rear

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In a military context, the "rear" refers to the part farthest from the enemy. This can also denote the back portion of a house or a person's buttocks. A "rear guard" is a military unit assigned to protect the back of a main force. Logistics, a related concept, encompasses the practical art of moving and sustaining military forces, including supply, transportation, and facilities.1234

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The growing scale of battle
…situation was created where the rear areas of armies could be brought under fire just as well as their fronts. Battles, in brief, ceased to be distinct events that could be well defined in time and place and easily identified by crossed swords on a map. During World War I,…
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…situation was created where the rear areas of armies could be brought under fire just as well as their fronts. Battles, in brief, ceased to be distinct events that could be well defined in time and place and easily identified by crossed swords on a map. During World War I,…
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