Word: outflanks
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...heart of the city, the weary Finns still held out. They have no hope of holding the city long. Viipuri was condemned when the Finns abandoned Koivisto Fortress, blowing up their heaviest artillery and leaving the Russians a clear road across the frozen Gulf of Finland to outflank the city (TIME, March 4). Last week the Russians took this road. Another force drove past Viipuri to the northeast. And along what was left of three railroads the main body of the Red Army converged on its goal. The capital of Karelia, which was a Russian city from...
...series of holding attacks to fix the defenders in positions, set them up for more crushing blows. The Finns said 40,000 of their men were standing off 80,000 Russians. Except at the Mannerheim Line, which the Salmi and Suojärvi attacks were evidently calculated to outflank, Finnish tactics were guerrilla retreat, using forests and lakes (not yet frozen solid) for cover and obstacles...
Grand strategy of the Polish Armies was to retire slowly, conserve manpower, shorten their lines. Their Western stand was to be on a line running south from Torun to Czestochowa. From there South to behind Teschen they had a fortified front which the German divisions must crack or outflank...
...vital military part, for they may be invaded. Britain and France count on three neutrals in particular to hold off the Germans for a time. The Swiss have besides a strong mountainous position a small but tough civilian army, probably strong enough to keep Nazis from trying to outflank the Maginot Line to the south. The Belgians are armed to teeth, and their country is well fortified. The Dutch can flood part of their country to keep Germans out of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague. Each of these three is apparently strong enough to fight a delaying action that would enable...
...Gettysburg Longstreet, as usual, disagreed with Lee's plan: he was against attacking, wanted to outflank Meade, get between him and Washington and let Meade do the attacking. Overruled, he turned sulkily defeatist. Critics have claimed he lost the battle by disregarding Lee's orders to attack early in the morning of the second day. By afternoon, when he finally moved, the Union left had been reinforced and it was too late. Biographers Eckenrode and Conrad reluctantly absolve Longstreet, reluctantly admit that over-polite Lee did not order an early attack, simply suggested it. When it was reported...