offensive
military operation that seeks through an aggressive projection of armed forces to occupy territory, gain an objective or achieve some larger strategic, operational, or tactical goal
Western Carpathian Offensive
red Army offensive in World War II
Crimean Offensive
1944 military offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive
1945 military offensive
Silesian Offensives
1945 military offensive
center of gravity
military concept
frontal assault
direct military attack against the enemy's front line
counter-offensive
large-scale strategic offensive military operation, usually by forces that had successfully halted the enemy's offensive, while occupying defensive positions
Palatinate campaign
1620 military campaign during the Thirty Years' War
Mosul offensive
2016 offensive against ISIL's positions in Mosul and the surrounding region
Battle of the Bulge
the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War
decapitation strike
military strategy aimed at removing the leadership or command and control of a hostile government or group
Mogilev Offensive
1944 Red Army offensive in Byelorussia
Villarreal Offensive
1936 military offensive
Huesca Offensive
1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War
final offensive of the Spanish Civil War
1939 campaign in the Iberian Peninsula
Bloody Wednesday
events of 15 August 1906 in the (Congress) Kingdom of Poland
military strike
conventional combat mission on an individual or small-scale basis
collision course
deliberate maneuver by the operator of a moving object to collide with another object
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
wave attacks during the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022
Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon
1942 destruction of the French naval fleet by Vichy France
Spring Offensive
1918 series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War
Campaign of the Carolinas
1865 military campaign during the American Civil War
Vilnius Offensive
1944 offensive of World War II
Kuban Offensive
1918 offensive of the Russian Civil War
Italian Spring Offensive
part of the Greco-Italian War in 1941
Vardar Offensive
1918 last major military operation on the Macedonian Front during World War I
Aleppo Offensive
2013 campaign during the Syrian civil war
Second Phase Offensive
1950 Chinese and Korean military campaign
Second Attack on Anzac Cove
1915 military offensive during World War I
Northern Iraq offensive
2014 military campaign
Pyrenees Offensive
1813 offensive
Palmyra offensive
2017 military operation of the Syrian civil war
Rhineland Offensive
series of allied offensive operations by 21st Army Group commanded by Bernard Montgomery from 8 February 1945 to 25 March 1945
Chesapeake campaign
naval campaign of the the War of 1812
Tallinn Offensive
1944 military offensive
Baltic Offensive
1944 military offensive
East Pomeranian Offensive
1945 offensive by the Soviet Red Army
Red River campaign
1864 military campaign during the American Civil War
May Offensive
1968 Tet offensive
Operation Tiger
1992 Croatian Army (HV) offensive in areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Dubrovnik during the Croatian War of Independence
Spafford Farm massacre
1832 attack on US militia and civilians
Black Sea Raid
1914 Ottoman naval sortie against Russian ports in WW1
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ongoing military conflict in Eastern Europe since 2022
Tet Offensive
1968 military campaign during the Vietnam War
Gallipoli Campaign
1916 military campaign during World War I