India military strategies war of attrition war of annihilation

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Once the politico-military aims of a war have been clearly spelt out , the next step is to analyse the means to achieve them as part of the End-Ways-Means continuum. At the level of grand strategy, there are two major ways to achieve the political and military aims—through a ‘Strategy of Attrition’ or a ‘Strategy of Annihilation’. Annihilation vs attrition The strategy of annihilation is a military approach where an attacking army aims to completely destroy the military capacity of the opposing force. This strategy often involves a single decisive battle—the battle of annihilation—during which tactical surprise, overwhelming force, or...