Guerrilla Warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. Although the term "guerrilla warfare" was coined in the context of the Peninsular War in the 19th century, the tactical methods of guerrilla warfare have been in use since long before then. In the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu proposed the use of guerrilla-style tactics in The Art of War. The 3rd century BC Roman general Quintus …

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The National Archives · 1 January 1981 English

TO REORGANIZE AND TAILOR THEIR FORCES TO GUERRILLA WARFARE. IT IS UNLIKELY, HOWEVER, THAT Y WILL BE"


The National Archives · 1 January 1979 English

A file containing documents concerning East-West relations. Documents in the file include several drafts of the Churchill memorial lecture given by the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, in Luxembourg in …

Guinea. Cubans bogged down in open-ended guerrilla warfare in Ethiopia and Angola. A major Soviet gain


The National Archives · 1 January 1979 English

A file containing documents concerning Soviet influence in Africa. Subjects covered in the file include the production of certain minerals in southern Africa; the Soviet policy objective of disrupting Western …

secret study group known as the Yu Chi Chen (Guerrilla Warfare) to study Marxism-Leninism and the writings scholarship I b a s i s . 1 INEFFECTIVE GUERRILLA WARFARE 1 Later other recruits were despatched to


The National Archives · 1 January 1977 English

of turning the African con- nationalist guerrilla warfare in central and north tinent into a nuclear-free


The National Archives · 1 January 1976 English

A file containing documents relating to the Romanian armed forces. The principal document in the file is the annual report for 1975 by the British defence attaché in Bucharest. Subjects …

holding operation by regular forces while guerrilla warfare, based on the Patriotic Guards is set in train


The National Archives · 1 January 1976 English

any case that Mirsky was not alluding to guerrilla warfare, but to military coUps and counter-coups


The National Archives · 1 January 1976 English

events seemed to be set on a course towards guerrilla warfare; given the attitude of the Smith regime,


The National Archives · 1 January 1976 English

A file containing the annual defence report for Yugoslavia for 1975, compiled by the U.K. defence attaché, Anthony Pielow. Subjects discussed in the file include Yugoslavia's defence policy; Yugoslavia's officer …

Warfare - a tactical term which des- cribes "guerrilla warfare. Generally small units are organised from


The National Archives · 1975 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning a Defence Policy Staff study on Yugoslavia. The study examines the political and strategic consequences for NATO and for the U.K. arising from …

appeals to the West for help, to all-out guerrilla warfare. Reaction by NATO 13« NATO is a defensive


The National Archives · 1973 English

e r a t ^ o n c ' w h i c h m e 0 n S guerrilla warfare within the • colled "distilno i n i e "Doctoral dissertations" for the purposes of guerrilla warfare. * 1 1 In mid-1968 the West German newspaper This is all the m 2 e so b e c a u s e guerrilla warfare in the enerny's rear, as a movement • inspired operations"; and both guerrilla and anti- guerrilla warfare depending on the circumstances. The aims H X (.proof of the NATO preparations for guerrilla warfare • II in our territory is the 'secret NATO


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