Attack may refer to:

Warfare and combat

Offensive (military) An offensive is a military operation that seeks through an aggressive projection of armed forces to occupy territory, gain an military objective, objective or achieve some larger Military strategy, strategic, Operational warfare, operational, or ...

Charge (warfare) A charge is an offensive maneuver in battle in which combatants advance towards their enemy at their best speed in an attempt to engage in a decisive close combat. The charge is the dominant shock attack and has been the key tactic and decisi ...

Attack (fencing) In fencing, an attack is "the initial offensive action made by extending the arm and continuously threatening the opponent's target". In order for an attack to be awarded successfully, the fencer must accelerate their hand towards the target. If ...

Strike (attack) A strike is a directed physical attack with either a part of the human body or with an inanimate object (such as a weapon) intended to cause blunt trauma or penetrating trauma upon an opponent. There are many different varieties of strikes. ...

Attack (computing) A cyberattack is any offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, computer networks, infrastructures, or personal computer devices. An attacker is a person or process that attempts to access data, functions, or other restricted ...

Attack aircraft An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pre ...

Books and publishing

* ''The Attack'' (novel), a book * '' Attack No. 1'', comic and animation *

Attack! Books ATTACK! Books was an avant-pulp imprint of Creation Books founded in 1999. Partly a homage to the raw pulp writing of Richard Allen and the world of British action comics, part surrealism and part ultraviolence, the titles were overseen by former ...

, a publisher * ''Attack!'' (publication), a tabloid publication of the National Alliance established in 1969. The name was changed to '' National Vanguard'' in 1978 * ''

Der Angriff ''Der Angriff'' (in English "The Attack") is a discontinued German language newspaper founded in 1927 by the Berlin Gau of the Nazi Party. The last edition was published on 24 April 1945. History The newspaper was set up by Joseph Goebbels, w ...

'', a.k.a. ''The Attack'', a newspaper franchise * In newspaper headlines, to save space, sometimes " criticise"

Films and television

Attack! The Battle of New Britain ''Attack! The Battle of New Britain'' is a documentary/propaganda film produced by the US military in 1944. It details, as its name implies, the New Britain campaign, which was part of the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns during World Wa ...

a 1944 American armed forces documentary film * ''Attack'' (1956 film), also known as ''Attack!'', a 1956 American war film * ''Attack'' (2016 film), a 2016 Telugu film * ''Attack'' (2022 film), a 2022 Hindi film * ''The Attack'' (1966 film), an Australian television play * ''The Attack'' (2012 film), a 2012 film directed by Ziad Doueiri * "The Attack" (''Australian Playhouse'') * "The Attack", a season 7 episode of ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu''

Music

Attack Records Attack Records ran originally from 1969 to 1980 as an imprint of Trojan Records. Notable artists included The Pioneers, Gregory Isaacs, I-Roy, Big Youth and The Upsetters. In 2003 it was revived for British singer Morrissey and the label Sanc ...

, a record label *

Attack (music) In sound and music, an envelope describes how a sound changes over time. It may relate to elements such as amplitude (volume), frequencies (with the use of filters) or pitch. For example, a piano key, when struck and held, creates a near-immedi ...

, the prefix or initial phase of a sound *

Attacca A variety of musical terms are likely to be encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special mus ...

, the immediate joining of a musical movement to a previous one

Bands

Attack (band) Attack was a pop group in Huddinge in Sweden, active between 1980–1985, scoring chart successes in Sweden during the early 1980s. Members 1980-1982 * Åke Eriksson * Rosa Körberg (sister of Tommy Körberg Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg (; born ...

, a 1980s band *

The Attack (band) The Attack were an English freakbeat/psychedelic rock band formed in 1966 around singer Richard Shirman (26 April 1949, London – 26 July 2017). The first line-up featured drummer Alan Whitehead from Marmalade, guitarist and trumpeter David O' ...

, a 1960s band *

Attack Attack! Attack Attack! is an American metalcore band from Westerville, Ohio, originally formed in 2007 as Ambiance, later changing their name. Attack Attack!'s first release, an independent EP titled ''If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?'', was ...

, a metalcore band

Albums

* ''

Attack!! ''Attack!!'' is the fourteenth studio album by the Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 15 October 2002 through Steamhammer records. The album is the first to feature singer Doogie White on lead vocals, along with keyboardist Derek S ...

'' (2002), an album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen * ''The Attack'' (2007), an album by

Jah Jah Jah or Yah ( he, , ''Yāh'') is a short form of (YHWH), the four letters that form the tetragrammaton, the personal name of God: Yahweh, which the ancient Israelites used. The conventional Christian English pronunciation of ''Jah'' is , even th ...

* ''Attack Attack!'' (album), 2010 * ''Attack'' (AAA album), 2006 * ''Attack'' (Disciple album), 2014

Songs

* "Attack!", by

The Toys The Toys were an American pop girl group from Jamaica, New York, which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. Their most successful recording was "A Lover's Concerto" (1965), which sold more than two million copies and reached the number-tw ...

* "Attack" (Thirty Seconds to Mars song), 2005 * "Attack", a song from the System of a Down album '' Hypnotize'', 2005 * "Attack", a song from the Joe Satriani album ''

Engines of Creation ''Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology'' is a 1986 molecular nanotechnology book written by K. Eric Drexler with a foreword by Marvin Minsky. An updated version was released in 2007. The book has been translated into Japanese, F ...

'', 2000

Ships

* HMAS ''Attack'' (P 90), the lead ship of the ''Attack'' class patrol boats of the Royal Australian Navy * HMS ''Attack'', three ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy *

Attack-class submarine The ''Attack''-class submarine was a planned class of French-designed submarines for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), expected to enter service in the early 2030s with construction extending until 2050.Department of Defence, ''2016 Defence Whit ...

, planned Royal Navy submarines, cancelled in 2012

Sports

* An alternative name for the offense * The bowling attack in cricket

Other

* ''Attack!'' (board game), 2003 *

ATTAC The Association pour la Taxation des Transactions financières et pour l'Action Citoyenne (''Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions and Citizen's Action'', ATTAC) is an activist organisation originally created to promote the e ...

or ''Association pour la taxation des transactions financières et pour l'action citoyenne'', activist organization * ''The Attack'' (video game), a 1981 game for the TI-99/4A computer *

Attack (political party) Attack ( bg, Атака, Ataka) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria, founded in 2005 by Volen Siderov, who was at the time presenter of the homonymous TV show ''Attack'' on SKAT TV. There are different opinions on where to place the pa ...

, a political party in Bulgaria * ''The Attack'' (painting), a 1899 painting by the Finnish artist Edvar Isto {{disambiguation