We’ve been fighting wars ever since we started having disputes with others and had enough people on both sides willing to fight for it. Even if warfare has changed quite a bit from its early days, the basic rules have always remained the same. It’s usually the side with conventional numerical and technological superiority that wins, regardless of other factors. Well, usually.
In a handful of cases, armies without a clear advantage on the battlefield (or even with an outright disadvantage in some rare instances) have prevailed over their numerically/technologically superior foes because of their on-the-fly, clever military tactics. While some of these battle maneuvers are still studied in history classes around the world, some have been forgotten due to the larger outcomes of their respective wars.
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