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Encirclement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Encirclement is a military term for the situation when one side's force or target is isolated and surrounded by other side's forces. |
 | | This situation is considered to be highly dangerous for the encircled force, at the strategic level, because the force cannot recieve supplies or reinforcements, and on the tactical level, because the units in the force can be subject to an attack from several sides. |
 | | A third and more rare type of encirclement can ensue from a breakthrough in the centre of the enemy front, and exploiting that with mobile forces, diverging in two directions behind the enemy line. |
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