Plural form of encirclement; multiple instances of surrounding or the tactics of surrounding enemy forces.
The plural of 'encirclement', formed by adding '-s'.
During World War II, the German Wehrmacht executed numerous bold encirclements in Eastern Europe, but it was actually the Soviet Red Army that perfected the tactic—their pincer movements and encirclements during the Battle of Stalingrad trapped and destroyed entire German armies.
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