encircling maneuver
31bullfighting — See bullfighter. * * * Spanish corrida de toros Spectacle, popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, in which matadors ceremonially taunt, and usually kill, bulls in an arena. Spectacles with bulls were common in ancient Crete, Thessaly, and …
32World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
33Soviet deep battle — Deep battle was a military theory developed by the Soviet Union for its armed forces during the 1920s and 1930s. It was developed by a number of influential military writers, such as Vladimir Triandafillov and Mikhail Tukhachevsky who endeavoured …
34vertical envelopment — A tactical maneuver in which troops, either air dropped or air landed, attack the rear and flanks of a force, in effect cutting off or encircling the force …
35Apollo 7 — Infobox Space mission mission name = Apollo 7 insignia = AP7lucky7.png command module = CM 101 mass 14,781 kg service module = SM 101 lunar module = booster = Saturn IB SA 205 crew members = 3 launch pad = LC 34 nowrap|Cape Canaveral AFS Florida …
36Hoplite — The word hoplite (Greek: polytonic|ὁπλίτης hoplitēs ; pl. polytonic|ὁπλίται hoplitai ) derives from hoplon (polytonic|ὅπλον, plural hopla polytonic|ὅπλα), meaning an item of armour or equipment, thus hoplite may approximate to armoured man .… …
37Operation Barbarossa — Part of the Eastern Front of World War II …
38Battle of Tours — Infobox Military Conflict Conflict=Battle of Tours partof=the Muslim conquests caption=Charles de Steuben s Bataille de Poitiers en Octobre 732 depicts a triumphant Charles Martel (mounted) facing ‘Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi (right) at the Battle of …
39Chaco War — Chaco War, Interwar Period Bolivia and Paraguay before the 1932 War Date …
40Battle of Bunker Hill — For a list of numerous places and things that are named after this battle, see Bunker Hill (disambiguation). Battle of Bunker Hill Part of the American Revolutionary War …
