Attrition warfare
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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 and materiel. The war will usually be won by the side with greater such resources. The word attrition comes from the Latin root atterere to rub against, similar to the "grinding down" of the opponent's forces in attrition warfare.
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See also
- Asymmetric warfare
- Guerrilla warfare
- Human wave attack
- Mexican standoff
- No-win situation
- Pyrrhic victory
- Winner's curse
- Win-win game
Military theory:
- Fabian strategy
- Flypaper theory (strategy)
- Lanchester's laws
- Loss Exchange Ratio
- Maneuver warfare
- Ivan Bloch (19th century)
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