Scorched-earth defense
The scorched-earth defense is a form of risk arbitrage and anti-takeover strategy.
Pacific War
The Three Alls Policy ("Sankō Sakusen") was a Japanese scorched earth policy adopted in China, the three alls being: ""Kill All, Burn All and Loot All"". Initiated in 1940 by Ryūkichi Tanaka, the "Sankō Sakusen" was implemented in full scale in 1942 in north China by Yasuji Okamura. According to historian Mitsuyoshi Himeta, the scorched earth campaign was responsible for the deaths of "more than 2.7 million" Chinese civilians.