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Fighting in cities
In addition to cultural, historical or economic importance, urban areas have very often played a decisive role; possibly at least significantly affected; military operations. Fights between Greek city-states, Persian campaigns, the struggle for Rome (Rome itself has become a direct part of 12 military operations during its existence ), or examples from the recent past of Stalingrad, Basra, Beirut, Sarajevo, Grozny, Najaf, Kirkuk suggest that together with the trends outlined above, military conflict in cities will certainly not be avoided in the future. Every US military operation since 1990 to this day has included, to a greater or lesser extent, urban combat.
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