the.com/military tactics
the art of arranging chaos so the other side dies confused and you don't.
means the specific maneuvers and decisions used to win a battle, as opposed to strategy, which is winning the war.
from from greek taktike, meaning the art of arrangement, first codified as troop formations by ancient greek phalanx commanders and later systematized by prussian officers who treated war as a science.
tactics vs strategytactics win battles, strategy wins wars
sun tzuwrote the art of war 2500 years ago, still assigned
blitzkriegliterally means lightning war in german
oldest trickfeigned retreat used since 400 bc
for instance
cannae 216bc — hannibal encircled and annihilated a larger roman army
blitzkrieg 1939 — germany used speed and combined arms to crush poland in weeks
trojan horse — greeks faked retreat, hid inside a wooden gift
guerrilla warfare vietnam — viet cong used terrain and patience against superior firepower