subcampaign

English

Noun

subcampaign (plural subcampaigns)

1. A campaign that is one part of a larger, coordinated campaign.
   • 1999, James C. Mulvenon, Richard H. Yang, The People's Liberation Army in the Information Age, page 154:

     A joint (lianhe) service campaign, however, is where each service branch plays the leading role in each of several relatively autonomous subcampaigns in separate time and (sometimes) space. In such a campaign, it is possible for the Air Force to conduct an air subcampaign where the ground forces, Navy electronic warfare and special operations elements, and long-range surface-surface missile forces play a supportive role.

   • 2007, Decoding the Virtual Dragon, page 124:

     Campaigns for capturing supremacy will be subcampaigns of joint campaigns and one of the latter's independent objectives.

   • 2010, Robert A. Pape, James K. Feldman, Cutting the Fuse, page 234:

     The halting of Hamas's suicide subcampaign at this juncture is significant.

Translations

• Spanish: subcampaña f