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Mouse-holing is a tactic used in urban warfare in which soldiers create access to adjoining rooms or buildings by blasting or tunneling through a wall. The tactic is used to avoid open streets since advancing infantry , caught in enfilade , are easily targeted by machine-gun and sniper fire.
During the Battle of Ortona, the Canadian Army developed a tactic known as "mouse-holing", which involved using anti-tank weapons to blast holes through walls of adjacent buildings, allowing the assaulting forces to advance through the hole into the adjacent space.
Over the course of the battle, Canadian forces developed innovative "mouse-holing" tactics, moving between houses to avoid German sniper fire in the open streets. [70] German counterattacks on 24 and 26 December caused significant casualties to Canadian forces in the town. [ 69 ]
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
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 ...
Infantry Attacks (German: Infanterie greift an) is a classic book on military tactics written by Erwin Rommel about his experiences in World War I.At the time of the book's writing in the mid-1930s, Rommel's rank was lieutenant colonel.
The Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla (Brazilian Portuguese: Minimanual do Guerrilheiro Urbano) is a book written by Brazilian Marxist–Leninist revolutionary Carlos Marighella in 1969. [1] It is one of Marighella's most publicized works, serving as guidance to communist revolutionary movements that want to use guerrilla tactics.
Loss of civilian life (a mention in the infobox seems appropriate) and of the city's urban heritage were staggering and a more nuanced look at events and tactics (including mouse-holing) is needed. Works have been written on the subject in Italian as well, here are a few sources: Pubblicazioni "La Stalingrado d'Italia.