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Scorched earth tactics meant intentionally burning supplies
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The absolute pinnacle of strategic denial is setting your own house on fire so the burglar can't steal the TV. Retreating armies would deliberately burn down their own vital crops, completely poison their own local wells, and destroy every bridge behind them, ensuring that the invading army would slowly freeze and starve to death.
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