Attrition warfare is a military strategy in which a belligerent side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and matériel.
The war will usually be won by the side with greater such resources. An example of this was during World War I when the Allies wore down the Central Powers to the point of capitulation.
Military theorists and strategists like Sun Tzu have viewed attrition warfare as something to be avoided. In the sense that attrition warfare represents an attempt to grind down an opponent through superior numbers, it represents the opposite of the usual principles of war, where one attempts to achieve decisive victories through maneuver, concentration of force, surprise, and the like.
On the other hand, a side which perceives itself to be at a marked disadvantage in maneuver warfare or unit tactics may deliberately seek out attrition warfare to neutralize its opponent's advantages. If the sides are nearly evenly matched, the outcome of a war of attrition is likely to be a Pyrrhic victory.
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Far from home, in the sun, in the sun
Life's non-starter, you need the dollar
They're gonna arm you, with a gun or a bomb
Blood lust sacrifice, another suicide
You think you're gonna get to paradise
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War! War! War! A world wide mission
Warring nations indoctrination
Perverse religions all around, all around
No incarnation, no virgin harem
No way to heaven from the ground, going down
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iron, leather, around warriors
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spreading panic, it's a nightmare
swords gleam in the sun
we've got no place to turn
murderous knights, resolute besiegers
fortified castle, proud defenders
terrible fights, pitiless invaders
standing in fear the confrontation
needless to be under delusion
they've come to over run the land
we're gonna hold out to the end
trapped in this castle
life and death struggle
no surrender, there'll be no prisoner
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no surrender, facing the invader
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they've come to built a new empire
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coveted land, never ending battle
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In the absence
I will introduce my wrath
My malice
Wicked cancer grows beneath the surface
Head to finger
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Hating on my freedom
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What you say
It eats away...
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I am the atrocity
The only chance my kin survives
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I am the atrocity
The only chance my kin survives
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In the return from disenchantment
There is but one thing on his mind
How has it come to this?
All that is remembered
Cast into the landscape searching for his... retribution
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