Defences
Lines
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As in the first Rome, field battles generally involve two clashing lines of shield-bearing infantry, the winner more often than not decided by flanking manoeuvres that bypass the shield-wall's defences.
Source: Video Game / Total War: Rome II -
After the assumption about WW2 being a new trench war was proven horribly wrong, the one surviving excavator tank was used to dig field defences and anti-tank ditches, in what was thought would the final defensive lines around London.
Source: Military Mashup Machine
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