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What is the differenc between interior and exterior lines of operation in military terms?
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∙ 14y ago
Basically it's about the scope of military maneuver on either Strategic or Tactical level. If you operate on Interior lines then you have set the width of the battlefront & will deploy your reserve within these parameters. Exterior lines is the opposite, having laid out your force in their dispositions you are then prepared to deploy outside the set boundaries of these dispositions. Take Napoleon in the Waterloo campaign as an example: he deploys 2 wings under Ney on the left & Grouchy on the right, keeping the Imperial Guard under his own control to support either wing. Interior lines in action, just a shame that neither Grouchy or Ney quite had the script! but then at Borodino (1812) Napoleon should have acted on External lines & he bottled it.....
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What is the difference between interior lines of operation and exterior lines of operation?
Many definitions of exterior and interior lines of operations are given by military writers, but it will be sufficient to say that "Interior lines are those of an army centrally situated acting against divided hostile forces; exterior lines are those adopted by divided armies acting against a centrally placed opponent."
How can the effective use of exterior lines overcome the military advantage of interior lines?
The military advantage of an enemy's interior lines position can often be defeated by the effective simultaneous advance of exterior lines. The effect can be successful assuming the exterior forces outnumber the troops of the enemy.
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