Have there ever been any wars that really were “over by Christmas”? By that I mean, one side enters a war expecting a certain result and gets that result with no unintended consequences or delays?
>>18172603The Anglo-Zanzibar war.
>>18172695Fair
>>18172695The end of the war was late by 8 minutes according to the original plan created by Admiral Rawson, so not really
The Franco-Prussian War started in July 1870.By Christmas, the war was still going on, but its outcome was obvious
>>18172784ThisAll of Prussia's unification wars were over within a few months, including the wars against Denmark and Austria.The Prussian army of the mid-19th century was insanely efficient and effective.
>>18172603>Have there ever been any wars that really were “over by Christmas”?>By that I mean, one side enters a war expecting a certain result and gets that result with no unintended consequences or delays?Franco-Prussian war was basically one massive curb-stomp of France.
>>18172784How did he get people to respect him when he had THAT fucked up hairline?
>>18172603Mexican American warThe gulf war
>>18173637They hadn't invented wearing baseball caps at all times yet so people were just used to seeing men go bald.
>>18172603The six-day war, lol.
>>18174068Mexican-American War went on longer than the Americans had hoped.
>>18172695>>18172603America lost the gulf war. Failed basrah uprising too.
>>18174829The goal was not to kill Iraqis it was to liberate Kuwait
>>18174882It failed that too. The failure of Americans to genocide the Palestinian minority of Kuwait was a strategic failure of the gulf war.
>>18172603The Falklands war was pretty quick, and it more or less proceded as planned by the British, despite a few sunken ships and most of their heavy lift rotary wing assets going down with the Atlantic Conveyor.
>>18174829So, this paper argues that the Iraqis were lying about how many people died to make the Americans look even more powerful?
>>18172776>Admiral Rawson had to drink his tea lukewarmThis is what a military disaster looks like
Panama, 1989
>>18172603The mongol invasion of japan was over well ahead of schedule.
>>18175503But would you say that was the Mongols goal?
>>18172603The wars of German unification, such as the Franco Prussian war.
