War is won when you take away the ability and the will of the enemy to wage war. PERIOD!!!
War is won when you take away the ability and the will of the enemy to wage war
Fixed it for you. Almost never do wars end with the other side completely beaten into the mud. Other then the US South in our Civil War and Nazi Germany in WW2, I cannot think of any wars that ended with the losers "Ability to wage war" took away.