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Top 10 Greatest Battlefield Tactics of All Time

Created by Brian Powell Staff · May 2024 · Updated Aug 2025

Top 10 Greatest Battlefield Tactics of All Time: 16 items ranked by popular vote. Browse more in War.

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Surprise Attack, Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 9 AD

Surprise Attack, Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 9 AD

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Envelopment, Battle of Stalingrad (Operation Uranus), 1942

Envelopment, Battle of Stalingrad (Operation Uranus), 1942

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Committing the Reserve, Battle of Austerlitz, 1805

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Shock Action, Battle of Arsuf, 1191

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Off-Balancing and Pinning, Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

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Deception, Sinking of the Lusitania, Atlantic Ocean, 1915

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Guerrilla Warfare, Franco-Prussian War, Prussia, 1870

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Intelligence, Battle of Cape Matapan, 1941

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Flooding the Land, Siege of Antwerp, The Netherlands, 1584

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Concentration, Jagdgeschwader Formation, World War I, 1917

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Blitzkrieg Tactic, Third Reich (Nazi Germany), 1939-1943

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Crescent Moon Encirclement, Battle of Cannae, Carthaginians, 216 BC

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Hammer and Anvil, Battle of Granicus, 334 BC

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Swiss Campaign of Suvorov, French Revolutionary Wars, 1799

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Island-Hopping, Pacific War, United States, 1942

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Double Envelopment, Battle of Cannae (Second Punic War), 216 BC

Double Envelopment, Battle of Cannae (Second Punic War), 216 BC

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Created: May 15, 2024
Updated: August 2025
Items: 16
Topic: War

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