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* In the first phase of the 1592-1598 Imjin War, the Japanese invaders immediately marched on the Korean capital of Seoul, aiming to end the war through the capture of the king and his ministers. While Korean lack of preparation, political infighting, and poor leadership allowed the Japanese to seize the capital with little resistance, the city had been completely evacuated well before their arrival. They then tried it again upon finding the Korean government had relocated to Pyongyang, but once again the city was evacuated well in advance.
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'': The Kingdom of Bern's war against the entire continent of Elibe finally stops when Roy leads a combined Lycian-Etrurian army to seize its unnamed capital city and slays King Zephiel in the royal palace. This is where the story ends... unless you had successfully obtained all the Divine Weapons from the optional side missions throughout the game (and haven't broken any of them), at which point the additional SecretExpandedEpilogue missions are unlocked and goes on to reveal who the true instigator of the war is.
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': Early on, the kingdom of Daein launches a full invasion right into Crimea's capital city Melior, quickly overwhelming the defenders and eliminating the ruling family with the exception of Princess Elincia. Later, under the authority of the Begnion Empire, Ike leads an army into Daein, eventually taking its capital, Nevassa.
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': Early on, the kingdom Kingdom of Daein launches a full invasion right into Crimea's capital city Melior, quickly overwhelming the defenders and eliminating the ruling family with the exception of Princess Elincia. Later, under the authority of the Begnion Empire, Ike leads an army into Daein, eventually taking its capital, Nevassa.
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*** Ylisstol, capital of the halidom of Ylisse, is invaded by assassins in one chapter and falls in a separate one, being recaptured after the end of chapter 11. The capital of Plegia (not named by the game) is used as a battlefield ''twice'' by the player's army, two years apart. The player's army also invades the capital of Valm and defeats Emperor Walhart between those two occasions.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Three out of four routes involve an attack on Adrestia's capital city of Enbarr, with the Azure Moon route having this as its finale. The remaining route, Crimson Flower, has its final chapter end with the seizure of Faerghus's capital city, Fhirdiad. The capital city of the third major power, the Leicester Alliance, also has its capital Derdriu invaded by Adrestia in both Azure Moon and Crimson Flower.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Three out of four routes involve an attack on Adrestia's capital city of Enbarr, with the Azure Moon route having this as its finale. The remaining route, Crimson Flower, has its final chapter end with the seizure of Faerghus's capital city, Fhirdiad. The capital city of the third major power, the Leicester Alliance, also has its capital Derdriu invaded by Adrestia in both Azure Moon and Crimson Flower.
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*** Ylisstol, capital of the halidom Halidom of Ylisse, is invaded by assassins in one chapter and falls in a separate one, being recaptured after the end of chapter 11. The capital of Plegia (not named by the game) is used as a battlefield ''twice'' by the player's army, two years apart. The player's army also invades the capital of Valm and defeats Emperor Walhart between those two occasions.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Three out of four routes involve an attack on Adrestia's capital city of Enbarr, with the Azure Moon route having this as its finale. The remaining route, Crimson Flower, has its final chapter end with the seizure of Faerghus's capital city, Fhirdiad. Thecapital city of the third major power, the Leicester Alliance, also has its capital Derdriu invaded by Adrestia in both Azure Moon and Crimson Flower.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Three out of four routes involve an attack on Adrestia's capital city of Enbarr, with the Azure Moon route having this as its finale. The remaining route, Crimson Flower, has its final chapter end with the seizure of Faerghus's capital city, Fhirdiad. The
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* The first ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' game had three of these. First, at the end of the first act of the story, Russian forces capture Tblisi, capital city of Georgia. Later in the second act, the Ghosts, assist NATO in liberating the Lithuanian capital Vilnius from Russian occupation, complete with securing the (heavily damaged) presidential palace. Then, in the final mission, NATO and rebel Russian forces assault Moscow, with the Ghosts, being tasked to slip through the city and secure the area near the Kremlin.
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* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the Horus Heresy culminates in the Horus's rebellion laying siege to Terra, also known as Earth, which is the homeworld of mankind and the capital of the Imperium of Man.
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* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the Horus Heresy culminates in the Horus's rebellion laying siege to Terra, also known as Earth, which is the homeworld of mankind and the capital of the Imperium of Man.
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* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the Horus Heresy culminates in the Horus's rebellion laying siege to Terra, also known as Earth, which is the homeworld of mankind and the capital of the Imperium of Man.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} went on a large scale invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in February 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive straight for the capital city, Kyiv, using the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}} as launchpad. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in Belarus, which led to a poorly thought out giant road convoy that got bogged down), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern Western-provided AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East where they have a firm control and better supply lines. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area ended up with radiation sickness.
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** The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' has the Yuuzhan Vong capture Coruscant after a particularly gruesome battle in which they suffer massive casualties and the Republic defenses are unintentionally damaged by an inept, corrupt, and idiotic political leadership. The Republic Chief of State is killed and the government sets up a temporary capital on Mon Calamari. In the final novel of the series, the Galactic Alliance (the new name given to a re-organized Republic) and its allies (which now includes the [[TheRemnant Imperial Remnant]]) liberate Coruscant, and deliver such a massive blow that the Yuuzhan Vong surrender, ending the war.
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** The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' has the Yuuzhan Vong capture Coruscant after a particularly gruesome battle in which they suffer massive casualties and the Republic defenses are unintentionally damaged by an inept, corrupt, and idiotic political leadership. The Republic Chief of State is killed and the government sets up a temporary capital on Mon Calamari.Calamari, while the Yuuzhan Vong begin reckoning with MookDepletion even as they [[HostileTerraforming transform the planet into their new homeworld]]. In the final novel of the series, the Galactic Alliance (the new name given to a re-organized Republic) and its allies (which now includes the [[TheRemnant Imperial Remnant]]) liberate Coruscant, and deliver such a massive blow that the Yuuzhan Vong surrender, ending the war.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} massively invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in February 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive straight for the capital city, Kyiv, using the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}} as launchpad. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in Belarus, which led to a poorly thought out giant road convoy that got bogged down), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern Western-provided AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South.East. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area ended up with radiation sickness.
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* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' the Terran Federation attempts this after Buenos Aires is destroyed and open war breaks out with the Bugs. Unlike in the movie, the operation doesn't seem flawed in concept and the Federation puts serious effort into it, but the execution is badly flawed. Things go wrong as soon as they hit Klendathu's orbit with at least one collision between troopships, then the Federation troops are scattered on the ground and isolated units accomplish only local victories before being forced to retreat. [[spoiler: A second attack is being mounted on Klendathu at the book's end, though its outcome is unknown.]]
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** After Ohio is overrun at the outset of this timeline's UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, the United States Army attempts the same thing with Richmond, only for the offensive to bog down in northern Virginia. [[spoiler:Later in the war the USA finally succeeds as the weakened Confederacy crumbles on all fronts.]]
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* [[''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Dynasty Warriors 4]]'': The final battle of each of the Three Kingdoms' campaigns has the player's forces invading Xu Chang, Jian Ye or Cheng Du, the capital of Wei, Wu or Shu respectively, depending on the kingdom you face in the final chapter.
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* [[''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Dynasty Warriors 4]]'': The final battle of each of the Three Kingdoms' campaigns has the player's forces invading Xu Chang, Jian Ye or Cheng Du, the capital of Wei, Wu or Shu respectively, depending on the kingdom you face in the final chapter.
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** During the GrandFinale of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', [[spoiler: the Borg manage, thanks to sabotage from the [[RenegadeSplinterFaction renegade Changelings]] [[VillainTeamUp allied with them]], to mass assimilate the majority of Starfleet after the fleet is gathered on Earth for Frontier Day, turning the ships on Earth's defenses to finally take the planet]]. This attack [[NearVillainVictory very nearly manages to succeed]] [[spoiler: before the reunited ''Enterprise'' crew manage to destroy the Borg Queen and liberate the assimilated]].
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* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/Timeline191'' series (a world where the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar) at the start of this world's version of UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, the Confederacy rather quickly captures Washington D.C. in the opening offensives in 1914. However it's much much of a blow as the U.S. government by that point had set up shop in Philadelphia as the ''de facto'' capital since the 1880s and Washington D.C. was more of a symbolic capital.
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* This has happened many times in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''. Capital worlds are usually the most well-defended planets there are, but they're not invulnerable:
** During the Clan Invasion, Clans Smoke Jaguar and Nova Cat attempted to capture the capital of the Draconis Combine, Luthien, but were repulsed in part because Hanse Davion sent the mercenary forces Wolf's Dragoons and the Kell Hounds to bolster its defenses.
** Task Force Serpent was a massive coalition force made up of troops from all of the Successor States that traveled to the Clan Smoke Jaguar capital world of Huntress as a sneak attack while other forces engaged the Clan in its occupation zone in the Inner Sphere. Although Task Force Seerpent suffered catatrophic losses, they permanently crippled the Jaguars' military capability and the Clan was destroyed shortly thereafter.
** In the Dark Age, the Draconis Combine successfully captured the Federated Suns' capital of New Avalon for the first time in the two sides' five hundred years of conflict. The planet was occupied for five years before a task force was assembled to take it back.
** During the Clan Invasion, Clans Smoke Jaguar and Nova Cat attempted to capture the capital of the Draconis Combine, Luthien, but were repulsed in part because Hanse Davion sent the mercenary forces Wolf's Dragoons and the Kell Hounds to bolster its defenses.
** Task Force Serpent was a massive coalition force made up of troops from all of the Successor States that traveled to the Clan Smoke Jaguar capital world of Huntress as a sneak attack while other forces engaged the Clan in its occupation zone in the Inner Sphere. Although Task Force Seerpent suffered catatrophic losses, they permanently crippled the Jaguars' military capability and the Clan was destroyed shortly thereafter.
** In the Dark Age, the Draconis Combine successfully captured the Federated Suns' capital of New Avalon for the first time in the two sides' five hundred years of conflict. The planet was occupied for five years before a task force was assembled to take it back.
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** During the First, mostly fought in Sicily, the Romans saw they could win every field battle but weren't able to effectively besiege the Carthaginian-held and allied cities, especially as they could be easily resupplied from the sea. To bring the now stalemated war to a quick end, the Romans built a fleet from scratch and, after defeating the Carthaginian fleet through devices that allowed to board and capture the enemy ships, invaded Africa and proceeded to threaten Carthage itself, causing the Carthaginians to sue for peace... And receive such terms they refused, hired [[TheStrategist the Spartan general Xanthippus to retrain and lead their army]], and managed to defeat the Roman invasion force in the Battle of Tunis. The war would go on for twelve more years before near bankruptcy forced Carthage to sue for peace again (this time Rome, almost exhausted itself, offered reasonable terms and the war ended).
** During the Second Hannibal attacked Italy directly to try and convince Rome's allied peoples to switch sides and force the Romans to sue for peace, but was never able to attack Rome directly. Even after Cannae, when most of the Roman field army was wiped out, he was unable to turn the Umbrians, Latins and Etruscans, Rome's strongest and richest allies that directly surrounded it, and when he tried to bluff them into surrender [[BringIt Rome demanded the back rent for the public land occupied by his camp]]. Rome was later able to attack Carthage directly, prompting the Carthaginian Senate to sue for peace, then break off negotiations when Hannibal managed to return with his best troops, and sue for peace again after Hannibal was finally defeated.
** The Third started with the Romans moving directly against Carthage, though it quickly turned into [[TheSiege a three-years-long siege]] as Carthage's subjects quickly surrendered.
** During the First, mostly fought in Sicily, the Romans saw they could win every field battle but weren't able to effectively besiege the Carthaginian-held and allied cities, especially as they could be easily resupplied from the sea. To bring the now stalemated war to a quick end, the Romans built a fleet from scratch and, after defeating the Carthaginian fleet through devices that allowed to board and capture the enemy ships, invaded Africa and proceeded to threaten Carthage itself, causing the Carthaginians to sue for peace... And receive such terms they refused, hired [[TheStrategist the Spartan general Xanthippus to retrain and lead their army]], and managed to defeat the Roman invasion force in the Battle of Tunis. The war would go on for twelve more years before near bankruptcy forced Carthage to sue for peace again (this time Rome, almost exhausted itself, offered reasonable terms and the war ended).
** During the Second Hannibal attacked Italy directly to try and convince Rome's allied peoples to switch sides and force the Romans to sue for peace, but was never able to attack Rome directly. Even after Cannae, when most of the Roman field army was wiped out, he was unable to turn the Umbrians, Latins and Etruscans, Rome's strongest and richest allies that directly surrounded it, and when he tried to bluff them into surrender [[BringIt Rome demanded the back rent for the public land occupied by his camp]]. Rome was later able to attack Carthage directly, prompting the Carthaginian Senate to sue for peace, then break off negotiations when Hannibal managed to return with his best troops, and sue for peace again after Hannibal was finally defeated.
** The Third started with the Romans moving directly against Carthage, though it quickly turned into [[TheSiege a three-years-long siege]] as Carthage's subjects quickly surrendered.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive straight for the capital city, Kyiv, using UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}} as launchpad. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in Belarus), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area ended up with radiation sickness.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right straight for the capital city, Kyiv. Kyiv, using UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}} as launchpad. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), Belarus), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area ended up with radiation sickness.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area caught radiation sicknesses.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area caught ended up with radiation sicknesses.sickness.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area there caught radiation sicknesses.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area there caught radiation sicknesses.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind. To add insult to injury, many Russian soldiers who were stationed in the nearby UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} area there caught radiation sicknesses.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a parade victory]] victory parade]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind.
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* When UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} invaded UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022, a large portion of their forces made a drive right for the capital city, Kyiv. A combination of undermanning, poor planning, poor logistics (aggravated by [[TrackTrouble railway sabotaging]] in UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}), poor assessment of the mindset of Ukrainians (who aren't as pro-Russian as Putin thought) and the fierce resistance and guerilla tactics of the Ukrainian troops (helped by plenty of modern AntiArmor rocket launchers such as FGM-148 Javelins and [=NLAWs=]) rendered it an absolute failure, eventually forcing the Russians to withdraw from all of Northern Ukraine and refocus on battles of attrition in the East and South. [[HomeByChristmas Uniforms to be used for a parade victory]] in Kyiv were found on dead Russian soldiers or in supplies that were left behind.
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** Averted for Edoras in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]''. King Théoden doesn't bother trying to fortify it (since it has wooden walls) and evacuates it, ordering the Rohan's population and army to entrench themselves in the stone fortress of Helm's Deep, which is then besieged by the entirety of Saruman's Uruk-hai forces.
** By ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', Sauron's Orcish and Haradrim forces besiege Minas Tirith, the capital city of Gondor.
** Averted for Edoras in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]''. King Théoden doesn't bother trying to fortify it (since it has wooden walls) and evacuates it, ordering the Rohan's population and army to entrench themselves in the stone fortress of Helm's Deep, which is then besieged by the entirety of Saruman's Uruk-hai forces.
** By ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', Sauron's Orcish and Haradrim forces besiege Minas Tirith, the capital city of Gondor.
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