1. WWI
   WWII
2. Civil War

Thousands of bombers dropped millions of bombs on both sides, causing widespread devastation.

1. Flanking attacks
   Feint
2. Retreat

They were swift enough to ward off flanking attacks or to execute them against an enemy's lines.

1. Human wave attack
   Guerilla tactics
2. Coercion

Using superior mobility to attack and then evade has helped many outmanned forces defeat larger (but slower) enemies.

1. Resting the soldiers
   Understanding the objective
2. Stockpiling gear

Unless all units know where they need to go and what they're trying to accomplish, its hard to launch a successful offensive.

1. Infantry
   Tanks
2. Drones

It's a type of frontal assault in which soldiers basically charge enemy lines.

1. Column
   Line formation
2. Wedge

The speed and power of mounted soldiers could shatter an enemy's lines and cause chaos.

1. Huge bombs
   Superior communication
2. Speed

The potent combination of power and speed was very effective in WWII.

1. Feint
   Flanking attack
2. Frontal assault

A frontal assault means the attacks will be subjected to the defense's strongest points.

1. Staggered column
   Vee
2. Echelon

This formation prevents more than one solider being hit by fire and also maximizes retaliatory firepower.

1. Feint
   Flanking attack
2. Swarming

Make the enemy commit more forces to one spot and then execute the real attack in another spot.

1. To deprive the enemy of resources
   To destroy the enemy
2. To secure key terrain

If you can simply destroy them, you don't have to think much about secondary objectives.

1. To free POWs
   To disrupt supply lines
2. To capture enemy territory

Raiders strike and then flee back to friendly lines before the defenders can pursue them.

1. An attack carried out mostly by armored vehicles
   A rapid attack that attempts to settle a battle immediately
2. A slow, deliberate attack that protects supply lines

A fast, direct attack on an unsuspecting enemy can be effective in the right circumstances.

1. Initiative
   More resources
2. Better morale

A successful attack can give you the ability to dictate the terms of battle for days or months.

1. WWI
   Korean War
2. WWII

Japanese infantry would charge Allied lines, often at tremendous cost to their own units.

1. It refers to troops that will be used for an impending flanking attack.
   It refers to the high ground.
2. It is a point that protrudes into enemy territory.

The troops are typically surrounded on three sides and vulnerable to counter attacks.

1. Iraq War
   Vietnam War
2. WWII

It involves using overwhelming firepower to pound an enemy into submission.

1. Maintaining supply lines
   Limited field of fire
2. Harder to surveil the enemy

Encirclement tends to strain supply lines for the attackers and may make it harder for them to finish the offensive.

1. Attack again in the same location because the area is weakened
   Retreat
2. Attack a spot where the enemy least expects it

Use an indirect attack to throw your enemy off balance.

1. Siege
   Tactical retreat
2. Clear and hold

If a siege is executed properly, the defenders will surrender without a fight.

1. Surveillance of the enemy's headquarters
   A direct attack through an enemy's lines
2. An attack on the enemy's rear forces

Following a direct attack, the attackers must clean up the rear of the enemy to prevent effective counter attacks.

1. Flanking designed to cut off civilian resources
   A large-scale flanking operation
2. Flanking that skirts an entire country

This kind of flanking might involve an entire army.

1. Pre-dawn raids
   Charm offensive
2. Battle of annihilation

The idea was to destroy an enemy's army in one major battle and bring a country to its knees.

1. Cause an enemy to begin a hasty chase
   Pull an enemy into an ambush
2. Both

Fake retreats may cause all sorts of havoc for attackers that give chase.

1. WWI
   Civil War
2. Korean War

Soldiers ran headlong into fortified machine guns and were mowed down by the thousands.

1. Flanking maneuver
   Counterforce
2. Pincer maneuver

By flanking, an attacker avoids the concentrated power of a defender's central position

1. Armored vehicle attack
   Air attack
2. Naval bombardment

Woe to the enemy that finds itself being attacked from all sides and also from the skies.

1. In most situations a complete encirclement is too hard to execute.
   If they have an escape route they won't fight as desperately.
2. It gives the enemy false hope of victory.

Cornering desperate soldiers makes them fight even harder.

1. It is much easier to execute with air superiority.
   The "pincer" forces must remain concealed.
2. You must have the high ground.

The enemy moves into the jaws of your pincer formation and then the ambush is initiated.

1. To halt an enemy's flanking assault
   To threaten an enemy's supply lines
2. To fake a frontal assault

These indirect attacks swing far around the enemy's main lines and threatens their flanks.