darwin 's harbour and the town 's two airfields in an attempt to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Allies from using Using them as bases to contest Military_operation the invasion Attack of Timor and Java during World War Military_operation II .

The initial plan Arranging was to push Denmark to accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act that German land , naval and air forces could use Using Danish bases , but Adolf Hitler subsequently demanded Request that both Norway and Denmark be invaded Attack .

initial fighting Hostile_encounter on new britain took place Process_start around the western end of the island in december 1943 and january 1944 , with us forces Hostile_encounter landing Self_motion and securing bases around arawe and cape gloucester .

The capture Conquering of Bougie permitted Preventing_or_letting the Ottomans to encircle Besieging the Spanish position at Goletta and that of their ally Ahmad Sultan in Tunis , as they now had strong bases in Béjaïa and Tripoli .

Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Attack Allied shipping and naval bases around Ceylon , but failed to locate Placing and destroy Destroying the British Eastern Fleet .

The Eastern Fleet , commanded Control by Admiral Sir James Somerville , was forewarned Warning by intelligence and sailed Self_motion from its bases prior to the raid ; its attempt to attack Attack the Japanese was frustrated by poor tactical intelligence .

The operation consisted Cause_to_be_included of 64 strike sorties of aircraft from the aircraft carriers and against the torpedo boat bases of Hon Gai , Loc Chao , Quang Khe , and Phuc Loi , and the oil storage depot at Vinh .

After the Japanese invasion Attack of French Indochina in September 1940 , the French were forced to allow Preventing_or_letting Japan to set up Building military bases .

The Japanese invaded Attack in order to construct naval and air bases to provide Supply security for their major base at Rabaul , New Britain and to support Supporting strategic operations in the Solomon Islands .

The main airfields were on Buka Island , on the nearby Bonis Peninsula and at Kahili and Kieta , while naval bases were also constructed Building at Buin in the south and on the nearby Shortland Islands .

These bases allowed Preventing_or_letting the Japanese to conduct Action operations in the southern Solomon Islands and to attack Attack the Allied lines of communication between the US and the Southwest Pacific Area .