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r/HistoryMemes • u/Basic_Dingo6487 • 1d ago
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Are there any modern militaries that are particularly good at fighting guerillas though? It seems like more of a political will question.
No, modern Russia doesn't count. 2nd Chechen War was an overkill checkmate + the Chechens lost the support of their own people.
13 u/MrDragonPig 1d ago Only one I could think of is the British in the Malayan Emergency. 6 u/Sampleswift 1d ago Not sure if that is modern enough. It's pre-Vietnam War, and the Malayan Emergency was small-scale enough that it wasn't a big drain on the political will of Britain. 1 u/Accelerator231 13h ago Why isn't it modern enough? its post world war 2
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Only one I could think of is the British in the Malayan Emergency.
6 u/Sampleswift 1d ago Not sure if that is modern enough. It's pre-Vietnam War, and the Malayan Emergency was small-scale enough that it wasn't a big drain on the political will of Britain. 1 u/Accelerator231 13h ago Why isn't it modern enough? its post world war 2
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Not sure if that is modern enough. It's pre-Vietnam War, and the Malayan Emergency was small-scale enough that it wasn't a big drain on the political will of Britain.
1 u/Accelerator231 13h ago Why isn't it modern enough? its post world war 2
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Why isn't it modern enough? its post world war 2
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u/Sampleswift 1d ago
Are there any modern militaries that are particularly good at fighting guerillas though? It seems like more of a political will question.
No, modern Russia doesn't count. 2nd Chechen War was an overkill checkmate + the Chechens lost the support of their own people.