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* The Finns in the Winter War
* A well done retreat will very likely include a number of these as a routine-even if someone is really retreating he wants to slow the pursuit down and discourage it.
* Happened
* Borderline example from [[World War I]]: at Caporetto the Italian army was routed and demoralized, but when the pursuing Austro-Hungarians managed to make contact again they discovered that the new Italian commander in chief had managed to regroup his troops and motivate them with fear of what the invaders could do to their families, transforming an actual rout in a trap.
* The Spartans were credited with this though it is hard to see how it could be done with a phalanx. At Thermopylae though there would have likely been a place to hide an ambushing force under the cover of the hills and retreat past them using the main force as bait.
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