Typically, encirclements result from penetrations and envelopments, or are an extension of exploitation and pursuit operations. The commander intends offensive encirclements to isolate an enemy force. Encirclement operations occur because combat operations involving modernized forces are likely to be chaotic, intense, and highly destructive, extending across large areas containing relatively few units as each side maneuvers against the other to obtain positional advantage.ĭ-1. A unit can conduct offensive encirclement operations designed to isolate an enemy force or conduct defensive encirclement operations as a result of the unit's isolation by the actions of an opposing force. SuvorovĮncirclement operations are operations where one force loses its freedom of maneuver because an opposing force is able to isolate it by controlling all ground lines of communication and reinforcement. Appendix D Encirclement Operations When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.įield Marshal Prince Aleksander V.
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