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Combined operation

noun

A military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces.

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... In modern times, the movement which has led to the entire abolition of slavery in civilized countries owes much, undoubtedly, to the softened manners and wider sympathies of a society largely transformed by the combined operation of Christianity and culture, but it has been promoted, to no inconsiderable degree, by conscious reflexion and direct argument. Social and religious reasons, derived from the community of nature and origin in man, ...

— Progressive Morality - An Essay in Ethics • Thomas Fowler

... importance of the operation there could be no question. Ever since 1914 the Navy had been pressing for the recapture of the ports on the Belgian coast, and they could only be taken by means of a combined operation. Sir John French (now Field-Marshal Viscount French) himself had in the early days of the war pointed, out the great importance of securing the coast, but circumstances beyond his control were too ...

— The Crisis of the Naval War • John Rushworth Jellicoe