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Land raid

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A land raid was a form of political protest in rural Scotland, primarily in the Highlands. A land raid was a form of political protest in rural Scotland...

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Seven Men of Knoydart

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1745. Comprising seven ex-servicemen, their claim was to be the last land raid in Scotland. At the end of the 18th-century, a population of around 1...

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Doolittle Raid

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The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital...

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Entebbe raid

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Benghazi Tel Aviv Entebbe Athens The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan)...

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Dieppe Raid

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Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France...

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Raid on Makin Island

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The Raid on Makin Island (17–18 August 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps Raiders on Japanese military forces on Makin Island (now known...

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Knoydart

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Cambusdoon. In 1948, an unsuccessful land raid was undertaken by the "Seven Men of Knoydart", who attempted to claim land in the ownership of the estate for...

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Operation Chastise

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Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF...

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St Nazaire Raid

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The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France...

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Jameson Raid

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The Jameson Raid (Afrikaans: Jameson-inval, lit. ''Jameson's Invasion'' , 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African...

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Land of Bad

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superiors to take a leave for having exceeded their shift. Kinney and Sweet raid one of Sayyaf's facilities before being captured and taken to their prison...

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Vatersay

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were a sequence of Land raid actions when some of these men, the so-called "Vatersay Raiders", returned and took possession of land, claiming that an ancient...

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Rally raid

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Others include the TransAnatolia Rally Raid, Hellas Rally Raid, Dinaric Rally Raid, Borneo Rally Raid, and Raid De Himalaya. National cross-country rally...

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Fenian raids

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The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military...

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Raid on Scone

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William Wallace joined forces with William Douglas the Hardy and led a raid on the city of Scone. He and his men forced William de Ormesby, the English-appointed...

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Killing of Osama bin Laden

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Operations Command (JSOC) coordinating the Special Mission Units involved in the raid. In addition to SEAL Team Six, participating units under JSOC included the...

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Raid on Tendra Spit

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The raid on Tendra Spit was a failed small boat operation conducted by Ukrainian special forces against the Russian-held Tendra Spit. The spit is a narrow...

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Raid on Combahee Ferry

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The Raid on Combahee Ferry (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE, also known as the Combahee River Raid) was a military operation during the American Civil War conducted...

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Zeebrugge Raid

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The Zeebrugge Raid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the...

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Highland Land League

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effectively, with rent strikes and land raids, about their lack of secure tenure of land and their severely reduced access to land. The government responded in...

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Barbary slave trade

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states. European slaves were captured by Barbary pirates in slave raids on ships and by raids on coastal towns from Italy to the Netherlands, Ireland and the...

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Bombing of Darwin

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morning of the raid. Darwin was attacked by aircraft flying from aircraft carriers and land bases in the NEI. The main force involved in the raid was the 1st...

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Lairg

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Lairg Free church 1923 to 1965, Moderator of the General Assembly in 1938 Land raid Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland...

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Vikings season 2

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Lindisfarne raid in 793. The second season follows Ragnar's struggles with rival Vikings and his rise from Earl to King. The Vikings raid farther into...

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