Editing Encirclement (section)

== Notable encirclement battles ==
Some examples of battles of encirclement are listed below.

*[[Battle of Thermopylae]] (480 BC)
*[[Battle of Cannae]] (216 BC)
*[[Battle of the Abas]] (65 BC)
*[[Battle of Walaja]] (633 AD)
*[[Battle of Mohi]] (1241)
*[[Battle of Ekeren]] (1703)
*[[Battle of Fraustadt]] (1706)
*[[Battle of Kirkuk (1733)|Battle of Kirkuk]] (1733)
*[[Battle of Kars (1745)|Battle of Kars]] (1745)
*[[Battle of Maymyo]] (1768)
*[[Ulm Campaign]] (1805)
*[[Battle of Ocaña]] (1809)
*[[Battle of Fort Sumter]] (1861)
*[[Battle of Isandlwana]] (1879)
*[[Battle of Tannenberg (1914)|Battle of Tannenberg]] (1914)
* [[Battle of Lodz (1914)|Battle of Lodz]] (1914) 
* [[Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes]] (1915)
*[[Battle of Magdhaba]] (1916)
*[[Battle of Rafa]] (1916)
*[[First Battle of Gaza]] (1917)
*[[Battle of Beersheba (1917)|Battle of Beersheba]] (1917)
*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]] (1918)
*[[Battle of Suomussalmi]] (1939-1940)
*[[Battle of Kiev (1941)|Battle of Kiev]] (1941)
*[[Battle of Smolensk (1941)|Battle of Smolensk]] (1941)
*[[Battle of Białystok–Minsk]] (1941)
*[[Battle for Velikiye Luki]] (1942)<ref name=DA20-234>{{cite book
  |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/20234/20234.html
  |access-date=2013-01-23
  |series=Historical Study
  |title=Operations of Encircled Forces: German Experiences in Russia (Pamphlet 20-234)
  |year=1952
  |location=Washington, D.C.
  |publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Army]]
  |author=committee of former German officers
  |archive-date=2008-03-14
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314065147/http://www.history.army.mil/BOOKS/WWII/20234/20234.html
  |url-status=dead
  }} The German term for an encirclement is ''Kesselschlacht'' (cauldron battle).</ref>
*[[Battle of Hong Kong]] (1941)
*[[Battle of Stalingrad]] (1942-1943)
*[[Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket]] (1944)<ref name=DA20-234/>
*[[Kamenets-Podolsky pocket]] (1944)<ref name=DA20-234/>
*[[Operation Bagration]] (1944)
*[[Battle of the Mons Pocket]] (1944)
*[[Siege of Bastogne]], Belgium (1944)
*[[Ruhr pocket|Battle of the Ruhr Pocket]] (1945)
*[[Battle of Berlin]] (1945)
*[[Six-Day War]] (1967)
*[[Battle of Khorramshahr (1980)|Battle of Khorramshahr]] (1980)
*[[Battle of Mogadishu (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu]] (1993)
*[[Battle of Misrata (2011)|Battle of Misrata]] (2011)
*[[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)|Battle of Aleppo]] (2012–2016)
*[[Battle of Ilovaisk]] (2014)
*[[Second Battle of Tikrit (2015)|Second Battle of Tikrit]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31727470|title = Iraqi forces seek to encircle IS fighters in Tikrit|date = 4 March 2015|access-date = 5 March 2015|publisher = BBC}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Afrin]] (2018)
* [[Battle of the Jabara Valley]] (2019)
* [[Siege of Mariupol]] (2022)
* [[Velyka Novosilka offensive]] (2025)