Raid (military)
Aerial bombardment: The Royal Air Force first used the term "raid" in the Second World War when referring to an air attack. It included those by one aircraft or many squadrons, against all manner of targets on the ground and the targets defending aircraft. "Raid" was different from "battle", which was used for land, sea, or amphibious conflict. An aircraft "raid" was always planned ahead of time. Aircraft patrols (against U-boats) and defensive launches of carrier aircraft (against recently detected enemy ships) are differentiated from raids.

See also: Marine Raiders
Chevauchée
Direct action (military)
Hit-and-run tactics
Infiltration tactics
Slave raiding
Trench raiding
List of expeditions of Muhammad
List of raids

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