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Vocab Quiz

Military History

TermDefinition
Ambush military strategy to attack and surprise enemies from a concealed position often leading to a quick and decisive victory.
Blockade an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Breach the act of forcibly creating an entry point through an enemy's defensive obstacle to allow troops to perpetrate and assault their position.
Charge battle maneuver where you advance toward the enemy at full speed to engage in close combat.
Counterattack an attack made as an offset or reply to another attack.
Decisive vistory a clear convulsive victory fallowing a conflict that resolved the main issue, that also ends a phase of fighting and establishes a new situation.
Encirclement a military situation where a force is completely surrounded by enemy forces, trapping them and leading to a surrender or destruction.
Fighting withdraw a disappointed military or technical movement backward while staying engaged with the enemy.
Flanking maneuver a military tactic involving an ambush on the enemies side or rear.
Frontal assualt two opposing military's attacking each other's front line.
Melee fighting at a very close range either hand to hand or with shot range weapons such as sword, daggers, spears, and maces.
No quarter given implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner, but be executed.
Pickets soldier or small unit of soldiers placed to provide warnings of any enemy advancement.
Pincer manuever a military maneuver in which forces simultaneously attack both flanks of an enemy formation (double envelopment).
Rout to an overwhelming loss to defeat where the enemy cannot effectively regroup.
Sack the violent thorough plundering of a town or city, leaving little untouched.
Seige encirclement of a city or stronghold by an army to force surrender.
Skirmish a fight between a small number of soldiers that is usually short and not planned.
Military withdraw pulling back forces while maintaining contact with the enemy.
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