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MANOEUVRE WARFARE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A war-fighting philosophy that seeks to defeat the enemy by shattering his moral and physical cohesion - his ability to fight as an effective, coordinated whole - rather than by destroying him physically through incremental attrition.

Key term(s)
  • maneuver warfare

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Concept de la guerre selon lequel on vainc l'ennemi par la rupture de sa cohésion physique et morale plutôt que par l'usure graduelle.

OBS

guerre de manœuvre : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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