Turning movement
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In military tactics, a turning movement involves an attacker's forces reaching the rear of a defender's forces, separating the defender from their principal defensive positions and placing them in a pocket. The defender must then abandon these positions, or send considerable forces to attempt to recapture them.
[edit] Examples
- Battle of Ulm
- Battle of Lake Trasimene
- Peninsula Campaign
- Sherman's March to the Sea (American Civil War)
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