encirclement
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The Nazis also used maps as propaganda, “by suggesting, for example, the encirclement of Germany and conveying its vulnerability to attack from neighboring states.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
This frequently happens in sieges, such as Germany's encirclement of Leningrad during World War II.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024
General Syrsky said he had ordered the retreat “in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Satellite images show the encirclement of the Indigenous Land Igarapé Lage, a green rectangle amid deforestation.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Here it remained for a month reorganising and practising the attack, special attention being paid to the method of taking "pill boxes" by encirclement.
From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
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