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- ▪ a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions
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Attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel, materiel and morale. [1]
A war of attrition is a military strategy in which one side tries to cause the other to lose so many soldiers and to have so much military equipment destroyed that the enemy forces are worn down until they collapse. [1]
a war that is fought over a long period and only ends when one side has neither the soldiers and equipment nor the determination left to continue fighting: The war of attrition between the two countries has lasted for decades now. The fight against cancer is a war of attrition rather than a series of spectacular breakthroughs.
Mar 21, 2022 · The War of Attrition was a war that took place chiefly between Egypt and Israel between 1969 and 1970, with the aim of dislodging Israeli forces from the Sinai Peninsula....
Jul 8, 2024 · War of Attrition, inconclusive war (1969–70) chiefly between Egypt and Israel. The conflict, launched by Egypt, was meant to wear down Israel and provide Egypt with the opportunity to dislodge Israeli forces from the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel had seized from Egypt in 1967.
The War of Attrition (Arabic: حرب الاستنزاف, romanized: Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; Hebrew: מלחמת ההתשה, romanized: Milḥemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from 1967 to 1970.
May 23, 2024 · Some people believe the war on terror against the United States and the West, waged by radical extremists in the Middle East is a war of attrition. These extremists continually attack U.S. interests, sometimes on U.S. soil, sometimes abroad at a military installation, base, or embassy.
The Allies’ strategy in the Second World War is a modern example of attrition. A strategy of exhaustion can take several forms: blockades, sieges, guerrilla warfare, and “scorched earth” policies that destroy the physical ground an attacker might use.
A war of attrition is a military strategy in which one side tries to wear down its enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and material.
It is a historical truism that the First World War was a war of attrition. Yet few, then and now, actually appreciated exactly what a war of attrition is, and what it meant for the armies and societies that fought one.
