Static battle
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In a static battle, both sides suffer heavy casualties
and battlefronts
move so slowly that the result is "static" (a lack of change). Movement is limited by the amount of casualties.
Examples from history include:
The Battle of Moyry Pass
(Nine Years War)
The Battle of the Somme (World War I)
The Battle of Stalingrad
(World War II)
Casualty (person)
A casualty is a person who is the victim of an accident, injury, or trauma. The word casualties is most often used by the news media to describe deaths and injuries resulting from wars or disasters...
and battlefronts
Front (military)
A military front or battlefront is a contested armed frontier between opposing forces. This can be a local or tactical front, or it can range to a theater...
move so slowly that the result is "static" (a lack of change). Movement is limited by the amount of casualties.
Examples from history include:
The Battle of Moyry Pass
Battle of Moyry Pass
The Battle of Moyry Pass was fought during September and October 1600 in counties Armagh and Louth, in the north of Ireland, during the Nine Years' War...
(Nine Years War)
The Battle of the Somme (World War I)
The Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943...
(World War II)