Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Involvements Overseas.
A military tactic involving the deliberate destruction of a town's fortifications so they cannot be used by an advancing enemy.
Slight appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, especially Involvements Overseas and Richard and the Third Crusade.
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