a flanking maneuver, or flanking manoeuvre (also called a flank attack), is an attack on the sides of an opposing force. If a flanking maneuver succeeds...
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a flanking maneuver is a movement of an armed force around an enemy force's side, or flank, to achieve an advantageous position over it. Flanking is...
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warfare." Charge Decision cycle Defeat in detail Flanking maneuver Historical examples of flanking maneuvers OODA loop Pincer movement Russian military deception...
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Fire and movement (redirect from Fire and maneuver)
to assault, flank or encircle the enemy. The enemy will be pinned down and cannot react, and will be forced to take cover until the flanking unit engages...
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Military exercise (redirect from Maneuvers)
events. Historical names for the field exercise, or the full-scale rehearsal of military maneuvers as practice for warfare in the military services of the...
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Air combat manoeuvring (redirect from Aerial combat maneuvers)
(High-G Barrel Roll) Cobra Maneuver Cobra Turn Kulbit Herbst manoeuvre Hineri-komi Index of aviation articles Basic fighter maneuvers Who Killed the Red Baron...
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outposts, and quickly maneuvered to flank the British allied forces consisting of members of the 41st Regiment, under the command of Colonel T.B. St. George...
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Sukhoi Su-27 (redirect from Su-27 Flanker)
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Historical Events & Key Dates". Milavia. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011. "Prototype of Su-27 and...
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inwards and advance against the Roman flanks, creating an encirclement in one of the earliest known examples of a pincer movement. When the Carthaginian...
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flanking maneuver defeated but was not able to destroy the Union Army under Joseph Hooker. Lee may be faulted for attempting to achieve a battle of annihilation...
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Encirclement (category Maneuver tactics)
examples of battles of encirclement are listed below. Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) Battle of Cannae (216 BC) Battle of the Abas (65 BC) Battle of Walaja...
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Electorate of Hanover and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. This series of political maneuvers became known as the Diplomatic Revolution. At the start of the...
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Skirmisher (category Tactical formations of the Napoleonic Wars)
cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They...
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Little Round Top (redirect from Battle of Little Round Top)
regiment, the remainder of the regiment would charge akin to a door swinging shut. This simultaneous frontal assault and flanking maneuver halted and captured...
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left flank. Stuart was also in position to exploit any success the Confederate infantry (Pickett's Charge) might achieve on Cemetery Hill by flanking the...
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they were dealing with a very small unsuspecting group of Ojibwe fell for Buffalo's maneuver of sending out a few warriors to engage in a decoy retreat...
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Sukhoi Su-34 (redirect from SU-34 Flanker)
airframe is cleared to perform maneuvers of up to +9 g. The noise level of the Su-34 is two times lower than the level of its predecessors. The Su-34 is...
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concealed approach into the enemy's flank(s). Establish a maneuver element within the unit to move to a position of advantage over the enemy and attack...
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conditions—such as pursuit or flanking maneuvers during the North African campaign. Since World War II the traditional functions of the armored car have been...
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Defeat in detail (section Examples)
attacker's flank, lend indirect fire support such as artillery, or maneuver to counterattack. Defeat in detail is the tactic of exploiting failures of an enemy...
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of Johann von Posilge. An anonymous letter, discovered in 1963 and written between 1411 and 1413, provided important details on Lithuanian maneuvers....
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attacked and isolated the Prussian left flank. At that time, Marshal Michel Ney had completed his maneuvers and had taken up position as ordered by Napoleon...
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in preparation for annihilation. Flanking maneuver Defeat in detail Interdiction – severing or disrupting lines of communication and supply Air interdiction...
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forward into the teeth of the defense, while the flanking maneuver was left to the weak Fifth Corps of Prince Poniatowski. The initial French attack was...
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changed the course of a war. To be specific, Operation Bagration and the Battle of Austerlitz are good examples of the proper execution of a counterattack...
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The English victories of Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt were examples of a simple form of combined arms, with a combination of dismounted knights forming...
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Warsaw Uprising (redirect from Military history of the Warsaw Uprising)
supply depot at Stawki Street, and the flanking position at the Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery (see Defense of the Wola cemeteries).[citation needed]...
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Hannibal (redirect from Hannibal of Carthage)
back from Sicily to meet Scipio and face Hannibal. Hannibal, by skillful maneuvers, was in position to head him off, for he lay on the direct road between...
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addition of cement, exhibits a six-pointed star shape, rendering it particularly suited for short-range flanking fire. The structure covers an area of 1,040...
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Carolingian dynasty (redirect from Descendants of Charlemagne)
internally within Francia: the Continuations lists Charles' continuous maneuvers which solidified the campaigns generating the Carolingian military foundation...
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