Augh. Knowing nothing else, my opinion is that A is a moron. Surrendering means you yield your government to an opponent and get captured (or killed, since you were ignoring the Geneva Conventions anyway).
Now, the typical conflation is "retreat" with "strategic withdrawal". These are different, but much more subtly. Withdrawal, of whatever type, involves removing your troops from the combat area; retreats involve more running, and possibly leaving war materiel behind; strategic withdrawals involve you pulling out at a pace set by you.
This lesson brought to you by "All the damn milspeak I'm supposed to be writing today", and the letter "RUN!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESSOR!".
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Date: 2006-12-19 05:01 pm (UTC)Now, the typical conflation is "retreat" with "strategic withdrawal". These are different, but much more subtly. Withdrawal, of whatever type, involves removing your troops from the combat area; retreats involve more running, and possibly leaving war materiel behind; strategic withdrawals involve you pulling out at a pace set by you.
This lesson brought to you by "All the damn milspeak I'm supposed to be writing today", and the letter "RUN!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESSOR!".