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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] invasioune, from Anglo-French invasion,  from Late Latin invasion-, invasio, from [[Latin]] invadere  to go, walk.  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] invasioune, from Anglo-French invasion,  from Late Latin invasion-, invasio, from [[Latin]] invadere  to go, walk.  

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : an [[act]] of invading; especially : incursion of an army for [[conquest]] or plunder

*1 : an [[act]] of invading; especially : incursion of an army for [[conquest]] or plunder

The term invasion usually denotes a [[strategic]] endeavor of substantial [[magnitude]]; because the goals of an invasion are usually large-scale and long-term, a sizeable [[force]] is needed to hold territory, and protect the interests of the invading [[entity]]. Smaller-scale, tactical cross-border [[actions]], such as skirmishes, sorties, raids, infiltrations or guerrilla warfare, are not generally considered invasions. A military endeavor to take back territory that is tenuously held by an initial invader during the [[course]] of war is instead generally called a counter-offensive.

The term invasion usually denotes a [[strategic]] endeavor of substantial [[magnitude]]; because the goals of an invasion are usually large-scale and long-term, a sizeable [[force]] is needed to hold territory, and protect the interests of the invading [[entity]]. Smaller-scale, tactical cross-border [[actions]], such as skirmishes, sorties, raids, infiltrations or guerrilla warfare, are not generally considered invasions. A military endeavor to take back territory that is tenuously held by an initial invader during the [[course]] of war is instead generally called a counter-offensive.

Military operations that occur within the territory of a single geopolitical [[entity]] are sometimes termed "invasions" if armed forces enter into a well defined part of that territory that, at the time of the operation, was completely under the [[control]] of armed forces of another faction in a civil war or insurrection. For example, many such operations of both the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolutionary War] and the [[American Civil War]] are called invasions even though they did not involve entry of armies from foreign nations.

Military operations that occur within the territory of a single geopolitical [[entity]] are sometimes termed "invasions" if armed forces enter into a well defined part of that territory that, at the time of the operation, was completely under the [[control]] of armed forces of another faction in a civil war or insurrection. For example, many such operations of both the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolutionary War] and the [[American Civil War]] are called invasions even though they did not involve entry of armies from foreign nations.

The term does not imply the [[presence]] or lack of [[justification]] for the [[action]], and the [[morality]] or immorality of a military operation does not [[determine]] whether it is so termed. For example, two sets of [[World War II]] military operations—by Germans against Poland in 1939 and by Allies against Nazi controlled France in 1944—are often called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939) Invasion of Poland] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy Invasion of Normandy], respectively. Both military operations are properly called invasions because they involved an outside [[force]] entering territory not under its [[authority]] or [[control]] at the time.

The term does not imply the [[presence]] or lack of [[justification]] for the [[action]], and the [[morality]] or immorality of a military operation does not [[determine]] whether it is so termed. For example, two sets of [[World War II]] military operations—by Germans against Poland in 1939 and by Allies against Nazi controlled France in 1944—are often called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939) Invasion of Poland] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy Invasion of Normandy], respectively. Both military operations are properly called invasions because they involved an outside [[force]] entering territory not under its [[authority]] or [[control]] at the time.

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: History]]