guerilla tactics
Hit-and-run warfare
Guerilla tactics are methods of unconventional warfare used by smaller, mobile forces against larger, more conventional opponents.
The approach relies on ambushes, sabotage, hit-and-run attacks, and blending into civilian populations rather than direct confrontation.
Figuratively, the term describes any underdog strategy using surprise, flexibility, and harassment: The startup used guerilla tactics to compete with industry giants.
Also spelled guerrilla.
- non-state actorsEntities lacking governmental authority
- asymmetric warfareCombat between unequal opponents
- unconventional warfareCovert, asymmetric military operations
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- hit and runLeaving after causing accident
insurgency · jungle warfare · propaganda · sabotage · resistance movements · disinformation · raids · camouflage · mountain warfare · grassroots mobilization · urban environments · booby traps · IED attacks · political subversion · misinformation campaigns · hearts and minds · infiltration · safe houses
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
guerilla tacticsconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
frontal assault · pitched battle · trench warfare · siege warfare · shock and awe
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