Strategies of war

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There are overall approaches to warfare that change how wars are conducted. Here are some of the ways of doing this:

• Alliances: Bringing your friends in to play.
• War of Attrition: Wear them down.
• Battle war: Engage in a series of pitched battles.
• Blitzkreig: Power and speed.
• Cold war: Conflict without direct fighting.
• Crippling: Take out key abilities.
• Guerilla war: Asymmetric force.
• Scorched earth: Retreat, leaving them nothing.
• Terrorism: Random acts, big impact.
• Trench war: Dig in and fight every inch of the way.
• Siege War: Taking out major citadels.

Note also that individual tactics may be used on a wide scale as a general strategy, rather than being decided separately for individual actions.

See also

Tactics in war