Oblique order
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oblique-order-162-17979593
title:
Oblique order
text:
The oblique order is a military tactic whereby an attacking army focuses its forces to attack a single enemy flank. The force commander concentrates the majority of their strength on one flank and uses the remainder to fix the enemy line. This allows a commander with weaker or equal forces to achieve a local superiority in numbers. The commander can then try to defeat the enemy in detail. It has been used by numerous successful generals. Oblique order requires disciplined troops able to execute
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Military tactic
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_order
date created:
2006-02-15T13:00:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T05:30:03Z
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