tactic
P1716
predicate
Indicates a strategic method or maneuver employed by one entity to influence, counter, or gain advantage over another in a specific context.
Aliases (36)
- usedTactic ×217
- strategy ×181
- tactics ×111
- tacticalFeature ×89
- tacticUsed ×68
- tacticsUsed ×50
- militaryTactic ×40
- notableTactic ×34
- hasTactic ×18
- navalTactic ×12
- tacticalSituation ×11
- huntingStrategy ×9
- tacticalObjective ×9
- involvedTactic ×5
- associatedWithTactic ×4
- combatDoctrine ×4
- mainTactic ×4
- primaryTactic ×4
- tacticUsedByJapan ×3
- tacticUsedByMongols ×3
- tacticUsedByMujahideen ×3
- tacticalApproach ×3
- tacticalNature ×3
- tacticalSummary ×3
- tacticsSpanish ×3
- associatedWithTactics ×2
- hasTacticByWorkers ×2
- tacticParliamentarian ×2
- DutchTactic ×1
- hasPerpetratorTactic ×1
- hasTacticalDoctrine ×1
- navalTacticContext ×1
- opponentTactic ×1
- tacticBritish ×1
- tacticRoyalist ×1
- tacticalStrength ×1
Sample triples (showing first 500 of 1,011)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| 1st Parachute Brigade | airborne assault ("usedTactic") → |
| 1st Parachute Brigade | parachute insertion ("usedTactic") → |
| 2001 fall of Kabul | close air support by U.S. aircraft ("militaryTactic") → |
| 2001 fall of Kabul | ground offensive by Northern Alliance forces ("militaryTactic") → |
| 2001 fall of Kabul | rapid advance into Kabul after Taliban withdrawal ("militaryTactic") → |
| 26th of July Movement | guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| 26th of July Movement | propaganda ("usedTactic") → |
| 26th of July Movement | urban sabotage ("usedTactic") → |
| 77th Indian Infantry Brigade | air-supplied columns ("tactics") → |
| 77th Indian Infantry Brigade | disruption of enemy supply lines ("tactics") → |
| 77th Indian Infantry Brigade | guerrilla-style warfare ("tactics") → |
| AK | assassination of Nazi officials ("usedTactic") → |
| AK | railway sabotage ("usedTactic") → |
| AK | urban guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Aceh War | Acehnese guerrilla warfare ("strategy") → |
| Aceh War | Dutch scorched-earth tactics ("strategy") → |
| Admiralty Islands campaign | reconnaissance in force landing → |
| Adolph Strasser | collective bargaining agreements ("strategy") → |
| Adolph Strasser | organization of skilled workers into craft unions ("strategy") → |
| Afghan mujahideen | ambushes ("usedTactic") → |
| Afghan mujahideen | asymmetric warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Afghan mujahideen | guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Afghan mujahideen | hit-and-run attacks ("usedTactic") → |
| Afghan mujahideen | sabotage ("usedTactic") → |
| African wild dog | cooperative pack hunting ("huntingStrategy") → |
| African wild dog | endurance pursuit ("huntingStrategy") → |
| Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights | economic boycotts of segregated businesses ("usedTactic") → |
| Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights | mass church-based rallies ("usedTactic") → |
| Albanian resistance | ambushes of occupation forces → |
| Albanian resistance | guerrilla warfare → |
| Albanian resistance | sabotage of Axis infrastructure → |
| Algerian War of Independence | collective punishment ("involvedTactic") → |
| Algerian War of Independence | counter-insurgency operations ("involvedTactic") → |
| Algerian War of Independence | guerrilla warfare ("involvedTactic") → |
| Algerian War of Independence | urban terrorism ("involvedTactic") → |
| Algerian War of Independence | use of torture ("involvedTactic") → |
| Allied air forces | air superiority operations ("usedTactic") → |
| Allied air forces | anti-submarine warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Allied air forces | close air support ("usedTactic") → |
| Allied air forces | maritime patrol ("usedTactic") → |
| Allied air forces | strategic bombing ("usedTactic") → |
| Allied air forces | tactical bombing ("usedTactic") → |
| Allied bombing of Germany | area bombing ("strategy") → |
| Allied bombing of Germany | precision bombing ("strategy") → |
| Allied bombing of Germany | strategic bombing ("strategy") → |
| Allied convoy system | coordinated anti-submarine warfare → |
| Allied convoy system | grouping merchant ships into convoys → |
| Allied convoy system | providing warship escorts to merchant convoys → |
| Allied convoy system | routing convoys along protected sea lanes → |
| Allied convoy system | using air patrols to cover convoys → |
| American Woman Suffrage Association | state-by-state campaign for woman suffrage ("strategy") → |
| Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | commerce raiding ("notableTactic") → |
| Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | privateering against Spanish treasure fleets ("notableTactic") → |
| Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | use of fireships against the Spanish Armada ("notableTactic") → |
| Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation | deployment of unmarked soldiers ("little green men") ("usedTactic") → |
| Aquila rapax | ground foraging near carcasses ("huntingStrategy") → |
| Aquila rapax | soaring and searching from the air ("huntingStrategy") → |
| Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan | kamikaze attacks ("usedTactic") → |
| Armies of the French Revolution and Empire | central position strategy ("usedTactic") → |
| Armies of the French Revolution and Empire | column and line tactics ("usedTactic") → |
| Armies of the French Revolution and Empire | combined arms operations ("usedTactic") → |
| Armies of the French Revolution and Empire | corps system ("usedTactic") → |
| Armies of the French Revolution and Empire | operational maneuver warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Athenian army | combined use of hoplites and light troops ("tactics") → |
| Athenian army | phalanx formation ("tactics") → |
| Athenian army | use of peltasts in skirmishing ("tactics") → |
| Atlanta Campaign | entrenchments ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Atlanta Campaign | flanking maneuvers ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Atlanta Campaign | siege operations ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Atlantic theatre of World War I | convoy system ("strategy") → |
| Atlantic theatre of World War I | naval blockade ("strategy") → |
| Atlantic theatre of World War I | submarine warfare ("strategy") → |
| Atlantic theatre of World War I | unrestricted submarine warfare ("strategy") → |
| Baedeker Blitz | Area bombing ("strategy") → |
| Baedeker Blitz | Night bombing ("strategy") → |
| Battle for Basra (2003) | air support ("tactics") → |
| Battle for Basra (2003) | armored assaults ("tactics") → |
| Battle for Basra (2003) | artillery support ("tactics") → |
| Battle for Basra (2003) | cordon-and-search operations ("tactics") → |
| Battle for Basra (2003) | urban warfare ("tactics") → |
| Battle for Caen | extensive aerial bombardment ("usedTactic") → |
| Battle of Abukir (1799) | Assault on fortified Ottoman camp ("primaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Abukir (1799) | French divisional square formations ("primaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Actium | naval engagement with maneuverable ships ("primaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Adrianople (378) | Gothic cavalry counterattack decisive ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Adrianople (378) | Gothic wagon laager used as defensive position ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Adrianople (378) | Roman army marched in heat before battle ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Agincourt | defensive position in muddy, narrow field → |
| Battle of Agincourt | use of massed longbowmen → |
| Battle of Agincourt | use of wooden stakes to protect archers → |
| Battle of Alma | frontal assault on Russian positions ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Arras (1917) | creeping barrage ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Arras (1917) | underground mining and tunnelling operations ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Assaye | frontal assault by Wellesley’s forces against a numerically superior enemy ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Assunpink Creek | defensive stand by American forces ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Assunpink Creek | frontal assaults by British forces ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Austerlitz | decisive French attack on the Pratzen Heights ("hasTactic") → |
| Battle of Austerlitz | deliberate weakening of French right flank to lure Allies ("hasTactic") → |
| Battle of Balaclava | cavalry charges in the North Valley ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Balaclava | use of redoubts on the Causeway Heights ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Bannockburn | use of Scottish schiltron formations ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Belchite | artillery bombardment ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Belchite | house-to-house fighting ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Benburb | Irish Confederates attacked late in the day with the sun and wind at their backs ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Benburb | Irish Confederates used a strong defensive position before counterattacking ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Bergen | French forces repulsed repeated Allied assaults and counterattacked successfully ("tacticalSummary") → |
| Battle of Berlin (air campaign) | area bombing ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Berlin (air campaign) | night bombing ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge | combined infantry-artillery assault → |
| Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge | use of creeping barrage → |
| Battle of Bloody Brook | ambush → |
| Battle of Bronkhorstspruit | ambush → |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | British attempt to dislodge colonial forces from Charlestown peninsula ("tacticalObjective") → |
| Battle of Cajamarca | ambush ("tacticsSpanish") → |
| Battle of Cajamarca | use of cavalry ("tacticsSpanish") → |
| Battle of Cajamarca | use of firearms and artillery ("tacticsSpanish") → |
| Battle of Calabria | limited air participation ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Calabria | long-range gunnery duel ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Camperdown | breaking the enemy line without strict adherence to formal line-of-battle tactics ("navalTactic") → |
| Battle of Camperdown | close-quarters engagement ("navalTactic") → |
| Battle of Cannae | double envelopment ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Cannae | tactical encirclement ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Cape Matapan | use of radar-directed night engagement by the Royal Navy ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Cape Spada | Allied force ambushed Italian cruisers ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Cape Spada | cruiser HMAS Sydney delivered decisive gunfire ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Cape Spada | use of destroyers to shadow and engage ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Chaeronea | Alexander commanding the Macedonian left wing ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Chaeronea | Philip II feigned retreat on the Macedonian right wing ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Chaeronea | use of Macedonian phalanx and cavalry coordination ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Copenhagen (1801) | British ships sailed close inshore to engage Danish line and batteries → |
| Battle of Corregidor (1942) | amphibious assault ("tacticUsedByJapan") → |
| Battle of Corregidor (1942) | intensive aerial bombardment ("tacticUsedByJapan") → |
| Battle of Corregidor (1942) | naval bombardment ("tacticUsedByJapan") → |
| Battle of Cowpens | double envelopment ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Cowpens | use of militia in successive lines ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Crécy | English defensive position on a slope ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Crécy | repeated French cavalry charges ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Crécy | use of pits and obstacles against cavalry ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Dien Bien Phu | French attempt to draw Viet Minh into set-piece battle ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Dien Bien Phu | Viet Minh siege and encirclement of French base ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Dogger Bank | long-range gunnery duel ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Dunbar (1650) | English surprise assault on Scottish right flank → |
| Battle of Dunbar (1650) | use of New Model Army infantry and cavalry coordination → |
| Battle of Dungan's Hill | Parliamentarian surprise attack on marching Confederate column ("tactics") → |
| Battle of El Guettar | artillery barrages against armored thrusts ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of El Guettar | defensive anti-tank positions ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Emsdorf | effective use of cavalry by the Allies ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Emsdorf | surprise attack on French column ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Fontenoy | French defensive position with redoubts and entrenchments ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (French and Indian War) | frontal infantry assaults against prepared French positions ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of France | Blitzkrieg ("strategy") → |
| Battle of France | Manstein Plan ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of France | Sichelschnitt (sickle cut) maneuver ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Friedland | Ney’s attack on Russian left flank ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Friedland | concentration of French forces against Russian center ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Friedland | use of French Imperial Guard ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Gaugamela | hammer and anvil tactic ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Gaugamela | oblique advance by Macedonian right wing ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Gaugamela | use of Companion cavalry charge ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Gaugamela | use of Macedonian phalanx ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Goose Green | close-quarters infantry combat ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Goose Green | use of air support by both sides ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Goose Green | use of naval gunfire support ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Gravelines | English fleet to windward of Spanish Armada ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Gravelines | close-range gunnery by English ships ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Gravelines | line-ahead formation by English fleet ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Guadalajara | Republican defensive warfare ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Guadalajara | counteroffensive under adverse weather conditions ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Guilford Court House | American use of militia in forward lines ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Guilford Court House | British bayonet charges ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Guilford Court House | close-quarters fighting in wooded terrain ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Halidon Hill | combined arms of archers and men-at-arms → |
| Battle of Halidon Hill | defensive position on high ground → |
| Battle of Halidon Hill | use of massed longbowmen → |
| Battle of Heartbreak Ridge | improvement of UN defensive line ("tacticalObjective") → |
| Battle of Heartbreak Ridge | seizure of key ridgelines north of the Punchbowl ("tacticalObjective") → |
| Battle of Heraclea | clash between phalanx and Roman manipular legion ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Heraclea | crossing of the river Siris ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill | frontal engagement on elevated ground ("tacticalNature") → |
| Battle of Hohenfriedberg | decisive cavalry charge by Bayreuth Dragoons ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Hohenfriedberg | effective use of linear infantry tactics ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Hohenfriedberg | surprise early-morning attack ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Hohenlinden | Austrian columnar advance ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Hohenlinden | French flank attack ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Inkerman | Russian attack on Allied right flank ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Inkerman | fighting on Inkerman Heights ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Isandlwana | Zulu horns of the buffalo formation ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Kings Mountain | Patriot militia assault on a fortified ridge ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Krefeld | Allied flank march against the French left ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Lagos (1693) | French concentration against the convoy's escorts ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Lagos (1693) | use of superior numbers by the French fleet ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Laing's Nek | Boers held high ground overlooking the pass ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Laing's Nek | frontal British assault up steep slopes ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Langport | attack on Royalist position behind hedges and ditches ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Langport | use of Parliamentarian cavalry to rout Royalist horse ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Legnica | Mongol feigned retreat ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Legnica | Mongol horse archers ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Leuthen | deception of main axis of attack ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Leuthen | oblique order ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Leuthen | refused flank ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Ligny | Fighting around the villages of Ligny, Saint-Amand, and Wagnelée ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Long Island | flanking maneuver through Jamaica Pass ("tacticBritish") → |
| Battle of Loudoun Hill | effective use of Scottish spearmen ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Loudoun Hill | use of ditches to channel English cavalry ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Loudoun Hill | use of prepared defensive position ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Lowestoft | line of battle ("navalTactic") → |
| Battle of Magersfontein | Boer trenches dug at foot of Magersfontein kopje ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Magersfontein | British night march and dawn attack ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Majuba Hill | steep hill position ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Malaya | British defensive withdrawals southward ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Malaya | rapid Japanese advance down the west coast of Malaya ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Malaya | use of tanks and air superiority by Japan ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Manila Bay | naval gunnery engagement ("tacticalNature") → |
| Battle of Marathon | Greek double-envelopment maneuver ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Marathon | use of hoplite phalanx ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Methven | night attack ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Methven | surprise attack ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Mohi | Mongol feigned retreat ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Mohi | coordinated multi-pronged attack ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Mohi | encirclement ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Mokra | ambush of German armored columns ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mokra | combined use of cavalry, infantry, and anti-tank weapons ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mokra | use of terrain and forests for concealment ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mollwitz | disciplined volley fire by Prussian infantry → |
| Battle of Mollwitz | linear infantry formations → |
| Battle of Mons | British defensive action along Mons–Condé Canal ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Mons | German attempt to outflank Allied left ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Mount Longdon | Argentine entrenched defensive positions ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Mount Longdon | close-quarters combat ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Mount Longdon | minefields ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Mount Longdon | rocky high ground ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Mount Tumbledown | artillery support ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mount Tumbledown | close-quarters combat ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mount Tumbledown | naval gunfire support ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mount Tumbledown | night infantry assault ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mystic Fort | burning of Pequot fort ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mystic Fort | encirclement of Pequot fort ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mystic Fort | surprise attack at dawn ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Mystic Fort | use of fire and small arms ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Naseby | effective use of disciplined Parliamentarian cavalry ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of New Orleans | British attempt to capture New Orleans ("strategy") → |
| Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) | Union fleet ran past Confederate forts on the Mississippi River → |
| Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) | naval bombardment of Confederate river forts → |
| Battle of Nibeiwa | combined arms assault → |
| Battle of Nibeiwa | surprise attack → |
| Battle of Okinawa | amphibious assault ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Okinawa | cave fortifications ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Okinawa | defense in depth ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Okinawa | kamikaze attacks ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Ortona | mouse-holing ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Otumba | Spanish cavalry charges against Aztec formations ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Oudenarde | Allied flanking maneuvers against the French right ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Oudenarde | intense fighting around the village of Eine ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Oudenarde | use of the Scheldt River as a defensive and offensive obstacle ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Palo Alto | superior U.S. artillery firepower ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Peleliu | Umurbrogol mountain ridge ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Peleliu | heavily fortified coral ridges ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Pollentia | Roman surprise attack on Visigothic camp ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Poltava | Russian use of field fortifications and redoubts ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Poltava | failed Swedish frontal assault on Russian positions ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Pork Chop Hill | control of a forward outpost ("tacticalObjective") → |
| Battle of Preston (1648) | fighting along the River Ribble and surrounding lanes ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Preston (1648) | series of running engagements over several days ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Princeton | flanking maneuver by Continental forces ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Princeton | night march around British left ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Pylos | Athenian use of light troops and naval mobility ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Pyongyang | Japanese multi-pronged assault on city defenses ("hasTactic") → |
| Battle of Quebec (1759) | British amphibious landing near Anse-au-Foulon ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Quebec (1759) | British line infantry volley fire ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Queenston Heights | American river crossing by boat → |
| Battle of Queenston Heights | British and Canadian counterattack up the heights → |
| Battle of Raate Road | ambush along forest road → |
| Battle of Raate Road | encirclement → |
| Battle of Raate Road | motti tactics → |
| Battle of Ramillies | decisive cavalry charge on French left ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Ramillies | feigned attack on French right to draw reserves ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Rivoli | Austrian multi-column attack plan ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Rivoli | fighting on the Rivoli plateau ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Rivoli | use of interior lines by the French ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Rossbach | feigned retreat and flank attack ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Rossbach | use of oblique order ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Sahagún | cavalry charge ("primaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Saipan | Amphibious assault landings on western beaches ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Saipan | Extensive use of naval gunfire support ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Saipan | Use of tanks and close air support ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Sakarya | Turkish strategic defensive followed by counterattacks ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Salamanca | Wellington exploited a gap in the French left flank ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Salamanca | series of sudden Allied counterattacks ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Salamis | Greeks exploited superior maneuverability of triremes ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Salamis | Persian numerical advantage neutralized by confined waters ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Salamis | fought in narrow straits ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Sandwich (1217) | English attack from windward position ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Sandwich (1217) | use of grappling and boarding by English ships ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Sanna's Post | ambush ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Sanna's Post | surprise attack on column ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Santa Clara | sabotage of rail infrastructure ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Santa Clara | urban guerrilla warfare ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Savo Island | Japanese use of night-fighting tactics and torpedoes ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Sedan (1940) | Blitzkrieg ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Sedan (1940) | Concentrated armored thrust through the Ardennes ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of Sedgemoor | night attack by rebel forces ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Seneffe | French army intercepting an Allied march column ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Seonghwan | Japanese night attack ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Seonghwan | flanking maneuver by Japanese forces ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Shiloh | Confederate surprise attack on first day ("tacticalSummary") → |
| Battle of Shiloh | Union counterattack on second day ("tacticalSummary") → |
| Battle of Sidi Barrani | armoured flanking manoeuvres ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Sidi Barrani | combined arms attack ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Sidi Barrani | infantry assaults on Italian camps ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Soissons | combined arms attack → |
| Battle of Soissons | creeping barrage → |
| Battle of Soissons | tank-supported infantry assault → |
| Battle of Solebay | surprise attack on anchored Anglo-French fleet ("DutchTactic") → |
| Battle of Stamford Bridge | Initial Norwegian disadvantage due to many warriors without armor ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Stamford Bridge | Surprise attack by English forces on Norwegian camp ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Stony Point | bayonet attack → |
| Battle of Stony Point | light infantry assault → |
| Battle of Stony Point | surprise attack → |
| Battle of Suomussalmi | encirclement of Soviet columns ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Suomussalmi | guerrilla-style harassment ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Suomussalmi | motti tactics ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Surigao Strait | classic crossing-the-T maneuver by U.S. battleships ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Taierzhuang | Chinese forces exploited urban and canal terrain for defense ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Taierzhuang | Chinese forces used encirclement and ambush tactics ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Talas | use of cavalry by both sides ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Tarawa | amphibious assault ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Tarawa | close air support ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Tarawa | pre-invasion naval bombardment ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Tarawa | use of amphibious tractors (LVTs) ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Tassafaronga | long-range torpedo attack ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Tassafaronga | night combat tactics ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Thermopylae | defense in depth in a narrow pass ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Thermopylae | phalanx formation ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Tora Bora | aerial bombardment ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Tora Bora | cave complex assault ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Tora Bora | close air support ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of Trenton | crossing of the Delaware River → |
| Battle of Trenton | night march → |
| Battle of Trenton | surprise attack → |
| Battle of Tsushima | Japanese use of superior gunnery and maneuver ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Tsushima | crossing the T maneuver by Japanese fleet ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Tweebosch | Boer mounted guerrilla tactics ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Tweebosch | surprise attack on marching column ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Valcour Island | American fleet positioned in narrow channel between Valcour Island and the New York shore ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Valcour Island | American nighttime withdrawal after initial engagement ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Valcour Island | Benedict Arnold used geography to offset British superiority ("tactics") → |
| Battle of Vellinghausen | Allied defensive action ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Vellinghausen | French offensive operation ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of Verdun | war of attrition ("strategy") → |
| Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) | Confederate ambush from concealed positions near the railroad ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Vimy Ridge | creeping barrage ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Vimy Ridge | detailed rehearsals and use of maps by infantry ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Vimy Ridge | extensive tunnelling and mining ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of Wilhelmsthal | Allied forces attacked separated French corps in detail ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of Worcester (1651) | coordinated assault from east and south of Worcester ("tacticParliamentarian") → |
| Battle of Worcester (1651) | defensive position around Worcester ("tacticRoyalist") → |
| Battle of Worcester (1651) | use of pontoon bridges over the Teme ("tacticParliamentarian") → |
| Battle of Xuzhou | encirclement ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Xuzhou | pincer movement ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of Zenta | surprise attack on Ottoman army during river crossing ("militaryTactic") → |
| Battle of the Atlantic | convoy system ("usedTactic") → |
| Battle of the Atlantic | wolfpack tactics ("usedTactic") → |
| Battle of the Bogside | CS gas deployment by security forces ("opponentTactic") → |
| Battle of the Bogside | barricade building ("usedTactic") → |
| Battle of the Bogside | petrol bombs ("usedTactic") → |
| Battle of the Bogside | stone throwing ("usedTactic") → |
| Battle of the Chernaya | failed Russian frontal assault across a river line ("tacticalNature") → |
| Battle of the Chesapeake | line of battle ("navalTactic") → |
| Battle of the Downs | Spanish fleet sought refuge in English waters ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of the Granicus | frontal cavalry assault across river ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of the Granicus | use of Companion cavalry wedge formation ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of the Hydaspes | night river crossing by Alexander's forces ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of the Kalka River | encirclement ("tacticUsedByMongols") → |
| Battle of the Kalka River | feigned retreat ("tacticUsedByMongols") → |
| Battle of the Kalka River | mobile horse archers ("tacticUsedByMongols") → |
| Battle of the Makassar Strait | aerial torpedo attacks ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of the Makassar Strait | high-level bombing ("tacticUsed") → |
| Battle of the Mareth Line | outflanking maneuver via Tebaga Gap ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of the Niemen River | Polish flanking maneuvers ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of the Niemen River | use of river crossings ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of the Philippine Sea | Japanese long-range carrier air strikes ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of the Philippine Sea | U.S. use of radar-directed fighter control ("notableTactic") → |
| Battle of the Pockets | to eliminate Japanese penetrations in Allied lines ("tacticalObjective") → |
| Battle of the Points | coordinated infantry counterattacks by U.S. and Filipino forces ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of the Points | night amphibious landings by Japanese forces ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of the Points | use of artillery and small arms fire against beachheads ("tacticsUsed") → |
| Battle of the River Plate | three Allied cruisers versus one German pocket battleship ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of the Sunda Strait | confused engagement with friendly fire by Japanese ships ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of the Sunda Strait | night action ("tacticalSituation") → |
| Battle of the Thames | American cavalry charge that broke British lines ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of the Thames | collapse of British defensive position along the Thames River ("tacticalFeature") → |
| Battle of the Trench | avoid open field battle ("strategy") → |
| Battle of the Trench | force enemy into siege conditions ("strategy") → |
| Battle of the University City | street fighting ("tactics") → |
| Battle of the University City | use of fortified buildings ("tactics") → |
| Battle of the Yellow Sea | long-range gunnery duel ("navalTactic") → |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | British column march from Boston to Concord → |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | colonial use of guerrilla-style tactics → |
| Battles of Trenton and Princeton | night marches in winter conditions ("notableTactic") → |
| Battles of Trenton and Princeton | surprise attack after crossing the Delaware River ("notableTactic") → |
| Benjamin Church | integration of Native tactics into colonial warfare ("strategy") → |
| Benjamin Church | irregular warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Benjamin Church | ranger-style scouting and raiding ("usedTactic") → |
| Benjamin Church | use of small, mobile ranger units ("strategy") → |
| Birmingham campaign | filling jails strategy → |
| Birmingham campaign | use of schoolchildren in demonstrations → |
| Black Buck raids | air-to-air refuelling ("usedTactic") → |
| Black Buck raids | multiple in-flight refuelling brackets ("usedTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | armed self-defense ("hasTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | boycotts ("hasTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | community programs ("hasTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | electoral politics ("hasTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | mass protest ("hasTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | political education ("hasTactic") → |
| Black Power movement | student strikes ("hasTactic") → |
| Blockade of the Pequot along the Thames River | control of transportation routes ("usedTactic") → |
| Blockade of the Pequot along the Thames River | riverine blockade ("usedTactic") → |
| Boer forces | guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Boer forces | hit-and-run attacks ("usedTactic") → |
| Boer forces | marksmanship from cover ("usedTactic") → |
| Boer forces | mobile warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Boer forces | scorched earth resistance ("usedTactic") → |
| Boer forces | siege warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Bombing of Guernica | carpet bombing → |
| Bombing of Guernica | machine-gunning of civilians from aircraft → |
| Brest blockade | close blockade of a major enemy port ("strategy") → |
| Brest blockade | intercepting French ships attempting to leave Brest → |
| Brest blockade | monitoring French fleet movements → |
| Brest blockade | stationing British warships off Brest → |
| British capture of Savannah | amphibious landing ("tactics") → |
| British capture of Savannah | flanking maneuver ("tactics") → |
| Brookfield Properties | active asset management ("strategy") → |
| Brookfield Properties | development and redevelopment of properties ("strategy") → |
| Brookfield Properties | long-term ownership ("strategy") → |
| Canadian Machine Gun Corps | creeping barrages with machine-gun fire ("notableTactic") → |
| Canadian Machine Gun Corps | overhead machine-gun fire in support of attacks ("notableTactic") → |
| Carl Icahn | activist shareholder campaigns ("strategy") → |
| Carl Icahn | hostile takeover attempts ("strategy") → |
| Carl Icahn | pressuring management for changes ("strategy") → |
| Carolinas Campaign | maneuver warfare ("strategy") → |
| Carolinas Campaign | total war ("strategy") → |
| Case Yellow | Blitzkrieg ("usedTactic") → |
| Case Yellow | armoured spearheads ("usedTactic") → |
| Case Yellow | close air support by Luftwaffe ("usedTactic") → |
| Caucasian War | fortified lines ("usedTactic") → |
| Caucasian War | mountain guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Caucasian War | scorched earth policy ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | boycotts ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | community organizing ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | cultural production ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | electoral politics ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | marches ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | strikes ("usedTactic") → |
| Chicano movement | student walkouts ("usedTactic") → |
| Children's Crusade (1963) | civil disobedience ("usedTactic") → |
| Children's Crusade (1963) | mass marches ("usedTactic") → |
| Children's Crusade (1963) | nonviolent direct action ("usedTactic") → |
| Chindits | air supply ("usedTactic") → |
| Chindits | deep penetration raids ("usedTactic") → |
| Chindits | glider landings ("usedTactic") → |
| Chindits | guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Chinese Communist Party forces | ambushes of Japanese and collaborationist forces ("usedTactic") → |
| Chinese Communist Party forces | establishment of rural base areas behind enemy lines ("usedTactic") → |
| Chinese Communist Party forces | sabotage of Japanese supply lines ("usedTactic") → |
| Christiaan de Wet | guerrilla warfare ("usedTactic") → |
| Christiaan de Wet | hit-and-run attacks ("usedTactic") → |
| Christiaan de Wet | rapid mounted movements ("usedTactic") → |
| Civil Disobedience Movement | boycott of British goods ("mainTactic") → |
| Civil Disobedience Movement | refusal to obey colonial laws ("mainTactic") → |
| Civil Disobedience Movement | refusal to pay certain taxes ("mainTactic") → |
| Civil Disobedience Movement | salt law violations ("mainTactic") → |
| Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G | dividing forces to split enemy fire ("notableTactic") → |
| Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path | assassinations ("tactics") → |
| Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path | bombings ("tactics") → |
| Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path | guerrilla warfare ("tactics") → |
| Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path | massacres of civilians ("tactics") → |
| Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path | terrorist attacks ("tactics") → |
| Congress of Racial Equality | boycotts ("tactics") → |
| Congress of Racial Equality | mass demonstrations ("tactics") → |
| Congress of Racial Equality | pickets ("tactics") → |
| Dardanelles naval operations | naval bombardment of shore fortifications → |
| Dardanelles naval operations | submarine penetration of the straits → |
| Dardanelles naval operations | use of minefields → |
| Daryl Morey | de-emphasis of mid-range jump shots ("strategy") → |
| Daryl Morey | emphasis on three-point shooting and layups ("strategy") → |
| Day of the Barricades | construction of street barricades ("tacticUsed") → |
| Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive | concentration of fighters over key targets ("strategy") → |
| Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive | integration of radar and fighter control ("strategy") → |
| Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive | layered air defense zones ("strategy") → |
| Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive | mass deployment of flak batteries ("strategy") → |
| Defense of the Reich | anti-aircraft artillery ("usedTactic") → |
| Defense of the Reich | camouflage and deception measures ("usedTactic") → |
| Defense of the Reich | dispersal of aircraft to satellite airfields ("usedTactic") → |
| Defense of the Reich | fighter interception ("usedTactic") → |
| Defense of the Reich | night fighter operations ("usedTactic") → |
| Defense of the Reich | radar-guided interception ("usedTactic") → |
| Defiance Campaign | deliberate defiance of pass laws ("usedTactic") → |
| Defiance Campaign | mass arrests by design ("usedTactic") → |
| Defiance Campaign | occupation of whites-only facilities ("usedTactic") → |
| Defiance Campaign | peaceful demonstrations ("usedTactic") → |