List of raids
A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture or kill specific personnel. This contrasts to regular military operations where the end goal is to capture territory and advance. Raids are a quick attack, relying heavily on the element of surprise to achieve their objective. After the success or failure of the mission, the raiding force will attempt to retreat to friendly territory before the enemy is able to co-ordinate a counterattack.
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Raids are favored by guerrilla, irregular, or special forces. Due to the disproportional affect that a raid can have on an enemy, relative to the attacker's strength and the duration of the attack, raids are a favored tactic in irregular warfare.
This page contains a list of military raids, not including air raids, sorted by the date at which they started:
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| Mongol Raid into Hungary | 1241 | Mongol Empire | .svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Croatia
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Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary controlled by the Mongol Empire |
| Mongol Raid into Lithuania | 1259 | Mongol Empire | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Lithuania left mostly untouched by the Mongol raid |
| Mongol raid into Poland | 1259 | Mongol Empire |  |
Tactical Mongol victory |
| Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace | 1265 | Mongol Empire | Thrace | Thrace plundered by the Mongols |
| Second Mongol invasion of Lithuania | 1275 | Mongol Empire | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | |
| Third Mongol invasion of Poland | 1287 |   |
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Polish victory; Mongol invasion repulsed |
| Chaseabout Raid | 26 August 1565 |  |
Protestant rebels | Victory for Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Raid of the Redeswire | 7 July 1575 | |
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Scottish victory |
| Raid of Ruthven | 27 August 1582 | Presbyterian nobles | Kingdom of Scotland | Short-lived Presbyterian victory |
| Raid on the Medway | 6 June 1667 |  |
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Decisive Dutch victory |
| Raid on Deerfield | 29 February 1704 |  |
 Abenaki Iroquois Wyandot Pocumtuc Pennacook |
French and Native American victory |
| Raid on Pickawillany | 21 June 1752 | |
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French allied victory |
| Meigs Raid | 24 May 1777 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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American victory |
| Carleton's Raid | 24 October 1778 | |
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British victory |
| Cherry Valley massacre | 11 November 1778 | Seneca tribe Mohawk |
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British victory |
| Royalton raid | 16 October 1780 | |
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British victory |
| Battle of Fort St. George | 23 November 1780 | |
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American Victory |
| Raid on Gananoque | 21 September 1812 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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American victory |
| Raid on Elizabethtown | 7 February 1813 | |
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American victory |
| Raid on Fort Oswego | 6 May 1814 | |
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British victory |
| Raid on Alexandria | 20 August 1814 | |
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British victory |
| McArthur's Raid | 6 November 1814 | |
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American victory |
| Andrews' Raid | 12 April 1862 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Union victory |
| Newburgh Raid | 18 July 1862 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Raid on Chambersburg | October 1862 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Sinking Creek Raid | 26 November 1862 | |
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Union victory |
| West Tennessee Raids | December 1862 – January 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Mosby's Raid on Herndon Station | 17 March 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Grierson's Raid | April – May 1863 | |
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Union victory |
| Streight's Raid | April – May 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Stoneman's 1863 raid | April – May 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Jones–Imboden Raid | April – May 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Hines' Raid | June 1863 | |
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Union victory |
| Raid on Combahee Ferry | June 1863 | |
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Union victory |
| Morgan's Raid | June – July 1863 | |
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Union victory |
| Wytheville Raid | 18 July 1863 | |
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Union victory |
| Quantrill's Raid | 21 August 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Shelby's Raid (1863) | September – October 1863 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Wheeler's October 1863 Raid | October 1863 | |
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Inconclusive |
| Dahlgren Raid | February – March 1864 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Wilson–Kautz Raid | June – July 1864 | |
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Inconclusive |
| Gilmor's Raid | July 1864 | |
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Confederate victory |
| Price's Raid | August – December 1864 | |
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Union victory |
| Beefsteak Raid | September 1864 | |
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Confederate victory |
| St. Albans Raid | 19 October 1864 | |
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Confederate victory |
| The Burning Raid | November – December 1864 | |
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Union victory |
| Stoneman's 1864 raid | December 1864 | |
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Union victory |
| Stoneman's 1865 raid | March – April 1865 | |
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Union victory |
| Wilson's Raid | March – April 1865 | |
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Union victory |
| Fenian raids | April 1866 |  |
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Stalemate; Fenian raids cease |
| Warren Wagon Train raid | 18 May 1871 | Kiowa | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Native American victory |
| Jesse James Northfield Raid | 6 September 1876 | Law enforcement | James-Younger Gang | Destruction of the gang |
| Jameson Raid | 29 December 1895 | |
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South African victory |
| Bezdany raid | 26 September 1908 | Polish revolutionaries | Russian Empire | Polish success |
| Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby | 16 December 1914 | |
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German victory |
| Russian raid on Gotland | 2 July 1915 | 
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Allied victory |
| Zeebrugge Raid | 23 April 1918 |  |
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Indecisive |
| Malgaç Raid | 16 June 1919 |  |
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Turkish victory |
| Soviet raid on Stołpce | 3 August 1924 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Soviet victory |
| Chittagong armoury raid | 18 April 1930 | Indian revolutionaries | Chittagong police force | Revolutionaries fail to complete objective |
| Christmas Raid | 23 December 1939 |  |
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Initial completion of objectives; equipment recovered shortly after |
| Operation Ambassador | 14 July 1940 | |
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Nazi victory |
| Operation Colossus | 10 February 1941 | |
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British victory |
| Operation Claymore | 4 March 1941 |  |
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British victory |
| Operation Savanna | 15 March 1941 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Nazi victory |
| Bardia raid | 19-20 April 1941 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Allied victory |
| Raid on Alexandria (1941) | 19 December 1941 | |
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Italian victory |
| Operation Anklet | 26 December 1941 | |
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Allied victory |
| Operation Archery | 27 December 1941 | |
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Allied victory |
| Operation Biting | 28 February 1942 | |
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British victory |
| St. Nazaire Raid | 27 March 1942 | |
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British victory (all objectives complete) |
| Indian Ocean raid | 31 March 1942 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Japanese victory |
| Operation Albumen | 7-8 June 1942, 4-5 July 1943 | |
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Allied victory |
| Makin Island raid | 17 August 1942 | |
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American victory |
| Dieppe Raid | 19 August 1942 | |
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German victory |
| Tatsinskaya Raid | 16 December 1942 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Soviet victory |
| Operation Chestnut | 12 July 1943 | |
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British failure |
| The Gran Sasso Raid | 12 September 1943 | |
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Mussolini successfully rescued |
| Operation Jaywick | 26 September 1943 | Z Special Unit (Allies) | |
Allied victory |
| Operation Begonia | 2 October 1943 | |
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50 POWs rescued |
| Operation Candytuft | 27 October 1943 | |
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British victory |
| Operation Saxifrage | 27 October 1943 | |
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Rail lines successfully cut |
| Raid on Choiseul | 28 October 1943 | |
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Indecisive |
| Operation Baobab | 30 January 1944 | |
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British victory |
| Operation Cooney | 7 June 1944 | |
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Tactically indecisive
Strategic Allied victory |
| Operation Gaff | 25 June 1944 | |
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Objective not completed |
| Raid on Symi | 13-15 July 1944 | |
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Allied victory |
| Operation Dunhill | 3 August 1944 | |
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Objectives completed |
| Raid at Ožbalt | 31 August 1944 |  |
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Slovene victory |
| Operation Greif | 16 December 1944 | |
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German failure |
| Raid at Cabanatuan | 30 January 1945 | |
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Allied victory; 552 POWs liberated |
| Operation Cold Comfort | 17 February 1945 | |
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British failure |
| Raid at Los Baños | 23 February 1945 | |
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Allied victory; 2,147 Allied civilians and military personnel liberated |
| Granville Raid | 8 March 1945 | |
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German victory |
| Operation Tombola | 23 March 1945 | |
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Allied victory |
| Operation Roast | 1 April 1945 | |
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British victory |
| Operation Claret | July 1964 - July 1966 | |
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Objective complete; Indonesian forces kept off balance |
| Operation Danube | 20-21 August 1968 |  |
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Mission successful
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| Operation Ivory Coast | 21 November 1970 |  |
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Mission failure |
| Operation Green Sea | 22 November 1970 |   |
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Limited Portuguese success; liberation of all 26 POWs and enemy naval and air assets destroyed
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| Operation Entebbe | 3 July 1976 |  |
Mission successful; 102 of 106 hostages rescued | |
| Operation Eland | 9 August 1976 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Decisive Rhodesian victory |
| Operation Dingo | 23-25 November 1977 | |
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Decisive Rhodesian victory |
| Coup of the Republic of Afghanistan | 27-28 April 1978 | 
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Mission successful; Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrown and assassinated |
| Operation Storm-333 | 27 December 1979 |  |
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Soviet victory; Hafizullah Amin assassinated |
| Operation Eagle Claw | 24 April 1980 | |
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Mission failure |
| Operation Nimrod | 5 May 1980 | |
Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan (DRFLA) | Mission successful; 24 of 26 hostages rescued |
| Raid on Pebble Island | 14 May 1982 | |
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British victory |
| Operation Destroy | 19 November 1985 | 
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Malaysian victory
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| Operation Flavius | 6 March 1988 | |
Provisional Irish Republican Army | 3 IRA paramilitaries killed |
| Operation Acid Gambit | 20 December 1989 | |
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Mission successful; hostage rescued |
| Raid at Renacer Prison | 20 December 1989 | |
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Mission successful; 64 hostages rescued |
| Borovo Selo raid | 2 May 1991 |  |
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SAO Krajina and White Eagles victory |
| Battle of Mogadishu | 3 October 1993 |  |
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Strategic SNA victory |
| Operation Chavín de Huántar | 22 April 1997 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Peruvian victory
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| Sauk siege | 5 July 2000 | |
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Malaysian military victory |
| Operation Barras | 10 September 2000 | |
West Side Boys | Mission successful; 5 hostages and 21 additional civilians rescued |
| Alkhan-Kala raid | 22-28 June 2001 |  |
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Russian victory
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| Operation Condor | 17 May 2002 | |
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British victory |
| 2004 Nazran raid | 21 June 2004 |  |
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Chechen and Ingush separatist victory |
| 2004 Avtury raid | 12 July 2004 | |
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Rebel victory |
| 2004 Grozny raid | 21 August 2004 | |
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Russian victory |
| 2005 Dagestan Raids | 15 January 2005 |  |
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Russian victory |
| Lake Tharthar raid | 23 March 2005 | 
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Iraqi security forces victory |
| 2005 Nalchik raid | 13 October 2005 | Yarmuk Jamaat | |
Russian victory |
| Dalola raid | 1 May 2006 | Janjaweed | Chad | Janjaweed victory |
| 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid | 12 July 2006 |  |
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Mission successful |
| Tyre raid | 4 August 2006 | |
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Mission failure |
| Karbala provincial headquarters raid | 20 January 2007 |  Supported by: |
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Mission successful |
| Raid on Poti | 12 August 2008 | |
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Russian victory
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| 2009 Baraawe raid | 14 September 2009 | |
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American victory
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| 2010 Tsentoroy attack | 29 August 2010 |  |
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Russian victory
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| Death of Osama bin Laden | 2 May 2011 | |
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American victory
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| Kunar Raid | 17 February 2012 |  |
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Mission failure; 6 civilian casualties |
| Al-Otaiba ambush | 26 February 2014 | |
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Successful ambush
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| Crimean Parliament raid | 27 February 2014 | |
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Russian victory
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| Simferopol raid | 18 March 2014 | |
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Russian victory
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| May 2015 U.S. special forces raid in Syria | 15 May 2015 |
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American victory
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| 2015 Myanmar cross-border raid | 9 June 2015 |  |
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Indian victory |
| 2016 Indian Line of Control strike | 28-29 September 2016 | |
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Indian victory |
| Al Hathla Raid | 23 May 2017 | |
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American victory |
| Barisha raid | 26-27 October 2019 | |
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Mission successful; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed |
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