• Deuces@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There are a few nuggets that are still only obvious when you actually think about it. Like don’t fight with a hill behind you because you might need to retreat, do fight with a forest behind you for the same reason.

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      11 months ago

      You can retreat through the forest only if you scouted and secured it.

      Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!

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      11 months ago

      Or ‘fight with the sun behind you’ or ‘leave enemy soldiers an obvious escape route’ or ‘be careful with marshy terrain where logistics will become a nightmare’.

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        11 months ago

        leave enemy soldiers an obvious escape route

        Was thinking about this leading up to the Ukraine war…