Military withdrawals

1934–1935 military campaign undertaken by the Chinese Red Army

military strategy

book by Xenophon

military maneuver of abandoning territory and returning to a safer area

end of Israeli occupation and colonization of Gaza Strip in 2005

troop withdrawal in 2021

final phase of the Soviet–Afghan War

Retreat of the Serbian army during WW1

1943 Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal in WWII

Vietnamization was a policy enacted in early 1969 by the Richard Nixon administration aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by expanding, equipping, and training the South Vietnamese armed forces (ARVN) and increasing their combat role, while at the same reducing involvement of U.S. combat troops. The policy of Vietnamization, despite its successful execution, was ultimately a failure as the improved ARVN forces were unable to stop North Vietnam and its People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The South Vietnamese government collapsed with the fall of Saigon in April 1975 and north and s

1914 fighting retreat by Allied forces early in World War I

1919–20 White Army retreat during the Russian Civil War

event during the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022

1918 invasion

2007–2011 withdrawal

military tactic

retreat during the First Anglo-Afghan War

In Greek mythology, Palioxis (Ancient Greek: Παλίωξις) was the personification of backrush, flight and retreat in battle (as opposed to Proioxis). She and her sister Proioxis (Onrush) presided over the surge of battle. Palioxis was probably numbered amongst the Makhai, daimones of the battlefield.

2020–2021 withdrawal

Withdrawal by the Persian army under Nader Shah in 1741

1944 Second World War evacuation operation in the Netherlands

Roman fighting withdrawal from Africa in 255 BCE

1918 retreat of Don Cossacks during the Russian Civil War