Editing Interior lines (section)

==Tactic==
[[Image:Korea War Phase I.svg|thumb|left|250px|By September 1950, US and South Korean Forces had been forced back to form the Pusan Perimeter in the South-East of [[Korean Peninsula|the peninsula]], giving the defenders shorter interior lines. This created a concentration of forces in defense, [[Battle of Pusan Perimeter logistics|allowing quicker reinforcements and logistics]]. Fresh troops and supplies were increasingly being brought into the port in [[Busan|Pusan]], strengthening the defense even further and preventing a North Korean victory. By contrast, the North Korean supply line had lengthened, making offensive action harder to maintain.]]
In the context of battlefield tactics, interior lines allow for more rapid concentration of resources (firepower and manpower) and afford greater tactical flexibility. Resources are ideally brought to bear at a point where the adversary is not able to quickly respond, because of their longer external lines. Examples include:

* At the [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)]], the numerically superior [[Optimates]], led by [[Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]], defeated the more battle-hardened [[Populares]], led by [[Gaius Julius Caesar]], when Caesar attempted to encircle them.
* During the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]], [[Brigadier General]] [[Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland|Hugh Percy]] utilized interior lines during the British retreat, as his men were often surrounded by [[Minutemen|militia]].
* At the [[Battle of Jena-Auerstedt]], [[Louis Nicolas Davout]] employed interior lines to defeat the main [[Prussian army]].
* At the [[Battle of Wagram]], the [[First French Empire|French]] under [[Napoleon I]] defeated the Austrians by using interior lines to achieve local numerical superiority.
* [[George Gordon Meade]] used interior lines against [[Robert E. Lee]] at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] in 1863.<ref name="Esq.2011">{{cite book|author=Kent Masterson Brown, Esq.|title=Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1L9RtUE9LhwC&pg=PA44|date=1 August 2011|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-0-8078-6942-0|pages=44–}}</ref>