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  • It’s also a problem with wargames in general. Since no one is dieing and there’s no real stakes, it’s more of a way for officers to show off their plans. If someone wins, but does it by deviating from the plan it makes the officers look bad. When there’s actual lives on the line, winning starts looking better than how you won.



  • ryathal@sh.itjust.workstotumblr@lemmy.worldOn Warrior Ethos
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    It depends on the objective of the war. Nation building is basically impossible. Killing the crap out of an enemy until they surrender is pretty effective historically. Killing the crap out of select targets while avoiding excessive civilian casualties is generally ineffective. WWII was a total war scenario, the US and USSR absolutely killed entire areas of German and Japanese towns.