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Choke point

In military strategy, a choke point (or chokepoint), or sometimes bottleneck, is a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile, isthmus or bridge, or maritime passage through a critical waterway such as a strait, which an armed force is forced to pass through in order to reach its objective, sometimes on a substantially narrowed front and…

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Choke point

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Edges143
Triples67
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Historical examples · 26
Choke point → Agincourt, Americas, Azincourt Woods, Battle, Caribbean, England, English, Englishmen, French, Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, Henry, King Leonidas I's, North Atlantic, Pass, Persia, Some, Spain, Stamford Bridge, Stirling Bridge
related to Importance · 23
Choke point → American, April, As, Choke, Disruptions, Global, Hormuz, In, Iran, Iran Air Flight, Iran's, Iranian, Islamic Republic, LNG, Mogamigawa, Most, MV Maersk Tigris, Strait, The, Their
related to Royal Navy choke points · 10
Choke point → British, British Admiral John Fisher, British Empire, Choke, From, Indeed, Suez Crisis, The Royal Navy, These, United Kingdom's Royal Navy

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choke points royal navy maritime strait also atlantic point importance gap pass passage force english important suez british trade strategic

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a valleyinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
defileinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
isthmus or bridgeinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
or maritime passage through a critical waterway such as a straitinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
which an armed force is forced to pass through in order to reach its objectiveinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
sometimes on a substantially narrowed frontinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
therefore greatly decreasing its combat effectiveness by making it harder to bring superior numbers to bear.A choke point can allow a numerically inferior defending force to use the terrain as a force multiplier to thwart or ambush a much larger opponentinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
as the attacker cannot advance any further without first securing passage through the choke pointinstance ofis a geographical feature on land0.80text
Choke pointrelated to Historical examplesSome0.60section
Choke pointrelated to Historical examplesKing Leonidas I's0.60section
Choke pointrelated to Historical examplesPass0.60section
Choke pointrelated to Historical examplesThermopylae0.60section

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