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Going around fortifications has always been an interesting choice....
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Going around fortifications has always been an interesting choice....
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In
the
age
of
castles,
they
were
self
sustaining
strong
points,
where
bypassing
them
without
significant
blocking
forces
would
just
invite
lead
to
a
mobile
war
behind
the
lines
since
the
castle
garrison
can
always
sortie.
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In
the
age
of
castles,
they
were
self
sustaining
strong
points,
where
bypassing
them
without
significant
blocking
forces
would
just
lead
to
a
mobile
war
behind
the
lines
since
the
castle
garrison
can
always
sortie.
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Modern fortified cities instead largely work based on their value as a target and their unique positions. If your enemy HAS to take the city as part of their war goals, then fortifying it can delay its capture while getting positive attrition. Also, these fortified positions often interdict supply lines/transport routes like highways, railways, rivers. Bypassing is almost impossible since the enemy cannot sustain their logistics without control of the fortified position. Also what are you going to do when someone in the city goes to the roof of an apartment and starts shelling you with rpgs from above :(
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Modern fortified cities instead largely work based on their value as a target and their unique positions. If your enemy HAS to take the city as part of their war goals, then fortifying it can delay its capture while getting positive attrition. Also, these fortified positions often interdict supply lines/transport routes like highways, railways, rivers. Bypassing is almost impossible since the enemy cannot sustain their logistics without control of the fortified position. Also what are you going to do when someone in the city goes to the roof of an apartment and starts shelling you with rpgs from above :(
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With the exceptionally mobile nature of modern forces, the risk of bypassing leaves the danger of encirclement as well, which is why breakthrough attacks always seek to get a strong anchor point like a river/city to defend the flanks/center of the thrust from attack.
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With the exceptionally mobile nature of modern forces, the risk of bypassing leaves the danger of encirclement as well, which is why breakthrough attacks always seek to get a strong anchor point like a river/city to defend the flanks/center of the thrust from attack.
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Hence, you want or practically need to envelope a city and force its surrender/storm before any other advances, and why fortified positions are still relevant these days.
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Hence, you want or practically need to envelope a city and force its surrender/storm before any other advances, and why fortified positions are still relevant these days.
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I am now reading: The Art Of War