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...

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...

warfare." Charge Decision cycle Defeat in detail Flanking maneuver Historical examples of flanking maneuvers OODA loop Pincer movement Russian military deception...

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...

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...

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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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...

inwards and advance against the Roman flanks, creating an encirclement in one of the earliest known examples of a pincer movement. When the Carthaginian...

Flanker Historical Events & Key Dates". Milavia. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011. "Prototype of Su-27 and whole Flanker family...

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...

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...

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...

in preparation for annihilation. Flanking maneuver Defeat in detail Interdiction – severing or disrupting lines of communication and supply Air interdiction...

of Johann von Posilge. An anonymous letter, discovered in 1963 and written between 1411 and 1413, provided important details on Lithuanian maneuvers....

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...

regiment, the remainder of the regiment would charge akin to a door swinging shut. This simultaneous frontal assault and flanking maneuver halted and captured...

outposts, and help destroy enemy reconnaissance units, it retains freedom of maneuver and does not become decisively engaged. A screening mission seeks to...

shoot an enemy piece if they were facing it and flanking it. Hellwig's wargame could also simulate the fog of war to limited degree: while the players were...

attacks were to be at the point of the bayonet, and the flanking attack was merely a feint. Following the taking of the peninsula, the British had a...

Chowgan (polo), army maneuvers and horse-racing in the Naqsh-e Jahan square.[unreliable source?] The palace is depicted on the reverse of the Iranian 20,000...

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...

turn their horns to complete the maneuver. According to an article in The Battalion, "some of the Aggie band's maneuvers are so complex that some drill-charting...

This is a glossary of terms used in fencing. Contents A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T V W Y Historical and foreign fencing terminology German Italian...

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...

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...

logistical operations and was among the first to describe strategic flanking maneuvers and feints in combat.[citation needed] For at least two millennia...

alerting the rest of their comrades to) the player's flashlight. In addition, the AI is also capable of performing flanking maneuvers, using suppressing...

ultimate aim of the... German ground and air forces, and were only incidental by-products of the traditional maneuvers of rapid encirclement and of the supporting...

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...