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  2. Culminating point - Wikipedia

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    The culminating point in military strategy is the point at which a military force is no longer able to perform its operations. [1]On the offensive, the culminating point marks the time when the attacking force can no longer continue its advance, because of supply problems, the opposing force, or the need for rest. [2]

  3. Carl von Clausewitz - Wikipedia

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    Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz [note 1] (/ ˈ k l aʊ z ə v ɪ t s / KLOW-zə-vits, German: [ˈkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊzəvɪts] ⓘ; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) [1] was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war.

  4. Culmen - Wikipedia

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    A culmen is a top, a summit or a culminating point. It may also refer to: Culmen (bird), the upper ridge of a bird's beak; Culmen (cerebellum), a structure in the brain

  5. List of highest paved roads in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Highest point is at the northern end of the 884 m long Bâlea Tunnel. Also an asphalted side road of 0.5 km to Cabana Bâlea Lac, located by Bâlea Lac (alt. 2,034 m). Highest point of the side road is 2,045 m, by Cabana Paltinu. (Also a short private road to Refugiul Salvamont, a mountain rescue center at 2,050 m.)

  6. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Wikipedia

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    The French army now fiercely attacked the Coalition all along the line with the culminating point being reached when Napoleon sent forward the Imperial Guard at 19:30. The attack of the Imperial Guards was mounted by five battalions of the Middle Guard, and not by the Grenadiers or Chasseurs of the Old Guard.

  7. Culmination - Wikipedia

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    The remaining small changes in the culmination period time from sidereal year to sidereal year is on the other hand mainly caused by nutation (with a 18.6 years cycle), resulting in the longer time scale axial precession of Earth (with a 26,000 years cycle), [7] [8] while apsidal precession and other mechanics have a much smaller impact on ...

  8. George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River - Wikipedia

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    George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a complex and surprise military maneuver organized by George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which culminated in their attack on Hessian forces garrisoned at Trenton.

  9. Category:Military terminology - Wikipedia

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