The eastern front of WW2 is a case study in this too. The nazis had early success in their rush, but ultimately failed to get the caucasus oil fields, and their advance ground to a halt.
As the USSR finally started to push the nazis back, they were tempted / feinted into doing the same encirclements that the nazis had been doing to them and having success with. Problem is, that any time you do these encirclements, you leave other areas exposed and weak, and if your enemy sees it coming and knows how to regroup quickly, they can avoid the trap, and attack you at your new weak points. Eventually the USSR learned to advance the front line slow and steady, and not to take the bait. They were even tempted to do the same for Berlin, but years of experience taught them to play the long-resource game, and advance the line steadily.
Yup, and now we’re seeing exact same strategy being applied in Ukraine. Russia is systematically pushing across the whole front. They’re not chasing PR victories or quick territorial gains. They’re just grinding down the Ukrainian army till it breaks.
The eastern front of WW2 is a case study in this too. The nazis had early success in their rush, but ultimately failed to get the caucasus oil fields, and their advance ground to a halt.
As the USSR finally started to push the nazis back, they were tempted / feinted into doing the same encirclements that the nazis had been doing to them and having success with. Problem is, that any time you do these encirclements, you leave other areas exposed and weak, and if your enemy sees it coming and knows how to regroup quickly, they can avoid the trap, and attack you at your new weak points. Eventually the USSR learned to advance the front line slow and steady, and not to take the bait. They were even tempted to do the same for Berlin, but years of experience taught them to play the long-resource game, and advance the line steadily.
Yup, and now we’re seeing exact same strategy being applied in Ukraine. Russia is systematically pushing across the whole front. They’re not chasing PR victories or quick territorial gains. They’re just grinding down the Ukrainian army till it breaks.