- 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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Polish counter-offensive,
which gained initial success, but the
Germans outflanked the
Polish forces with a
concentrated counter-attack. That
weakened Polish...
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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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fought conservatively,
diverting his main
forces towards the two flanks.
Outflanked, the ****anese
retreated after taking heavy casualties, and
their attack...
- 10 June 1940 and
began the
Italian invasion of France.
German armies outflanked the
Maginot Line and
pushed deep into France,
occupying Paris unopposed...
- on
April 18, 1847. The
battle saw
Winfield Scott's
United States troops outflank Antonio López de
Santa Anna's
larger Mexican army,
driving it from a strong...
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February 1900 and
although hampered by a long
supply route,
managed to
outflank the
Boers defending Magersfontein. On 14 February, a
cavalry division under...
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Battle of Barnet, in his
first command, on 14
April 1471,
where he
outflanked the wing of
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter,
although the
degree to...
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western Long Island. On
August 27 at the
Battle of Long Island, Howe
outflanked Washington and
forced him back to
Brooklyn Heights, but he did not attempt...
