Operation Moonlight: A compelling and emotionally moving historical fiction novel

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Betty is about to celebrate her 100th birthday. With her carer Tali at her side, she receives an invite from the Century Society to reminisce on the past. There were German plans for a massive bombing raid on Britain in November 1940 at the full moon. Read how the British government responded. Transcript Counterinsurgency: Captured 31 individuals, including eight who were specifically targeted for suspected involvement in anti-Coalition activities.

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Counterinsurgency: To rid the Rashid District of terrorists and criminals and to protect the populationCoventry's air defences consisted of twenty-four 3.7inch AAguns and twelve 40mm Bofors. The AA Defence Commander of 95th(Birmingham) Heavy Anti–Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, had prepared a series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators, GL Mk.I gun-laying radar and 128concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all lines of communication and the noise drowned out sound-location. The anti-aircraft batteries then fought on in isolation. Some gun positions were able to fire at searchlight beam intersections, glimpsed through the smoke and guessing the range. Although the Coventry guns fired 10rounds a minute for the whole 10hour raid (a total of over 6,700rounds), only one German bomber was shot down. [4] :156 [9] [10] Counterinsurgency: The search found 10 to 12 122/130-millimeter rounds enhanced with propane to make a larger fireball in the explosion

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Counterinsurgency: Was an air assault mission focused on capturing or denying enemy sanctuary in the areaBattle: Five Marines were killed along with 150 insurgents in the fierce battle that lasted 14 hours. Another 9 Marines were wounded and 20 insurgents captured.

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Counterinsurgency: Aimed at countering an insurgent surge of activity in the area, as well as disrupting the flow of weapons and other illegal items toward the urban areas. Was part of Operation Mawtini. Counterinsurgency: Troops utilized targeted raids against enemy personnel who were destabilizing the city and an estimated 45 insurgents were killed. Counterinsurgency: Army National Guard, Army and USMC units from FOB Grizzly were charged with disrupting insurgent activity south of Udame. SFC Kyle B. Wehrly of the 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery was killed in the Operation. Counterinsurgency: U.S. troops battled gunmen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the town of Diwaniya for control of the cityCounterinsurgency: Resulted in 29 al-Qaida gunmen killed, 23 detained, eight hostages released, two weapons caches discovered and a safe house destroyed There were 17small raids on Coventry by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain between August and October1940 during which around 198tons of bombs fell. Together, the raids killed 176people and injured around 680. [4] :151–152 The most notable damage was to the new Rex Cinema which had been opened in February1937 and had already been closed by an earlier bombing raid in September. [5]

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Counterinsurgency: Detained 49 individuals, discovered several weapons caches and searched 13 homes and the surrounding areas in a series of raids Contingency: Consisted of nationwide raids designed to remove all remaining Ba'ath Party, non-compliant forces and paramilitary forces [1] Counterinsurgency: An effort to capture anti-Iraqi forces and seize weapons caches in the neighborhood of Ameriya Counterinsurgency: Was one of many operations initiated in hopes of disarming and disbanding hostile militia forces.

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War in the West". WW2 Guide. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006. gives different numbers than Taylor (2005): " 449bombers dropped 150,000incendiary bombs, 503 long tons (511t) of high-explosives (1,400bombs) and 130parachute sea-mines (causing extensive blast damage) on Coventry". Counterinsurgency: No one was detained and no weapon caches were found although reports were that the area contained insurgent sanctuaries One notable casualty of the October raids was Ernest Hugh Snell FRSE, [7] a retired local Medical Officer of Health. Counterinsurgency: Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces provided the outer cordon around the 80 square kilometer area while the Iraqi Army advanced to their objective to drive the terrorists from the region. The Ground Truth Project – A series of exclusive, in-depth interviews with Iraqis, aid workers, military personnel and others who have spent significant time on-the-ground in Iraq.