The American Way of War in 25 Words or Less

[carl]

Thanks to Ken.

Serious note: Converging columns was a widely used operation during the Indian Wars and was what was planned in the Little Bighorn campaign until Custer tried it at the tactical leve (again) withe far more tribesmen than he could handle.It wasn't just American Small Wars operational art, the Brits used it 3 years later when the Zulu ambushed them at Isandluwana.

Cheers

JohnT

That wasn't an ambush. It was a well executed Zulu attack against a poorly disposed British defensive position.