military operation

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Oil prices erased most of their earlier gains on Monday morning after Iran signaled that it had concluded the latest military operation against Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

D-Day was the largest seaborne military operation ever attempted and involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of troops from the UK, US and Canada on five separate beaches in Normandy in northern France.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

"Even though we're doing what we're doing, which is ridiculous," he said of the military operation.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The Justice Department has charged an Army special forces soldier, alleging that he used one of the world’s ripest insider-trading platforms to profit off of advance knowledge of a military operation.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Although Nixon insisted that this was not an invasion of Cambodia but just a military operation, the announcement galvanized the antiwar movement.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge