The Theban tactical innovation was to slant the phalanx so the Sacred Band struck the enemy's best troops first, causing a psychological break in enemy formation.
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The Theban tactical innovation was to slant the phalanx so the Sacred Band struck the enemy's best troops first, causing a psychological break in enemy formation.
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"So the traditional warfare in Greece at this time. It's called a phallax. Right? The hoplite phallax. Okay? So remember, it is like a..."
"...so that you can't take it out collectively. So all America's tactics have backfired so far. They'll continue backfiring. The only way out is..."
"...could be here, because the Iranians have done a very clever tactic of basically guerrilla warfare at a national level, far beyond what the..."
"...we possibly stay engaged with this? But this may be a tactic to keep us weary while the war drags on. And I'm wondering,..."
"...about this, and now they're forced to also use the same tactic, okay? Do you understand? So it's a really unfortunate system in that..."
"And these mercenaries will learn Persian war tactics and bring them back to Greece. But not only that, but with an empire, the Greeks..."
"...in Ukraine is very strange. Because American strategy, American policy, American tactics, they've all been self -defeating. I'll give you three examples. The first..."
"...very effective. They're also able to employ hit -and -run guerrilla tactics behind the lines to disrupt the flow of Russian supplies. And after..."
"...different from the Roman Legion. The Roman Legion was the... main tactic of the Roman army back in the old days. Okay? So what..."
"So this is the main tactic, okay? So does it make sense to you guys so far? But over time, gunpowder will become much..."
"...didn't. And the reason why is if you change your military tactic in order to respond to Viking threat, you have to change your..."
"...able to defeat Roman, Roman soldiers and armies using superior military tactics and strategies. Okay? Then the Romans decide, you know what, here's what..."
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