The French invasion Military_operation of Russia , known Know in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 ( ) and in France as the Russian campaign ( ) , began Process_start on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon 's crossed Motion_directional the Neman River in an attempt to engage Participation and defeat Conquering the Russian army .

The official political aim of the campaign was to liberate Conquering Poland from the threat of Russia .

Napoleon named Name_conferral the campaign the Second Polish War to gain Getting favor with the Poles and to provide Supply a political pretext for his actions .

When the remnants of Napoleon 's main army crossed Motion_directional the Berezina River in late November , only 27,000 soldiers remained Presence ; the had lost Death some 380,000 men dead and 100,000 captured Conquering during the campaign .

The campaign ended Process_end after nearly six months on 14 December 1812 , with the last French troops leaving Departing Russian soil .

The campaign proved a turning Becoming point in the Napoleonic Wars .

Kiev , the Ukrainian capital , was the focal point of the movement 's campaign of civil resistance , with thousands of protesters demonstrating daily .

the battle Hostile_encounter of britain ( , literally `` the air battle Hostile_encounter for england '' ) was a military campaign Military_operation of the second world war Military_operation , in which the royal air force ( raf ) defended Defending the united kingdom ( uk ) against large-scale attacks Attack by nazi germany 's air force , the luftwaffe .

It has been described Statement as the first major military campaign Military_operation fought Hostile_encounter entirely by air forces .

German historians do not accept this subdivision and regard the battle Hostile_encounter as a single campaign Military_operation lasting from July 1940 to June 1941 , including the Blitz .

The campaign demanded Request economic and human rights for poor Americans of diverse backgrounds .

The campaign would help Assistance the poor by dramatizing Expansion their needs , uniting Cause_to_amalgamate all races Competition under the commonality of hardship and presenting Presence a plan Arranging to start Process_start to a solution .

The Emperor asked Request his son and heir apparent Khurram who was at Mandu in the Deccan to lead the campaign , but Khurram evaded Escaping the assignment fearing to lose Earnings_and_losses his political power while he was away from court .

Prosecution of the campaign Military_operation was given Giving to Colonel James Stuart , supported Supporting by naval forces under Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier .

The Invasion of Ceylon was a military campaign fought as a series of amphibious operations between the summer of 1795 and spring of 1796 between the garrison of the Batavian colonies on the Indian Ocean island of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) and a British invasion Attack force sent Sending from British India .

The theme also stressed Statement the `` perseverance and unity '' of the United States and echoed the `` Forward '' theme used Using in the closing months of Obama 's reelection campaign .

By mid-October , as the Battle of Passchendaele continued on the Western Front , the last of the British reinforcements arrived Arriving as Allenby 's preparations to commence Process_start a campaign of manoeuvre neared completion .

It demanded Request that the EC clean Removing up the electoral roll , reform Reforming_a_system postal voting , use Using indelible ink , introduce Choosing a minimum 21-day campaign period , allow Preventing_or_letting all parties free access to the media , and put an end to Process_end electoral fraud .

The attack Attack targeted Aiming people in a rally outside Riaz Shah 's campaign office .

The Mahdia campaign of 1087 was an attack Attack on the North African town of Mahdia by armed ships from the northern Italian maritime republics of Genoa and Pisa .

PLAN launched Military_operation its final guerrilla campaign in late March 1989 .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Bulge , also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive Attack , was the last major German offensive campaign Military_operation on the Western Front during World War Military_operation II , and took place Process_start from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945 .

The `` Bulge '' was the largest and bloodiest single battle Hostile_encounter fought by the United States in World War Military_operation II and the second deadliest campaign Military_operation in American history .

The capture Arrest of Chunuk Bair was the only success for the Allies of the campaign Military_operation but it was fleeting as the position proved untenable .

The Indian campaign Military_operation of Alexander the Great began Process_start in 326BC .

After conquering Conquering the Achaemenid Empire of Persia , the Macedonian king ( and now the great king of the Persian Empire ) , Alexander , launched Military_operation a campaign into the Indian subcontinent in present-day Pakistan , part of which formed Coming_to_be the easternmost territories of the Achaemenid Empire following Motion the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley ( 6th century BC ) .

The rationale for this campaign is usually said Telling to be Alexander 's desire to conquer Conquering the entire known world , which the Greeks thought ended Process_end in India .

This victory Getting by the 52nd ( Lowland ) Division and the Anzac Mounted Division of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) over a joint Collaboration Ottoman and German force Military_operation , which had marched Self_motion across the Sinai , marked Recording the end Process_end of the Defence of the Suez Canal campaign , also known as the `` Offensive zur Eroberung des Suezkanals '' and the `` İkinci Kanal Harekâtı '' , which had begun Process_start on 26 January 1915 .

This had an unintended but significant effect on the Atlantic campaign Military_operation of 1806 , resulting Causation eventually in the Battle Hostile_encounter of San Domingo in February 1806 .

Initially the U-boat campaign Military_operation was directed Aiming against the British Grand Fleet .

The Atlantic U-boat campaign Military_operation of World War Military_operation I ( sometimes called the `` First Battle Hostile_encounter of the Atlantic '' , in reference to the World War II campaign of that name ) was the prolonged naval conflict Hostile_encounter between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles , the North Sea and the coast of France .

This campaign Military_operation was highly destructive Destroying , and resulted in Causation the loss Earnings_and_losses of nearly half of Britain 's merchant marine fleet during the course of the war Military_operation .

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 .

The Atlantic U-boat campaign Military_operation of World War Military_operation I ( sometimes called the `` First Battle Hostile_encounter of the Atlantic '' , in reference to the World War II campaign of that name ) was the prolonged naval conflict Hostile_encounter between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles , the North Sea and the coast of France .

A month later , Hamelin 's raiding Attack campaign skirted disaster Catastrophe when a winter hurricane on the voyage back to Île de France almost wrecked Destroying his flagship `` Vénus '' .

The incident took place Process_start in the context of the East Indies campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars , the allied squadron attempting to disrupt a valuable British merchant convoy due Causation to sail from Qing Dynasty China .

It took place Process_start on 7–8 November 1943 during the Bougainville campaign Military_operation .

The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end Process_end of the war Hostile_encounter in August 1945 .

The campaign resulted in Causation a crushing defeat Conquering and heavy losses Earnings_and_losses for the Empire of Japan .

Garrisons were effectively besieged Besieging and denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act shipments of food and medical supplies , and as a result , some claim Statement that 97 % of Japanese deaths Death in this campaign were from non-combat causes Causation .

According to John Laffin , the campaign `` was arguably the most arduous fought Hostile_encounter by any Allied troops during World War II '' .

The Bruce campaign was a three-year military campaign Military_operation in Ireland by Edward Bruce , brother of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce .

The campaign Military_operation effectively ended Process_end with Edward 's defeat Earnings_and_losses and death Death in the Battle of Faughart in 1318 .

The Bruce campaign was a three-year military campaign Military_operation in Ireland by Edward Bruce , brother of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce .

The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken Action by the Spanish `` conquistadores '' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the modern Mexican state of Chiapas .

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Major conflicts Hostile_encounter within the campaign included Cause_to_be_included the cavalry and artillery attack Attack on Te Tarata pā near Opotiki in October 1865 in which about 35 Māori were killed Killing and the seven-day siege Besieging of Waerenga-a-Hika in November 1865 .

The Yorktown or Virginia campaign was a series of military maneuvers and battles Hostile_encounter during the American Revolutionary War that culminated Process_end in the decisive Siege of Yorktown in October 1781 .

The result of the campaign was the surrender Surrendering of the British Army force of General Charles Earl Cornwallis , an event that led Causation directly to the beginning of serious peace negotiations and the eventual end of the war .

The campaign was marked Recording by disagreements , indecision , and miscommunication on the part of British leaders , and by a remarkable set of cooperative decisions , at times in violation of orders , by the French and Americans .