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defensive operation
mil., logist. opération défensive
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defensive operation
mil., logist. Type of operation aimed at annihilating or defeating an enemy action, at winning time, at saving forces or at developing conditions for a stabilization operation, through the helping, if need be, of the development of an offensive action. A defensive operation must enable the land forces to regain the initiative when it was not sufficient to win the decision stabilization or stopping of the operations. (FRA)
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