military front
Active war theater
A military front is the line or zone where opposing armed forces engage in combat.
The front separates friendly territory from enemy-held ground: Troops were sent to reinforce the eastern front.
Front also names the broader theater of operations: the Western Front in World War I.
News from the front means updates on the fighting.
- battlefrontZone of active combat
- infantry divisionMajor army ground force unit
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- chargeCost or accusation
- Maginot LineFrench interwar border fortifications
no-man's-land · war zone · defensive position · frontline · enemy lines · theater of operations · Korean DMZ · fighter jets · air support · siege warfare · field hospitals · buffer zone · salient · blast · forward operating base · communication systems · counterattack · troop movements
military frontrear echelon
Non-combat support zone
rear · rear area · home front · rear guard · supply lines
military frontpeacetime
Absence of armed conflict
peace · demilitarized zone · armistice line · neutral territory · ceasefire zone
military fronthome front
Civilian sector during war
civilian life · interior · hinterland · civil society · heartland
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