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  1. Culminating point

    The culminating point in military strategy is the point at which a military force is no longer able to perform its operations.On the offensive, the culminating point marks the time when the attacking force can no longer continue its advance, because of supply problems, the opposing force, or the need for rest. The task of the attacker is to complete its objectives before the culminating point is reached. The task of the defender on the other hand, is to bring the attacking force to its culminating point before its objectives are completed.The concept of a culminating point (Kulminationspunkt) was formulated by the Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz in his book On War published in 1832 (Book 7, Chapter 5).

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  1. Culminating point

    The culminating point in military strategy is the point at which a military force no longer is able to perform its operations. On the offensive, the culminating point marks the time when the attacking force can no longer continue its advance, because of supply problems, the opposing force, or the need for rest. The task of the attacker is to complete its objectives before the culminating point is reached. The task of the defender on the other hand, is to bring the attacking force to its culminating point before its objectives are completed. The concept of a culminating point was formulated by the Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz in his book On War published in 1832.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. culminating point

    The point at which a force no longer has the capability to continue its form of operations, offense or defense. a. In the offense, the point at which effectively continuing the attack is no longer possible and the force must consider reverting to a defensive posture or attempting an operational pause. b. In the defense, the point at which effective counteroffensive action is no longer possible.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of culminating point in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of culminating point in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of culminating point in a Sentence

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    Most military observers and very senior American army generals believe that the Russian army reached a culminating point. A significant aspect of that is the losses that they've sustained.

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