Investment (military)
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investment-military-168-18647785
title:
Investment (military)
text:
Investment is the military process of surrounding an enemy fort with armed forces to prevent entry or escape. It serves both to cut communications with the outside world and to prevent supplies and reinforcements from being introduced. A contravallation is a line of fortifications built by the attackers around the besieged fortification facing towards an enemy fort to protect the besiegers from sorties by its defenders and to enhance the blockade. The contravallation can be used as a base to lau
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description:
Military term for surrounding an enemy position
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_(military)
date created:
2007-05-15T09:27:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:02:22Z
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