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 ===== Flanking in Traditional Warfare ===== ===== Flanking in Traditional Warfare =====
  
-Flanking, as we understand it, is a very broad military tactic which has been used in warfare for millenia. Knowing how flanking can be performed on all three [[tactics:levels-of-war|Levels of Warfare]] will give you a better idea of how to make use of the concept on digital battlefields and during [[:op|Anonymous Operations]].+Flanking as we understand it, is a very broad military tactic which has been used in warfare for millenia. Knowing how flanking can be performed on all three [[tactics:levels-of-war|Levels of Warfare]] will give you a better idea of how to make use of the concept on digital battlefields and during [[:op|Anonymous Operations]].
  
  
 ==== Tactical Flanking ==== ==== Tactical Flanking ====
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 +[{{ :tactics:washington-delaware.jpg?300|Flanking maneuvers were a particular favorite of the Continental Army during the //American Revolutionary War//, such as Washington's infamous crossing of the Delaware River before the **Battle of Trenton**.}}]
  
 The traditional flanking maneuver happens on the [[tactics:levels-of-war#the-tactical-level|tactical level]]. As a fighting force is typically concentrated towards the front, many methods have been developed to attack the vulnerable flank. There are many ways this can be done. Sometimes this takes the form of an **ambush**, where one waits for the enemy's strongest frontline forces to pass by, offering easy access to the flanks. The traditional flanking maneuver happens on the [[tactics:levels-of-war#the-tactical-level|tactical level]]. As a fighting force is typically concentrated towards the front, many methods have been developed to attack the vulnerable flank. There are many ways this can be done. Sometimes this takes the form of an **ambush**, where one waits for the enemy's strongest frontline forces to pass by, offering easy access to the flanks.
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 ==== Strategic Flanking ==== ==== Strategic Flanking ====
  
-Finally, at the [[tactics:levels-of-war#the-strategic-level|strategic level]] you have flanking on the geopolitical level. The encirclement of Nazi Germany by the diplomatic positioning of the UK, USA and Soviet Union, is a prime example of a successful flanking maneuver on the strategic level.+Finally, at the [[tactics:levels-of-war#the-strategic-level|strategic level]] you have flanking as a geopolitical tool. The encirclement of Nazi Germany by the diplomatic positioning of the UK, USA and Soviet Union, is a prime example of a successful flanking maneuver on the strategic level.
  
  
 ===== Pincer Movements ===== ===== Pincer Movements =====
  
-{{wst>expand}}+To attack both sides of the enemy at the same time is referred to as a **pincer movement**, also known as the **double envelopment attack**.
  
  
 ===== Metaphorical & Digital Flanking ===== ===== Metaphorical & Digital Flanking =====
  
-{{wst>expand}}+Flanking an enemy on today's modern asymmetric and digital battlefields is not too different from flanking in the days of old. The concept is very much the same: Find a weak spot around the primary line of defense, and concentrate your firepower on that spot.
  
 +**For example:** Is your enemy using Cloudflare to resist head-on [[tactics:ddos|DDOS]] attacks on their website, while their web server has detection software that prevents [[tactics:brute-force|brute forcing]] your way in? Then maybe you should consider using a bit of [[diy:social-engineering|social engineering]] to get unrestricted staff access through a side entrance, where those systems have no defensive value.
  
 +As long as you can think outside the box, there is a vulnerable flank to even the most daunting of enemy forces.
  
  
  
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