[Split Thread] Finnish military terminology

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Posted By:jimbob

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Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13764628) Encirclement has been a standard tactic of warfare since almost forever. Ask General Paulus what happened to his 6th Army. Or ask Field Marshall Kluge what happened to his Army Group B in the Falaise Pocket. They are the two famous ones, but there are other, smaller examples.

They were in the 1940's. As was Siege of Leningrad (in which Putin's mother nearly died). The Winter War was 1939. Of course nobody invented military strategy - which in mediaeval times consisted of laying siege to castles and forts - however it is a Finnish word that has entered the language to describe it.

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Motitus is Finnish military slang describing the tactic of totally encircling an enemy unit, in effect, an entrapment.

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