Interior lines

Interior lines

Interior lines is a strategy of warfare that is based on the concept that lines of movement within an area are shorter than those on the outside. Using the strategy of interior lines, a surrounded power could make a series of surprise attacks on the power that is encircling it, and move quickly enough and so unpredictably that the surrounding power would be forced to retreat.

ee also

*Military strategy


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