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  2. Opinion: Who a ‘stalemate’ in Ukraine really benefits - AOL

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    If recent warnings of a stalemate war between Ukraine and Russia come to fruition, along with the West’s absent resolution for Ukraine’s win, Russian President Vladimir Putin will benefit ...

  3. Stalemate - Wikipedia

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    The stalemate rule has had a convoluted history. [46] Although stalemate is universally recognized as a draw today, that was not the case for much of the game's history. In the forerunners to modern chess, such as chaturanga, delivering stalemate resulted in a loss. [47] This was changed in shatranj, however, where stalemating was a win.

  4. Attrition warfare - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam War The Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) killed more than 500,000 people before a UN-brokered ceasefire ended it. The "Long War" during the Provisional IRA's armed campaign against the British Army during the Troubles. The Israeli–Egyptian War of Attrition from 1967 to 1970. The Soviet–Afghan War and later the Afghan Civil War ...

  5. German spring offensive - Wikipedia

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    Phifer, Mike. "The Kaiser's blitz: The Germans launched a massive spring offensive in 1918 spearheaded by elite storm-troop units in a desperate Did to break the stalemate and win the war." Military Heritage (Fall 2020) 22#3 pp 54–63. Terraine, John. "The March Offensive, 1918." History Today (Apr 1968) 18#4 pp 234–24. Kaulisch, Baldur.

  6. Belarus' Lukashenko says Ukraine-Russia war at stalemate ...

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    (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine are locked in a stalemate on the frontlines of their war and the two sides need to sit down and negotiate an end to the conflict, Alexander Lukashenko, the ...

  7. Battle of Peleliu - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from 15 September to 27 November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.

  8. War of Attrition - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. War of Attrition Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Cold War The Israeli–Egyptian war of Attrition was centered largely on the Suez Canal. Date July 1, 1967 – August 7, 1970 (ceasefire) (3 years, 1 month and 6 days) Location Sinai Peninsula (Israeli controlled) Result Inconclusive (see ...

  9. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - Wikipedia

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    Like the television series, the book covers social, cultural, economic and other issues in addition to the political and military aspects of the war. Though the book is a companion to the television series, it is written to stand on its own as a history of the war. [5]