List of guerrillas - Irish Republican. Michael Collins, Old IRA guerrilla leader (during British colonial rule of Ireland) Tom Barry Gerry Adams, suspected Provisional IRA Army Council member Martin McGuiness, suspected Provisional IRA Army Council member Seamus Costello, Official IRA member Steakknife, senior Provisional IRA member and British government informant, alleged to be Freddie Scappaticci Bobby Sands, IRA member and Hunger Striker Francis Hughes, IRA member and later Hunger Striker Dominic "Mad Dog" McGlinchey, ...

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Asymmetric warfare is a military term describing warfare in which the two belligerents are mismatched in their military capabilities or their accustomed methods of engagement. In such a situation the militarily disadvantaged power must press its special advantages or effectively exploit its enemy's particular weaknesses if the disadvantaged power is to have any hope of prevailing. Asymmetric warfare - Concepts. Asymmetric warfare - Strategic basis. Usually in warfare at the star ...

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• Asymmetric warfare - The use of terrain in asymmetric warfare
• Asymmetric warfare - War by proxy
• Asymmetric warfare - Asymmetric warfare and terrorism
• Asymmetric warfare - Morality of asymmetric warfare
• Asymmetric warfare - Examples of asymmetric warfare
• Asymmetric warfare - Pre-20th century asymmetric warfare
• Asymmetric warfare - 20th century asymmetric warfare
• Asymmetric warfare - 21st century

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Asymmetric warfare - Pre-20th century asymmetric warfare. The biblical story of David and Goliath -- in which David slew Goliath with "five smooth stones" hurled from a sling -- is often cited as the inspiration for the triumph of the weak and the oppressed over the strong and the mighty. David's victory also symbolized the triumph of the new and advanced versus the old and outdated; his superior planning, skill, and knowledge defeated ...

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During World War II in 1940 the British Commandos were formed following Winston Churchill's call for "specially trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast." The Commandos were selected from volunteers among existing servicemen and went on to spawn a number of other specialist units including the Long Range Desert Group, the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service and the Small Scale Raiding Force of the Special Operations Executive. In the Burma Campaign, the Chindits, whose long range pe ...

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During World War II in 1940 the British Commandos were formed following Winston Churchill's call for "specially trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast." The Commandos were selected from volunteers among existing servicemen and went on to spawn a number of other specialist units including the Long Range Desert Group, the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service and the Small Scale Raiding Force of the Special Operations Executive. In the Burma Campaign, the Chindits, whose long range pe ...

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The term "irregular military" describes the "how" and "what", but it's more common to focus on the "why". Bypassing the legitimate military and taking up arms is an extreme measure. The motivation for doing so is often used as the basis of the primary label for any irregular military. Different terms come in and out of fashion, based on political and emotional associations that develop. Here is a list of such terms, organized more-or-less oldest to latest. Militia -- civilians who are part-time soldiers Mercenary -- sol ...

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The following groups may differ widely in numbers and in activity: Resistance movement - Post-World War II. Resistance movement - World War II. See also Resistance during World War II Communist resistance, in several countries Albanian resistance movement Belgian resistance movement Czech Resistance movement Danish resistance movement Dutch resistance movement Valkenburg resistance ...

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In the U.S. military, the term special operations forces refer to all components of USASOC, such as Civil Affairs, PSYOP, the 75th Airborne Infantry, and the SOAR. These units have unique capabilities and do not fight by conventional means, hence the designation as "Special." special forces refers exclusively to the United States Army Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets. Elsewhere, the phrases "special forces" and "special operations forces" are generally re ...

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Resistance movement - World War II anti-Nazi anti-Fascist. Mordechaj Anielewicz Josip Broz - Tito Jean Moulin Christian Pineau Hannie Schaft Nancy Wake Jan Karski Resistance movement - Other Resistance Movements. Rummu Jüri Laura Secord Aivar Voitka Ülo Voitka ...

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Special operations forces have played an important role throughout the history of warfare when the aim has been to achieve disruption by "hit and run" and sabotage, rather than more traditional face to face combat. Other significant roles lay in reconnaissance, providing essential intelligence from close to or among the enemy, and increasingly in combating terrorists, their infrastructure and activities. During the Napoleonic wars, rifle and sapper units existed who were not committed to the formal lines that made up most battles of t ...

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During a visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina on October 12, 1961, then Brigadier General William P. Yarborough approached President John F. Kennedy to raise the issue of the importance of the Special Forces within the US Army. Kennedy was impressed with the significance that such troops would bring to future military actions. The results were shown in Vietnam War: the Green Berets played a major role in that conflict. Throughout the later half of the 20th century and into the 21st century, special forces have come to higher pro ...

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Resistance movement - World War II anti-Nazi anti-Fascist. Mordechaj Anielewicz Josip Broz - Tito Jean Moulin Christian Pineau Hannie Schaft Nancy Wake Resistance movement - Other Resistance Movements. Rummu Jüri Laura Secord Aivar Voitka Ülo Voitka ...

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In the U.S. military, the term special operations forces refer to all components of USASOC, such as Civil Affairs, PSYOP, the 75th Airborne Infantry, and the SOAR. These units have unique capabilities and do not fight by conventional means, hence the designation as "Special." special forces refers exclusively to the United States Army Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets. Elsewhere, the phrases "special forces" and "special operations forces" are generally re ...

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Resistance movements can include any irregular armed force that rises up against an enforced or established authority, government, or administration. This frequently includes groups that consider themselves to be resisting tyranny. Some resistance movements are underground organizations engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military occupation or totalitarian domination. Tactics of resistance movements against a constituted authority range from nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience, to industrial sabo ...

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While the morale, training and equipment of the individual irregular soldier can vary from very poor to excellent, irregulars are usually lacking the higher-level organizational training and equipment that is part of regular army. This usually makes irregulars poor at what regular armies focus on — main-line combat. Other things being equal, major battles between regulars and irregulars heavily favor the regulars. However, irregulars can excel at many other combat duties besides main-line combat, such as scouting, skirmishing, haras ...

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Asymmetric warfare - Strategic basis. Usually in warfare at the start of the conflict, the belligerents deploy forces of a similar type and the outcome of the war can be determined by the quality and quantity of the opposing forces. Unless one side calculates that the cost of war is offset by advantages to be gained, there is no point in going to war, otherwise one would assume that the potential belligerents will either be deterred from war or wi ...

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In the dawn of civilization, all military forces were irregular. Regular armies grew slowly from personal bodyguards or elite militia. In Ancient warfare, most civilized nations relied heavily on irregulars to augment their small regular army. Even in advanced civilizations, the irregulars commonly outnumbered the regular army. Sometimes entire tribal armies of irregulars were brought in from internal native or neighboring cultures, especially ones that still had an active hunting tradition to provide the basic training of irregulars. The re ...

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In the U.S. military, the term special operations forces is preferred: special forces refers exclusively to the United States Army Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets. Elsewhere, the phrases "special forces" and "special operations forces" are generally regarded as synonymous, and are treated as such for the purposes of this article. ...

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During a visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina on October 12, 1961, then Brigadier General William P. Yarborough approached President John F. Kennedy to raise the issue of the importance of the Special Forces within the US Army. Kennedy was impressed with the significance that such troops would bring to future military actions. The results were shown in Vietnam War: the Green Berets played a major role in that conflict. Throughout the later half of the 20th century and into the 21st century, special forces have come to higher pro ...

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Special operations forces have played an important role throughout the history of warfare when the aim has been to achieve disruption by "hit and run" and sabotage, rather than more traditional face to face combat. Other significant roles lay in reconnaissance, providing essential intelligence from close to or among the enemy, and increasingly in combating terrorists, their infrastructure and activities. During the Napoleonic wars, rifle and sapper units existed who were not committed to the formal lines that made up most battles of t ...

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