How is it possible to be ambushed twice at the same place?
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Maybe the naval battle in Surigao Strait fulfill the request.
During WWII, near Leyte Gulf. In this battle, two japanese forces went directly to an ambush in a strait.
The first japanese force went to the strait and a combination of american battleships, cruisers, destroyers and PT boats almost destroyed them.
The second japanese force went to the strait, they saw ships on fire of the first force, and despite of that they went to engage as well, even though the second force was smaller than the first one.
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If you believe you have secured the location, it's fair to assume there won't be an ambush there when you come back some time later.
If there is, it means you did something seriously wrong suppressing the first ambush and securing your rear (assuming you didn't do what the Americans did in Vietnam which was to secure a site, then draw back from that site for no reason, leaving it to the enemy, and then attack it again some time later, surprised there were once again enemies there).
As to being ambushed in the same location multiple times, usually it happens because the ambush was a success and no word of it happening gets back to the commanders of the forces that were ambushed, leading to a situation where a second patrol can be ambushed at the same spot. An alert patrol, knowing an ambush likely took place, will be looking out for places ambushes are likely of course and possibly detect the existence of one (or at least be prepared for one when it happens because they know as well as you do that a place would make a nice one to set up an ambush).
To generalise: what makes it possible to be ambushed in the same location twice is a breakdown of command and control, possibly combined with lack of skill of the forces involved.
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What is an ambush?
A surprise attack by a concealed force.
What does it take to ambush the same enemy force twice?
Either two separate ambushing forces, or one ambushing force that has broken contact after the first ambush.
What does it take to ambush in the same place twice?
Nothing special, actually.
There are plenty of reasons why a force might have to relinquish control of the battlefield after the first ambush (retreat & regroup, lack of manpower or supplies to establish control of the area, strategic needs, ...).
There are also many reasons why and how two hostile forces might lose contact with each other.
All it takes, then, is
a tactical advantage to be had from setting an ambush in the same spot (geography, predictable enemy movement, ...), and
an opportunity to get to that spot undetected.
There is no specific disadvantage to setting up ambush twice in the same spot.
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