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OPERATION FACONNAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
DEF

[An] operation that creates and preserves conditions for success of the decisive operation through effects on the enemy, other actors, and the terrain.

OBS

An example [of a shaping operation] could be destroying enemy supplies ahead of an attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
CONT

Les opérations de façonnage peuvent être menées avant l'opération décisive ou en même temps qu'elle.

Spanish

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