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  2. Frontal assault - Wikipedia

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    A frontal assault is a military tactic which involves a direct, full-force attack on the front line of an enemy force, rather than to the flanks or rear of the enemy. It allows for a quick and decisive victory, but at the cost of subjecting the attackers to the maximum defensive power of the enemy; this can make frontal assaults costly even if successful, and often disastrously costly if ...

  3. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    Flanking maneuver: to attack an enemy or an enemy unit from the side, or to maneuver to do so. Forlorn hope: a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high. [3]

  4. List of military tactics - Wikipedia

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    Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...

  5. Salient (military) - Wikipedia

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    A salient can also be formed if the attacking army feigns retreat, tricking the defending forces to chase them down, leading to the main army being on all sides in a pre-arranged ambush. [1] In trench warfare, salients are distinctly defined by the opposing lines of trenches, and they were commonly formed by the failure of a broad frontal attack.

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    In the days after Oct. 7, some 150 companies issued statements condemning Hamas for its brutal attack on Israeli civilians. Now, many of those same companies are under pressure to issue equal ...

  7. Mukden incident - Wikipedia

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    The Mukden incident was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. [3] [4] [5]On September 18, 1931, Lieutenant Suemori Kawamoto of the Independent Garrison Unit [] of the 29th Japanese Infantry Regiment [] detonated a small quantity of dynamite [6] close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near ...

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  9. Dieppe Raid - Wikipedia

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    Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry , predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment of tanks, were put ashore from a naval force operating under the protection of Royal Air ...