to serve in the army; in active service

(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

to enslave

military service

to serve in the army

forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle

servant

to use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)

forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor

corvee; laborer

forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen

forced labor; corvee

detention

odd jobs; part-time worker

(military) active duty; (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)

farm work

forced labor; corvée; penal servitude

bailiff of feudal yamen

chameleon

to order (sb) about; (by extension) to put to use

reserve duty; reserve service; military reserve

one person taking on two tasks simultaneously

Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War

Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war

Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War

war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor

Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)

Battle of Midway, June 1942

Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists

to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)

Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces

Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II