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Encyclopedia > Breakout (military)

Military operation to end a situation of encirclement or siege. Like in: "British breakout attempt from Normandy". Encirclement is a military term for the situation when one sides force or target is isolated and surrounded by other sides forces. ... For the Boston area punk band see Siege (band). ...


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According to military officials familiar with the episode, the suspects are believed to have picked the lock on their cell, changed out of their bright orange uniforms and made their way through a heavily guarded military base under the cover of night.
The detainees planned their breakout meticulously, United States officials said, apparently studying the guards' routines, getting themselves moved into a cell that was less visible to the guards and taking advantage of construction work that was intended to expand and improve security at the prison.
Military and intelligence officials said the detainees left behind their bright orange prison uniforms, apparently changing into less conspicuous blue prison garb that they might have somehow hidden in their cells or knew where to find elsewhere.
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The day the military might of the Allies combined for the most extensive aerial and sea borne assault ever planned.
Planned for over two years by the Allied Forces, the D-Day Invasion was an intricate coordination of the world's greatest military forces, and an exercise in cooperation that marked the turning point of war, and the world's history.
On a map of France, trace the route of the Breakout to the liberation of Paris.
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