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[โ€“] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Flanking and surrounding your enemy is literally the oldest trick in the book, shit flanking maneuvers are literally older than the concept of writing.

"Og and Thog had spears and were looking right at me, but I had Pvt Grog go around so he can attack from the side"

-from the cave-painting memoirs of Colonel Crog (retd)

[โ€“] KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 55 points 1 month ago

I learned flanking playing Medieval 1 & 2 total war as a fucking dumb secluded 10 year old.

Cannae might be one of the most well discussed battles in history BECAUSE of the use of flanking (and because of how huge of a Roman L it was). My history books in high school described the (American) Union strategy of blockading as flanking.

If you're 20+ and call flank, surround, and/or engulfing "WWII tactics", you shouldn't be making military analysis posts. Absolutely embarassing post.

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