Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare, also known as guerrilla tactics, was a form of irregular warfare where a small group would fight off a larger force via unconventional tactics. Strategies falling under guerrilla warfare included ambushes, sabotage, raids, and hit-and-run tactics. In extreme cases, guerrilla warfare could even utilize borderline terroristic measures, such as holding hostages. Largely because of the fact that guerrilla warfare was technically not part of the standards of warfare, it was generally used by terrorist groups, revolutionaries, outlaws, or people who had been pushed to their limit.

There were some downsides to guerrilla warfare, however: in some cases, the enemy army's manpower and defenses were significantly large and expansive enough that guerrilla warfare was useless in dislodging them. In addition, if guerrilla warfare lasted long enough, the larger force would eventually become privy to their efforts and rout the guerrillas out. In some cases, guerrillas were also aided in their endeavors by a larger force opposite that of the force the guerrillas were fighting against, either directly or indirectly. Those who practiced such tactics were generally called guerrillas or guerillas.

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