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minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s not strictly true. On the short end, there was the six-day war. On the long end, there was the hundred years’ war. Putin was clearly aiming for the short option, but then I suppose most belligerents usually are.
minus-squarejustastranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’d actually love to see a graph that shows the distribution of lengths of various wars
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoDude took the low end and said “fuck that we’ll do it twice as fast.” The good news is I don’t think Russia can continue to sustain these kind of losses for 199 more years.
That’s not strictly true. On the short end, there was the six-day war. On the long end, there was the hundred years’ war.
Putin was clearly aiming for the short option, but then I suppose most belligerents usually are.
I’d actually love to see a graph that shows the distribution of lengths of various wars
Dude took the low end and said “fuck that we’ll do it twice as fast.”
The good news is I don’t think Russia can continue to sustain these kind of losses for 199 more years.
Neither can Ukraine…