* 2002 – U. S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

* 2002 – U. S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, ( ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities ).

In early March 2002 the United States military, along with allied Afghan military forces, conducted a large operation to destroy al-Qaeda in an operation code-named Operation Anaconda.

The Barrett M82 is credited with a maximum effective range of ; and it was with a. 50BMG caliber McMillan TAC-50 rifle that Canadian Master Corporal Rob Furlong made the longest recorded ( until 2010 ) confirmed sniper kill in history, when he shot a Taliban fighter at a range of in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda in 2002.

** U. S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins.

* March 19 – US war in Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends ( started on March 1 ) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities.

Navy SEALs participated extensively in Operation Anaconda.

In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda starts.

Soldiers from the Forsvarets Spesialkommando ( FSK ) | Norwegian Army Special Forces unload from an CH-47 Chinook # MH-47E | MH-47 Chinook during Operation Anaconda

Soldiers board a CH-47 Chinook | Chinook in Operation Anaconda

General Tommy Franks declares Operation Anaconda over, terming it " an unqualified and complete success.

At the end of Operation Anaconda, the US and Afghan forces had succeeded at removing the majority of the Al-Qaeda and Taliban presence from the Shahi-Kot Valley.

In the wake of Operation Anaconda, relations between US and the and UK forces on the ground soured when Stars and Stripes, the magazine for American forces and their families, openly criticized the Royal Marines for returning " empty-handed " from their search for al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters claiming that Britain's contribution to the campaign was " disappointing.

The record for the longest combat kill by a sniper was temporarily set during Operation Anaconda by Canadian sniper Cpl Rob Furlong, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ( PPCLI ).

Operation Anaconda was also met with criticism.

(...) Die Deutschen hätten auch erlebt, wie Amerikaner " bei der Operation Anaconda ganze Dörfer platt machten "(...): Hier Jungs, frei zum Plündern.

(...) The Germans are quoted to have witnessed U. S. Forces flooring entire villages during Operation Anaconda: ' Let's go, free to pillage ' (...).

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Following an intense mountain battle known as Operation Anaconda in March 2002, U. S. troops searching a bunker complex found a GPS unit and holding pouch labeled " G. Gordon ".

It ultimately turned out that it wasn't Gordon's GPS but one of a helicopter pilot lost in an earlier fight during Operation Anaconda.

The SASR initially operated in southern Afghanistan with the US Marines before moving to eastern Afghanistan where it played an important role in Operation Anaconda.

The quotation was from a discussion of the Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan and was referring to counts of enemy soldiers killed, in the context of using enemy body counts as a measure of military success.

For Operation Anaconda, its commander, Army Major General Franklin L. Hagenbeck, directed coalition forces, U. S. soldiers and Afghan forces, to destroy remaining al Qaeda and Taliban forces in an area located roughly 65 nautical miles south of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Operation Anaconda continued for another 19 days.

United States Air Force records show that at least 6, 542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand.

Air Force records show at least 6, 542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand.

After the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U. S., carriers immediately headed to the Arabian Sea to support Operation Enduring Freedom and took up station, building to a force of three carriers.

In February 1944, Operation Hailstone, one of the most important naval battles of the war, took place at Truk, in which many Japanese support vessels and aircraft were destroyed.

Himmler took over leadership of the RSHA and stepped up the pace of the killing of European Jewry in Aktion Reinhard ( Operation Reinhard ), named in Heydrich's honour.

In 1987, Operation Deepscan took place.

During the primaries, Limbaugh in particular had endorsed a plan to do whatever it took to prolong the Democrats ' nomination by encouraging political conservatives to cross over to the Democrats and voting for the trailing candidate, a plan he calls " Operation Chaos ".

After the brief success of the Kerensky Offensive 1 – 19 July and its disastrous sequel, when Ludendorff's general reserve of six divisions captured Riga, 1 – 5 September 1917 and then in Operation Albion September – October 1917 took the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga, British and French commanders on the Western Front had to reckon on the German western army being strengthened by reinforcements from the Eastern Front in late 1917.

The regiment took part in Operation Latzides, which was a heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to stem the forces of the Italians.

Air Force records show that at least 6, 542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand.

Britain's first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941 when, what was then known as II Special Air Service ( some 37 men of 500 trained in No. 2 Commando plus three Italian interpreters ), parachuted into Italy to blow up an aqueduct in a daring raid named Operation Colossus.

Britain ’ s first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941, when ' X ' Troop, No 11 Special Air Service Battalion ( which was formed from No 2 Commando and subsequently became 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ) dropped into southern Italy from converted Whitley bombers flying from Malta and demolished a span of the aqueduct near Tragino in a daring night raid named Operation Colossus.

On the evening of July 13, 1943, more than 112 aircraft carrying 1, 856 men and 16 gliders with 77 artillerymen and ten 6 pounder guns, took off from North Africa in Operation Fustian.

In April 1945, Operation Herring, an Italian commando-style airborne drop aimed at disrupting German rear area communications and movement over key areas in Northern Italy, took place.

Operation Repulse, which took place in Bastogne on December 27, 1944, as part of the Battle of the Bulge, glider pilots, although flying directly through enemy fire, were able to land, delivering the badly needed ammunition, gasoline, and medical supplies that enabled defenders against the German offensive to persevere and secure the ultimate victory.

Conducted as a part of Operation Plunder, the operation took place on 24 March 1945 in aid of an attempt by the British 21st Army Group to cross the Rhine River.

The PAP has held an overwhelming majority of seats in the Parliament of Singapore since 1966, when the opposition Barisan Sosialis ( Socialist Front ), a left-wing group that split from PAP in 1961, resigned from Parliament after winning 13 seats following the 1963 state elections, which took place months after a number of their leaders had been arrested in Operation Coldstore based on charges of being communists.

* memorial honoring the Boy Scouts and others who took part in " Operation 1001 " 1966-73, the rebuilding of the town from its devastation in World War II

The next month, 334 B-29s took off to raid on the night of 9 – 10 March ( Operation Meetinghouse ), with 279 of them dropping around 1, 700 tons of bombs.

The only fighting took place in the port of Algiers itself, where in Operation Terminal two British destroyers attempted to land a party of U. S. Rangers directly onto the dock, in order to prevent the French destroying the port facilities and scuttling their ships.

On 6 May, as the culmination of Operation Vulcan, the British took Tunis, and American forces reached Bizerte.

Polish historians like Pospieszalski and Janusz Kutta point to a Nazi top secret false flag Operation Himmler ( which took place on August 31 – September 1 ) and was designed to create an illusion of Polish aggression against Germany.

The Swietokrzyskie Mountains Home Army District fought against the Germans long before Operation Tempest inflicted heavy casualties on the occupying forces and later took part in the final liberation of their towns and cities in January 1945.

At the age of sixteen, he decided to join the United States Marine Corps, a decision that took him to Lebanon, during Operation Blue Bat.