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vertical envelopment

American  

noun

Military.
  1. envelopment of an enemy accomplished by parachuting and landing airborne troops at the rear of the enemy's position.


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Paratrooper Ridgway pushed hard for building up the "vertical envelopment" war.

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Some hopefully point to the fact that the usually resourceful Viet Cong have not yet developed a way of coping with the "vertical envelopment" by the U.S. helicopters.

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Each of the three corps areas has a U.S. company of 20 helicopters to help in "vertical envelopment" of the Viet Cong.

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To the broad picture of overall strategy, the First Allied Airborne Army was contributing its own ultramodern specialty: vertical envelopment of an enemy position.

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