scorched earth tactics
1Scorched earth — Not to be confused with Slash and burn. For other uses, see Scorched Earth (disambiguation). Kuwaiti oil wells set alight by retreating Iraqi forces in 1991. A scorched earth policy is a military strategy or operational method which involves… …
2scorched-earth — ˌscorched ˈearth adjective scorched earth policy/tactics FINANCE activities in which a company gets rid of its most valuable assets in order to try and avoid a hostile takeover (= one it does not want) …
3Roman infantry tactics — refers to the theoretical and historical deployment, formation and maneuvers of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The article first presents a short overview of Roman training. Roman… …
4List of military tactics — This page contains a list of military tactics:Principles* Identification of objectives: Also referred to as Selection and Maintenance of the Aim ; Tactics should be directed to achieve a particular outcome such as the capture of a hill, a… …
5Second Boer War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Anglo Boer War partof=the Boer Wars caption=Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War date=11 October 1899 ndash; 31 May 1902 place=South Africa casus belli=The Jameson Raid, 1895 96 [Thomas Pakenham,… …
6Eastern Front (World War II) — Great Patriotic War redirects here. For a discussion of the term itself, see Great Patriotic War (term). Not to be confused with Patriotic War of 1812. Eastern Front Part of World War II …
7French invasion of Russia — Patriotic War of 1812 redirects here. Not to be confused with the Great Patriotic War, the Russian name for World War II on the Eastern European theatre. French invasion of Russia (Patriotic War of 1812) Part of Napoleonic Wars …
8William Tecumseh Sherman — Infobox Military Person name= William Tecumseh Sherman born= birth date|mf=yes|1820|02|8 died= death date and age|mf=yes|1891|02|14|1820|02|08 placeofbirth= Lancaster, Ohio placeofdeath= New York City, New York placeofburial= caption= Maj. Gen.… …
9Japanese war crimes — occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism. Some of the incidents have also been described as an Asian Holocaustcite news| first=Ralph |last=Blumenthal |title=The World: Revisiting World War II Atrocities; Comparing the Unspeakable to the …
10Norway–Russia border — The border between Russia and Norway, formerly the border between the Soviet Union and the NATO member state (from 1949) Norway, consists of a 196 kilometres (122 mi) long land borderline, from the Finnish border to the coastline at Grense… …
