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Re:How the War Was Won by pdonis on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:20PM (#33604847)
All of your counterexamples except for the 1967 Arab/Israeli war (which I would argue is an outlier due to an extreme difference in military competence between the two sides) share a key factor: political unwillingness to do whatever it took to win. In WW II, there was no such hampering factor in play.
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Re:How the War Was Won by nl on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:23PM (#33604869)
Yes exactly.

But that's the reality that many desktop generals don't understand - you fight a unpopular war you are going to fight with one hand tied behind your back.

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