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    The Raid on Grand Harbour (Operazione MALTA-2), was an Italian raid against Allied shipping in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta in the early morning of 26...
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    The Grand Harbour (Maltese: il-Port il-Kbir; Italian: Porto Grande), also known as the Port of Marsa, is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. It...
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    within the Red Sea Flotilla off Massawa, Eritrea; and the failed Raid on Grand Harbour of Malta in July 1941, which caused the loss of two motorboats,...
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    The Raid on Yarmouth, on 3 November 1914, was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth. German shells...
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    The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 16 December 1914 was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British ports of Scarborough, Hartlepool...
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    The Zeebrugge Raid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the...
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    Operation Substance (category Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata)
    loss. The Raid on Grand Harbour, an audacious attack by the elite Decima MAS, using explosive motor-boats (MTM) and manned torpedoes early on 26 July was...
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    months. The campaign began with raiding Ferryland on November 10, 1696, and continued along the coast until they raided the village of Heart's Content...
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    The Raid on Santorini took place on 24 April 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. It was conducted by the British Special Boat...
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    The Raid on Symi also known as Operation Tenement took place from 13 to 15 July 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. The action...
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    Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France...
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    destruction of the harbours and other military establishments of both towns would assist the German war effort, even if the raid failed to bait the British...
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    The Raid on Algiers took place on 11 December 1942, in the Algiers harbour. Italian manned torpedoes and commando frogmen from the Decima Flottiglia MAS...
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    The Jameson Raid (Afrikaans: Jameson-inval, lit. ''Jameson's Invasion'' , 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African...
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    French Navy and the British Royal Navy over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France (now Mauritius), as part of the Mauritius campaign...
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    Fort Saint Elmo (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula that divides Marsamxett Harbour from Grand Harbour, and commands the entrances to both harbours along...
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    kilometres (8 nautical miles) across the Grand Manan Channel. Grand Manan is 32 kilometres south of Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick. "Manan" is a corruption...
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    studied the Taranto raid during planning for the attack on Pearl Harbor, as both attacks faced similar issues attacking a shallow harbour. Japanese Lieutenant...
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  • In business, a corporate raid is the process of buying a large stake in a corporation and then using shareholder voting rights to require the company to...
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    He raided present-day Castine, Maine and then continued on by conducting raids against Grand Pre, Pisiquid and Chignecto. In the summer of 1705, Mi'kmaq...
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    Berry Islands Bimini Black Point City of Freeport Crooked Island Grand Cay Harbour Island Hope Town Inagua Long Cay Mangrove Cay Mayaguana Moore's Island...
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    Bay of Fundy (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    Saint John to Digby, operated by Bay Ferries. Grand Manan to Blacks Harbour and White Head Island, to Grand Manan, operated by Coastal Transport. The Letete...
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    The Raid on Genoa was a minor naval engagement fought in the harbour of the Italian city of Genoa during the first year of the French Revolutionary Wars...
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    The Raid on Alexandria (Operazione EA 3) was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy (Regia Marina) divers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS (Decima...
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    Knights of Malta when, on 26 October 1530, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Grand Master of the Knights, sailed into Malta's Grand Harbour with a number of...
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    second, and successful, attempt to enter the harbour. Once in the harbour, she fired upon the fort. On September 23, Southack's men sacked and burned...
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    New England retaliatory Raid on Grand Pré, Piziquid and Chignecto in 1704. The raid was led by Benjamin Church who was fired on by the local militia, who...
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    During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing...
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    However, the Allied grand strategy in the South West Pacific Area—Operation Cartwheel—aimed to isolate Rabaul and reduce it by air raids. Japanese ground...
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    a raid on the blockhouse at LaHave, Nova Scotia. On September 11, a child was killed in a raid on the Northwest Range. Another raid happened on March 27...
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