double envelopment
Attack from sides
Double envelopment is a military tactic in which attacking forces simultaneously encircle both flanks of an enemy formation, trapping them in a pincer movement.
The classic example is Hannibal's victory at Cannae, where Carthaginian forces surrounded and annihilated a larger Roman army.
The maneuver aims not just to defeat but to destroy the opposing force entirely.
- Numidian cavalryAncient North African light horse
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- flankingAt the sides of
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
outflank the enemy · pincer movement · military tactics · trapping · warfare · Scipio Africanus · blitzkrieg · military strategy · hammer and anvil · strategy · Punic Wars · tactical advantage · surprise attack · battlefield strategy · combined arms · ancient warfare · pincers · crushing
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- cavalry tacticscavalry charge, cavalry charges, cavalry raids, flanking, flank attack
- encirclementpincer movement, pocket, cordon, investment, ring of steel
- flanking tacticsoutflanking, pincer movement, encirclement
- outflankingflanking, encirclement, pincer, end run
- pincer attackspincer movement, flanking, encirclement, hammer and anvil
double envelopmentfrontal assault
Attack from the front
banzai charge · attrition warfare · brute force attack · simple assault · trench warfare
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