Divide and conquer
A military strategy of engaging and defeating enemy forces one at a time before they can unite, aimed at preventing coalitions and securing local numerical superiority.
According to Lanchester's square law, when 500 soldiers fight 1,300 under equal conditions, the 500 kill only about 100 before being wiped out. Numerical inferiority is far deadlier than simple subtraction suggests, making divide and conquer the key strategy in disadvantaged battles.
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