invasion

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Analysts weighing possible U.S. ground operations focus on an invasion of Kharg island, Iran’s main export terminal, in a move to seize the country’s oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

August 2022 was the last time the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4, during the early months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Many German institutions had just started relaxing travel restrictions to Iraq after a succession of conflicts, including the 2003 US-led invasion and the extremist Islamic State group.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

President Truman did not seek a declaration of war to respond to North Korea’s invasion of the South.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein