subcampaign

plural subcampaigns

1. A campaign that is one part of a larger, coordinated campaign.

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

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

   2 more examples

   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.

   1999, James C. Mulvenon, Richard H. Yang, The People's Liberation Army in the Information Age, page 154

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

   2007, Decoding the Virtual Dragon, page 124