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High ground is an area of elevated terrain, which can be useful in combat. The military importance of the high ground has been recognized for over 2,000 years, citing early examples from China and other early-dynastic cultures who regularly engaged in territorial/power struggles. Later incorporated to be advantageous in architectural designs such as castles and fortresses which included towers and walls designed to provide structural advantages for positions of troops and weaponry which could be thrown or fired from above.

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High ground

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High ground is an area of elevated terrain, which can be useful in combat. The military importance of the high ground has been recognized for over 2,000...

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Moral high ground

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The moral high ground, in ethical or political parlance, refers to the status of being respected for remaining moral, and adhering to and upholding a...

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Promontory

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forces that have removed the softer rock to the sides of it, or are the high ground that remains between two river valleys where they form a confluence....

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1964 Alaska earthquake

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the 68 people who lived there; survivors out-ran the wave, climbing to high ground. Post-quake tsunamis severely affected Whittier, Seward, Kodiak, and...

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Battle of the Rosebud

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the Sioux and Cheyenne had hotly engaged Crook's Indian allies on the high ground north of the main body. Heavily outnumbered, the Crow and Shoshoni fell...

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Earth potential rise

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the ground, and declines with distance from the source. Ground potential rise is a concern in the design of electrical substations because the high potential...

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Geography of Africa

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continents, it is marked by the comparatively small area of either very high or very low ground, lands under 180 m (590 ft) occupying an unusually small part of...

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Operation Charnwood

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June, through a gap created by the 1st US Infantry Division, to reach high ground near Villers-Bocage. In the Battle of Villers-Bocage, the 7th Armoured...

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Tuam

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the burial mound of two shoulders. The name probably refers to the high ground on either side of the River Nanny, overlooking a probable fording point...

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Trench warfare

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across open ground became even more dangerous after the introduction of rapid-firing artillery, exemplified by the "French 75", and high explosive fragmentation...

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Regions of ancient Greece

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lower ground to the north, and Oetaea the higher ground south of the river. The boundaries of these two regions were formed by the arc of high ground running...

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Ride height

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is far more likely to need high ground clearance than a road vehicle. 18-wheel tractor-trailers also have to take the ground clearance of both their tractor...

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Ajloun Castle

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Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century. From its high ground the castle was guarding three wadis which descend towards the Jordan...

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Escarpment

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faults, or when a strike-slip fault brings a piece of high ground adjacent to an area of lower ground. Earth is not the only planet where escarpments occur...

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Strategic Defense Initiative

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in the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and the Ground-Based Interceptor currently deployed as part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense...

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The Killer Angels

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infantry encounters the Union cavalry of General John Buford who seizes the high ground and holds it against a Confederate attack at dawn on July 1. Troops of...

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Highbury Square

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Special Jury Award. Highbury Square has 650 flats, which have a relatively high ground rent and many communal services (a higher-income centred service charge)...

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Storey

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there are high ground RCH (rez-de-chaussée haut) and lower ground RCB (rez-de-chaussée bas), or garden ground RJ (rez-de-jardin) and former ground RC. In...

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Mountain warfare

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positions from the ground, aided by bad weather or poor visibility. A Light Machine Gun (LMG) team would open fire towards the high enemy position from...

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Airstrike

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exploitation of the law of armed conflict, and the struggle for a moral high ground". Business Library. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 29...

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