How did shivaji's army use guerrilla warfare
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Shivaji’s army was adept in what is known as ‘Guerrilla warfare’. The army used unusual and out of the box ways to fight the enemy treacherous terrain. ‘Ganim’ is an Arabic word meaning ‘plunderer’. Shivaji followed same technique of plunderers who would appear out of nowhere, loot and escape. Hence Dennis Kincaid called him ‘The Grand Rebel’.
A. Principles of Guerrilla Warfare
Principles of Guerrilla attacks followed by Shivaji’s army were – sudden raid with minimum loss and maximum yield or maximum possible damage to the enemy. Though Shivaji followed these guerrilla tactics on a large scale Shahaji was the one to promote them!
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