The Most Successful Military Tactics Ever Used in Battle

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8. The Matchbook Tactic

7. Fake Your Own Death

6. Operation Uranus

5. The ‘Empty City’ Tactic

4. Battle Of Ilipa

3. Battle Of The Hydaspes

2. Using Your Own Bad Reputation As An Advantage

1. Inventing A Whole New Formation On The Fly

Source/Further reading:

https://visitpearlharbor.org/matchbook-trickery/

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Rvo6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT19&lpg=PT19&dq=Harald++fake+death+coffin&source=bl&ots=MhinSDHaTQ&sig=ACfU3U3bA7XHBlv8p2PhuksEhjo-P4iN-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEzNih-9rjAhVBRo8KHXdFDykQ6AEwGnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Harald%20%20fake%20death%20coffin&f=false

https://youtu.be/XObGr6CTNYw

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P_zMW3EHnTEC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22endless+phalanx+of+soldiers%22&source=bl&ots=hdgpmsHSXi&sig=ne5vJ12oeRmYBzkiQS6ckgwagVs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OL1WVLiMAqON7AbkjYDgCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22endless%20phalanx%20of%20soldiers%22&f=false

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Ilipa

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Hydaspes

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yVFjBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Sun+Pin+Wei+die+under+tree&source=bl&ots=qufw03QHbg&sig=ACfU3U0oq2jnl27nc3szDAh-yDMyEJ9chQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5juyUmNvjAhULpY8KHYlcAV0Q6AEwDHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Sun%20Pin%20Wei%20die%20under%20tree&f=false

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Pyramids-Egyptian-history