@@xerxerxo0384 I disagree "salami slicing" is pretty similar to Don't over-extend. "BSIA" is a lot like using the environment to your advantage, i.e. eating off the land. " Inkspot" fits rather well with utilizing the terrain, you've got to pick the correct locations to establish safe zones or risk being overrun in counterattacks. This video complements The Art of War pretty well. To deny any relation or overlap would be a pretty harsh assessment.
The decapitation strategy has proven really easy to backfire when used against cartels and other organized crime for example, because the replacing in command is often unwise and aims to take control by force, by proving to be tough and ruthless, thus is makes things worse as not that organization survives but makes decisions based on intimidation first making people suffer excessively, while the previous leader often was taking care of the population and controlling the amount of damage they were doing to the area they had control over so have some level of consensual support from civilians.
I learned about salami slicing becouse during the early years of communism in my country, the main party kind of ate the other smaller parties one by one, slowly creating a state with only one possible party to vote for becouse party creation was also banned outside already existing ones, of which there was only one I also learned about the fabian strategy thanks to oversimplified's second punic war video
I tend to play weaker countries/factions so maneuver warfare is the way to go for me I like seeing the enemy struggle as I know out their infrastructure
Technically, ALL warfare is attrition - the end goal is to render your enemy unable (or unwilling) to continue fighting. Combat casualties, fortification failures, stealing/stopping supplies, or just drastic demoralization, the aim is to persuade your enemy that they cannot possibly win.
A more powerful country can still be defeated early on to achieve victory even if they have more resources. Although you could say all warfare is logistics.
One good example would be France in WW2. Industrially and logistically they were about on par with Germany, but their strategy and equipment was 30 years old.
Uphill strategy : forces will first secure a higher geographical position before attacking making the other force fight an uphill battle Advantages : the force will have an overlooking view of all target points supply routes buildings shipment ports etc Disadvantages : the forces are usually left very exposed to areal bombings Example : battle of Waterloo (French Empire VS English empire )
This is not a strategy, this is a battle tactic. It can only be applied in a small scale both in space and time, as you won't see the entire front of an army looking for the upper ground to fight nor will you see them do that the entire war (unless the war lasts only one battle). The only exception i know where the entire war was fought in uphill battles was the Italian-Austrian front during WW1, because the entire front was located in the Alps due to the Italian war-objective and the geographical borders of the two countries.
2:46 Tiny correction: Fabian was dictator of the Roman Republic. He was elected as dictator for a limited time and stepped down after his time was up. The Roman Empire would first be formed around 200 years later.
0:25 Decapitation also could create a martyr and harden the enemies' resolve to fight. That is why Russia does not strike at Zelensky, aiming to kill him
Chose your battle strategy : one side uses all their weapons in a very concentrated period that makes the opposing side consider if they just want to surrender as the war may be to costly or result in way too many deaths Advantages : this strategy can be used regardless of military strength Disadvantages : this strategy has a high chance of failure which will be detrimental as after the short term assault as it leaves most of the weapons used up Example:used in the opening stages of the Korean War (USA and South Korea VS North Korea )
Pincer strategy : forces first surround the area that they want to capture then attack from all sides Advantages : no escape for resisting forces and higher chance of success Disadvantages : only works if the military force has bigger numbers and a good geographical position Example : battle of Bukit Timah Hill (Singapore and UK vs Imperial Japan )
I think I tend to use that last method (maneuver warfare) most often when playing war strategy games (be it video games or tabletop) though I usually jokingly refer to it as “Flank ‘em and shank ‘em”
While this is interesting, I do wish that you provided real world examples for more of the strategies. I know you did some for each, but would be nice for every strategy.
Because the video was about war and conflict I was disinterested and I didn't click on it the first time I saw it. Man, I'm glad I changed my mind. This IS interesting.
Can you do one about movement examples like flank, pinching, high ground that type of stuff. It matches and honestly cant find anything in one or more videos describing them all
Bro spent especially long time explaining about attrition war, clear and hold and blockage. Bro even brought how blockage can be war crime up. :> I wonder why. :>
6:13 is pointless, all it takes is for one bot to fire a flare and- *[Bot Drop Detected]* Lessee, two factory striders, six tanks, more than a dozen hulks, and the rest is mostly shield and rocket devastators. And oh, there’s three gunship patrols coming, and they’re all alerted. Enjoy.
Attrition warfare might go hand-in-hand with guerilla/skirmish tactics. If resources are costly and the enemy has an overwhelming amount of troops/resources to spend, you may want to invest in small, independent groups or organisations that can attack the enemy while you rebuild your resources in the meantime. Sometimes, these independent groups attack both sides during the conflict, profiting of the unfolded chaos. For example during a civil war, a crusade or independence war. Blockades can be done both on land and sea, even sometimes in the air. Examples of them: A land blockade could be the European borders. Passing through an neutral or NATO allied land can work as a blockade, you may want to go around that area. A sea blockade is exactly as shown in the video, sometimes there's a fleet nearby the blockade, usually an aircraft carrier or a few battleships. The big ships are mobile headquarters, housing more support on the insides, especially the aircraft carrier as it can send out planes to patrol and fight where the blockade can't go. An air blockade can't stay in one place, but overwhelming AA guns or the presence alone can stop an airforce from coming to you. (Example of an air blockade could be the battle of Britain, where the Luftwaffe couldn't safely reach England, without getting hit by AA guns or enemy patrols. Another example could be the American presence in the Pacific during 1944, where Japan could not reach the islands safely with this much American ships and fighter planes.)
The fabian strategy said to fabius that is a coward strategy because why not attack the enemy? Its soo less dignitus, and you can understand why the romans senate said that to fabius, bcs romans rules are: Romans Never Surrender and Romans always fight forward
isnt attrition warfare a strategy of numbers? basically playing an eye for an eye kind of game, which would be used by a side that has a significant numbers advantage, and chooses attrition to end the war quickly and decisively so that the opposing force has minimal time to change plans what you described for attrition here sounds much more like hit and run tactics, used in the revolutionary war since the Americans had significantly less forces and resources than the English. which speaking of, the words and hit and run are never used in this video, but it's one of the most well known strategies culturally, especially since it effectively represents underdog stories
yeah,but the numbers are usually replacement speed instead of sheer number of units if you can replace loses quicker than the enemy,you can outlast them,even if they initially begin with more numbers than you for example russia vs ukraine russia had around 12k tanks in storage,ukraine around 4k russia is losing tanks faster than ukraine,at some point of 2025/2026 ukraine will have more tanks than russia unless russia manages to massively increase its production a smaller opponent can use attrition to wear down and soften specific capabilities of the enemy (tank,air defense,supplies etc) in preparation for the quick phase of the conflict
You should be way more reconized by your work than other copycats that have appeard all over youtube, Your work is always understandable and quick as a professional you are
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yes, except it's not cuz it is exactly the opposite, then enemy starts a war that they will not win and cannot fight, and then cry that what they attempted to do, is done to them
I have to disagree with the criticism against decapitation, tbh. Yes, in the short term, leaving the enemy force leaderless can lead to collateral damage. However, said collateral damage means nothing if it isn't happening on your turf. In the long term, you've disabled a critical centerpiece to the enemy operation, nullifying their war effort.
Not realy. Blitzkrieg is manouver warfare. Shock and awe requires a numerical and or technical superiority. Germany never had that during WW2. They used mechanized forces to find weak spots in the enemy Defences and rapidly push through them to cut them off. Shock and awe is post war idea from the US, as He said in the video.
doesnt the shock and awe come from ww1 stormtrooper tactics?? quick artillery barrages and storming the enemy making swathes of the enemy surrender which ends up in the news and demoralizes everyone else
One of the craziest things is how the US military, with all its training and technology and doctrines and support and yada yada still aren't getting much done in middle East. It really is strange. It's like middle East became this hell where american men go to lose their mind and come back only to be discarded by the government. It really should have been solved ages ago, or so it seems... what a messy kind we are.
Shock and awe is perfect for what it essentially is, a raid to eliminate the enemy’s main strength. However it is a terrible doctrine for substantive work on nation building that follows a destabilization attack.
This series feels like "The Art of War for dummies" and I'm here for it
The Art of War is nothing like this video
@@xerxerxo0384 I disagree "salami slicing" is pretty similar to Don't over-extend. "BSIA" is a lot like using the environment to your advantage, i.e. eating off the land. " Inkspot" fits rather well with utilizing the terrain, you've got to pick the correct locations to establish safe zones or risk being overrun in counterattacks. This video complements The Art of War pretty well. To deny any relation or overlap would be a pretty harsh assessment.
Well you feel wrong
But its not because its not about The Art of War
@@ibrahimhassan711 This video is more tactical, the Art of War is strategic
"yellow is the enemy" red attacks green
thank you for catching that
That’s the point. You tell each side the other is the enemy so it might aswell be yellow as blue is lying to both
Maximum realism
Confuse the enemy with colorblind statements. The strategy is so good it also confuses the people watching this video.
@@adamkerslake1465no the point is he put the wrong color
Here is what i like about this channel:
1: Gets straight to the point 2: No interruptions
3: Gives you all the information quickly
4: Doesn't drag on
Mate shut up, You run a failing rip-off channel of this masterpiece
It's literally the best channel on RUclips. No one else does it like this. 😁
Boi so many ytbers be like that
winning the minecraft pvp w this one! 🔥🔥
stoneworks
Yah
Needing this for a team war lmao
Nvm we lost:(
i walk to my enemy and they die idk. they just do
"salami slicing" is VERY relevant right now
Talking about this is antisemitic /s
Russia
@@caliguladeux "oy vey you cant say anything negative about israel goy. you wouldnt want to be an antisemite would you?"
this is what China has been doing to the Philippines
Israel
Remember that the first rule of war is to have fun
second rule of war: first rule of war is fake 😔
The true spoils were the frenemies we made along the way.
The decapitation strategy has proven really easy to backfire when used against cartels and other organized crime for example, because the replacing in command is often unwise and aims to take control by force, by proving to be tough and ruthless, thus is makes things worse as not that organization survives but makes decisions based on intimidation first making people suffer excessively, while the previous leader often was taking care of the population and controlling the amount of damage they were doing to the area they had control over so have some level of consensual support from civilians.
I love this channel it explains everything so clearly with no fluff
0:44
Not only that but a lot of militaries trained their non-senior members to be independent and take on the initiative
You should do "Every Olympic Sport"
Agreed
Excluding breakdance obviously
I learned about salami slicing becouse during the early years of communism in my country, the main party kind of ate the other smaller parties one by one, slowly creating a state with only one possible party to vote for becouse party creation was also banned outside already existing ones, of which there was only one
I also learned about the fabian strategy thanks to oversimplified's second punic war video
What country?
Hungary under the rule of Mátyás Rákosi
@@kovacs81gaborWas it before or after the revolution
@@delano4526 they did the salami slicing before, undid it when Imre Nagy was in charge, then redone it, then came the revolution
I like using shock and awe in videogames, ngl, usually sacrificing defense for the strongest attack.
It’s the best strategy when you don’t care about collateral damage.
@@CalvinLee606 Exactly.
I tend to play weaker countries/factions so maneuver warfare is the way to go for me I like seeing the enemy struggle as I know out their infrastructure
Attrition. Doesn’t matter the scenario, I will always go with attrition. Sooner or later the other guy smashes his keyboard and storms away.
@@addisonwelsh I salute your patience but i ain't got no time for that and I'd like to win in a faster, more decisive conflict.
The different studies of mathematics would be neat...also I am a math teacher, so there's that reason as well.
Or science haha
every RTS gamer must see this
My sister's not gonna know what hit her
Be careful she might hit you with the salami slicer.
Oh god
God speed, sir 🫡
I love how bait and bleed is just fancy third partying 😂
The colours used to represent salami slicing are very subtle. U are amazing keep it up! Love from Bangladesh
Technically, ALL warfare is attrition - the end goal is to render your enemy unable (or unwilling) to continue fighting. Combat casualties, fortification failures, stealing/stopping supplies, or just drastic demoralization, the aim is to persuade your enemy that they cannot possibly win.
A more powerful country can still be defeated early on to achieve victory even if they have more resources. Although you could say all warfare is logistics.
One good example would be France in WW2. Industrially and logistically they were about on par with Germany, but their strategy and equipment was 30 years old.
keep making military strategy videos, i want a part 3
Great video!
I think a video about the many types of hand held weapons (blunt/bladed/pointed) would be quite educational.
Why am I even watching this?
you are preparing for war
What for, we're gonna be meat fodder at best lol.
For the hoi4 skills
If the apocalypse happens, you can be a legendary leader
@@joeysmith7296 I like how you think.
They forgot about the classic strategies of carpet seiging, blockading, bombarding and save scumming :D
0:20 aka third party
Fortnite!!
Decapitation ≠ Third Party
@@outtanowhere402hes talking about the bait and bleed
Hmm..interesting, I'm wondering where I heard of that before. 1:27
Maybe somewhere in middle east.
You mean isn'treæl strategy?
I noticed that before.
It's what Russia was doing to Ukraine for years before it became well-known, right down to the defending our border argument.
The land grappin cult
I would love to see you use examples for more topics like you did for shock and awe. It would make understanding it easier.
This one was great. Didn't you miss Defeat in Detail ?
He put it in another video
I guess it’s classed as a tactic rather than a strategy
@@azza3525I'm pretty sure Defeat in Detail is a strategy not a tactic.
I see its place with the others here.
@@thibs2837Channel doesn't understand the difference between strategic, operational and tactical level.
@@thibs2837 it can be used as both. For example, napoleon used it as a strategy in Italy, whilst Alexander the Great used it as a tactic
Uphill strategy : forces will first secure a higher geographical position before attacking making the other force fight an uphill battle
Advantages : the force will have an overlooking view of all target points supply routes buildings shipment ports etc
Disadvantages : the forces are usually left very exposed to areal bombings
Example : battle of Waterloo (French Empire VS English empire )
This is not a strategy, this is a battle tactic. It can only be applied in a small scale both in space and time, as you won't see the entire front of an army looking for the upper ground to fight nor will you see them do that the entire war (unless the war lasts only one battle).
The only exception i know where the entire war was fought in uphill battles was the Italian-Austrian front during WW1, because the entire front was located in the Alps due to the Italian war-objective and the geographical borders of the two countries.
2:46
Tiny correction: Fabian was dictator of the Roman Republic. He was elected as dictator for a limited time and stepped down after his time was up. The Roman Empire would first be formed around 200 years later.
0:25 Decapitation also could create a martyr and harden the enemies' resolve to fight. That is why Russia does not strike at Zelensky, aiming to kill him
Russia has literally attempted multiple assassinations on zelensky
8:25 is what was utilised in the 2024 august kursk offensive
These video are fire and hella enjoyable
Chose your battle strategy : one side uses all their weapons in a very concentrated period that makes the opposing side consider if they just want to surrender as the war may be to costly or result in way too many deaths
Advantages : this strategy can be used regardless of military strength
Disadvantages : this strategy has a high chance of failure which will be detrimental as after the short term assault as it leaves most of the weapons used up
Example:used in the opening stages of the Korean War (USA and South Korea VS North Korea )
Also for those who are wandering I did not include China and the Soviet Union as they have not joined the war yet BTW I do not have a life 😂
When he said bait and bleed, I automatically thought about wait and bleed by slipknot
Saaame
Pincer strategy : forces first surround the area that they want to capture then attack from all sides
Advantages : no escape for resisting forces and higher chance of success
Disadvantages : only works if the military force has bigger numbers and a good geographical position
Example : battle of Bukit Timah Hill (Singapore and UK vs Imperial Japan )
Thanks oversimplified for the background info on Fabian strategy (:
2:11 General Sherman says what
Napoleon: allow me to introduce myself
Hannibal has entered the chat
I think I tend to use that last method (maneuver warfare) most often when playing war strategy games (be it video games or tabletop) though I usually jokingly refer to it as “Flank ‘em and shank ‘em”
While this is interesting, I do wish that you provided real world examples for more of the strategies. I know you did some for each, but would be nice for every strategy.
Great video!
Hmm... very useful and instructive indeed... 😏
The bait and bleed strategy can sometimes be callled winning by default in video games
Nice ! Freedom techniques !
Because the video was about war and conflict I was disinterested and I didn't click on it the first time I saw it. Man, I'm glad I changed my mind. This IS interesting.
0:23 if the leader dies the second in command steps in and can use the death of the leader for propaganda to make more civilians join up.
Watching this before work, this’ll prove valuable at Chipotle.
Loved it!
Bait and bleed is literally what I do in doom
It doesn't work in doom
@@SpeedKing..it does, at least in the first and the second installments. I believe it's called "monster infighting"
@@quadroninja2708 oh I thought they were talking about doom eternal
Most Military's soldiers in combat:Living off the Land
Me:Scorched Earth Tactic
Gonna get some wins in war zone with this
Excellent!
Bait and bleed: if the baiting side is REALLY smart, they’ll continue to BUILD UP strength, not just preserve what they have.
That Fabiius Maximus Varicosus preferred a strategy of taking your time over small steps isn't surprising...
by your definition the SS were actually the first to implement shock and awe in the 1930's with blitzkrieg.
Shock n’ awe my specialty😂😂
Can you do one about movement examples like flank, pinching, high ground that type of stuff. It matches and honestly cant find anything in one or more videos describing them all
Rome is my personal fave case of Salami Slicing
@thepaintexplainer can we get a "every CQB Tactic Explained" video?
Shock and awe just sounds like blitzkrieg
Bro spent especially long time explaining about attrition war, clear and hold and blockage. Bro even brought how blockage can be war crime up. :>
I wonder why. :>
There is a saying in poland that translates to something like: where two fight, the third benefits. So this is the bait and bleed in my culture
arma and squad players assemble
Winning a group chat country rp with this one
So… everybody hates on yellow, but yellow never even sees conflict?
Turkey really LOVES salami slicing
5:17 isreal moment
When 57 Islamic countries are against you and you still come out on top 😂😂
It’s not a war crime if Palestine does it, right?
@abracadabra16234 when you can't count and don't know anything about politics
Every celestial body?
6:13 is pointless, all it takes is for one bot to fire a flare and-
*[Bot Drop Detected]*
Lessee, two factory striders, six tanks, more than a dozen hulks, and the rest is mostly shield and rocket devastators. And oh, there’s three gunship patrols coming, and they’re all alerted. Enjoy.
Hence why Helldivers don’t hold ground.
Blitz kreig
I think that was in part 1
I think it's a tactic, not a strategy
@@alexblu9223What's the difference?
@@wapandaforever242Tactic wins the Battle, Strategy wins the war
@@EndlessNine9999 kk thx
Attrition warfare might go hand-in-hand with guerilla/skirmish tactics. If resources are costly and the enemy has an overwhelming amount of troops/resources to spend, you may want to invest in small, independent groups or organisations that can attack the enemy while you rebuild your resources in the meantime. Sometimes, these independent groups attack both sides during the conflict, profiting of the unfolded chaos. For example during a civil war, a crusade or independence war.
Blockades can be done both on land and sea, even sometimes in the air. Examples of them: A land blockade could be the European borders. Passing through an neutral or NATO allied land can work as a blockade, you may want to go around that area. A sea blockade is exactly as shown in the video, sometimes there's a fleet nearby the blockade, usually an aircraft carrier or a few battleships. The big ships are mobile headquarters, housing more support on the insides, especially the aircraft carrier as it can send out planes to patrol and fight where the blockade can't go. An air blockade can't stay in one place, but overwhelming AA guns or the presence alone can stop an airforce from coming to you. (Example of an air blockade could be the battle of Britain, where the Luftwaffe couldn't safely reach England, without getting hit by AA guns or enemy patrols. Another example could be the American presence in the Pacific during 1944, where Japan could not reach the islands safely with this much American ships and fighter planes.)
By the way the roman General used it against handball and handball used the war will feed itself
The fabian strategy said to fabius that is a coward strategy because why not attack the enemy? Its soo less dignitus, and you can understand why the romans senate said that to fabius, bcs romans rules are:
Romans Never Surrender and
Romans always fight forward
Do every zero-day vulnerability in 12 minutes
Yes
Shock and/or what?
isnt attrition warfare a strategy of numbers? basically playing an eye for an eye kind of game, which would be used by a side that has a significant numbers advantage, and chooses attrition to end the war quickly and decisively so that the opposing force has minimal time to change plans
what you described for attrition here sounds much more like hit and run tactics, used in the revolutionary war since the Americans had significantly less forces and resources than the English. which speaking of, the words and hit and run are never used in this video, but it's one of the most well known strategies culturally, especially since it effectively represents underdog stories
yeah,but the numbers are usually replacement speed instead of sheer number of units
if you can replace loses quicker than the enemy,you can outlast them,even if they initially begin with more numbers than you
for example russia vs ukraine
russia had around 12k tanks in storage,ukraine around 4k
russia is losing tanks faster than ukraine,at some point of 2025/2026 ukraine will have more tanks than russia unless russia manages to massively increase its production
a smaller opponent can use attrition to wear down and soften specific capabilities of the enemy (tank,air defense,supplies etc) in preparation for the quick phase of the conflict
You should be way more reconized by your work than other copycats that have appeard all over youtube, Your work is always understandable and quick as a professional you are
Alpha Legion, Space Wolves, Luna Wolves, Alpha Legion, White Scars, Night Lords, Astra Militarum, Death Guard, Word Bearers (lol), Iron Warriors, . . . , . . . , White Scars
War generals: bait and bleed
Gamers: 3rd party
What’s the difference between Fabian and attrition warfare? Or Battle of Annihilation and Shock and Awe?
5:16 the israel method
Why is this so true 😭
also 1:28
yes, except it's not cuz it is exactly the opposite, then enemy starts a war that they will not win and cannot fight, and then cry that what they attempted to do, is done to them
get ready for the wave of crybabies to start screaming at you
@@pluv1e Shock and Awe was also used by hamas on october 7th when they invaded the local area around gaza
You missed an S in the Inkspot introduction
Cutting the pie
Imma try these into tw games
This video shows one thing: People can be so cruel.
Me who’s used half of these strategies in hearts of iron 4:
third partying in apex 0:00
I have to disagree with the criticism against decapitation, tbh. Yes, in the short term, leaving the enemy force leaderless can lead to collateral damage. However, said collateral damage means nothing if it isn't happening on your turf. In the long term, you've disabled a critical centerpiece to the enemy operation, nullifying their war effort.
Every important science theory explained
like a book of war
How many of these did Palpatine use throughout his lifetime(s)?
wow nice
Forgot about scorched earth.
I was looking for the blitzkrieg strategy in the thumbnail, I’m assuming that falls under shock and awe
That was in the first part(AKA, his tactics video vs this being his strategies video)
Not realy. Blitzkrieg is manouver warfare. Shock and awe requires a numerical and or technical superiority. Germany never had that during WW2. They used mechanized forces to find weak spots in the enemy Defences and rapidly push through them to cut them off.
Shock and awe is post war idea from the US, as He said in the video.
Actually, that’s breakthrough tactics, and was back in his tactics video
what strat should i use for thumb war? i was thinking inkspot 😂
Isn’t attrition warfare kinda sorta what palpatine did before executing order 66?
Actually, that was the Clone Wars. He started it to bleed the Jedi. Order 66 was finishing off the leftovers
Bait and bleed is just 3rd partying😂😂
Sun Tsu was a larper.
doesnt the shock and awe come from ww1 stormtrooper tactics?? quick artillery barrages and storming the enemy making swathes of the enemy surrender which ends up in the news and demoralizes everyone else
nice!
One of the craziest things is how the US military, with all its training and technology and doctrines and support and yada yada still aren't getting much done in middle East. It really is strange. It's like middle East became this hell where american men go to lose their mind and come back only to be discarded by the government.
It really should have been solved ages ago, or so it seems... what a messy kind we are.
Shock and awe is perfect for what it essentially is, a raid to eliminate the enemy’s main strength. However it is a terrible doctrine for substantive work on nation building that follows a destabilization attack.