- In
military tactics, a
flanking maneuver is a
movement of an
armed force around an
enemy force's side, or flank, to
achieve an
advantageous position over...
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Operation Outflank was the
first combat operation of the
British Pacific Fleet (BPF). It was a
series of
raids by the
Fleet Air Arm on the oil refineries...
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Marne in
September 1914,
Allied and
German forces unsuccessfully tried to
outflank each other, a
series of
manoeuvres later known as the "Race to the Sea"...
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Battle of
Yellow Tavern, the
Confederates lost Jeb Stuart. An
attempt to
outflank Lee from the
south failed under Butler, who was
trapped inside the Bermuda...
- counter-offensive to the west
halted the
German advance for
several days, but it was
outflanked and
encircled by the Wehrmacht.
Remnants of the
Polish army
broke through...
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fortress of Ulm in Swabia. Napoleon's army, however,
moved quickly and
outflanked the
Austrian positions.
After some
minor engagements that
culminated in...
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being outflanked and they
withdrew from the
defensive lines drawn up
across Belgium. They did not pull back fast
enough to
prevent them
being outflanked by...
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stationed behind its cavalry. This
ensured that
Alexander would not be
outflanked,
while his phalanx,
armed with long pikes, had a
considerable advantage...
- all the
police forces of the
German states under his control. Göring
outflanked him by
removing the
Prussian political and
intelligence departments from...
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Prime Minister. In 1964
after prime minister's Nehru's death,
Desai was
outflanked in the
leadership contest by the Nehru's protege, Lal
Bahadur Shastri...
