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FOG WAR [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Games and Toys (General)
CONT

Fog of war is a common concept found in many combat-based real-time and turn-based strategy games. In addition to providing the player with an exploration incentive to uncover the game world, it also serves to mask the disposition and movements of enemy forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

The situation in which commanders and staff are unable to know and understand everything they want to know about the enemy and about the details regarding combat activities of their own forces.

CONT

... the fog of war, symbolic for battles of long ago, when the view of the battlefield would quickly become obscured by the smoke of cannons and muskets, leaving commanders uncertain of their next steps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires

Spanish

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