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I don’t know if it counts as a trick, but Piłsudski’s counteroffensive at the Battle of Warsaw is one of the few times the overly complicated plan relying on multiple moving parts and precision timing actually worked. The Soviets even captured the plan notes and disregarded them as fake.

The Amazing Prizzini

What is your favorite historical trick in war?

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Napoleon used to keep a unit of cavalry in reserve so that if the battle reached a stalemate he could send in fresh troops and seize the day. Leading Bill James to say Napoleon invented the relief pitcher.

Ответ для David Marshall

Nah, this was a pretty common thing. England’s black Prince did this at Poitiers- his outnumbered forces were slowly being ground down, but he had 160 guys appear during the final battle to show up behind the French.

Ответ для The Amazing Prizzini

The French (and their King, who was captured) believed themselves surrounded, and they basically had their lines collapse and fled.

I'd never heard of it before, but it's fascinating.