Added more info on Philippine Sea Battle; added reference
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| == Military usage == | == Military usage == |
| In military situations, a turkey shoot occurs when a group or team catch the enemy off-guard or outgunned to the point of the battle being extremely lopsided, as in the following famous examples: | In military situations, a turkey shoot occurs when a one side outguns the other to the point of the battle being extremely lopsided, as in the following famous examples: |
| * [[Battle of New Orleans]] – [[War of 1812]] | * [[Battle of New Orleans]] – [[War of 1812]] |
| * [[Battle of San Jacinto]] – [[Texas Revolution]] | * [[Battle of San Jacinto]] – [[Texas Revolution]] |
| * [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] – [[Crimean War]] | * [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] – [[Crimean War]] |
| * [[Battle of the Crater]] – [[American Civil War]] | * [[Battle of the Crater]] – [[American Civil War]] |
| * The [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] during [[World War II]] was nicknamed "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" due to the disproportionate loss of Japanese planes compared to U.S. ones.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tillman |first=Barrett |title=Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II |date=2006-11-07 |publisher=Penguin Publishing Group |isbn=9781440623998 |pages=196}}</ref> | |
| * [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] – [[World War II]] | |
| * [[Battle of Longewala]] – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] | * [[Battle of Longewala]] – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] |
| * [[Operation Mole Cricket 19]] – [[1982 Lebanon War]] | * [[Operation Mole Cricket 19]] – [[1982 Lebanon War]] |
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