Where and when has a conventional army won a war against guerrilla warfare?

Answer 1

Ancient Rome vs. the entire known world at the time.

Answer 2

Guerrillas can be beaten when they are cut off from their sources of support. There is a limit to the effectiveness one can have at stealing weapons from the enemy. If you have to rob to get your food, the townspeople will be your enemy's eyes and ears .

the key to winning a guerilla war is to cut off the enemy's support

this is neigh unto impossible to do when you have a large land border as in the case of Iraq. Even if the regional governments are not supporting them (yea...sure) there are private citizens that are.

In Vietnam, there was simply an inability to police the border with China. Why didn't we invade North Vietnam? Probably because we would have had to face human waves of Chinese like we did in Korea.

Why didn't Germany and Japan turn into Guerrilla campaigns to suppress their populations? All the people that were nationalist enough that they would have were already dead or surrendered. of course the women and children of Japan could have been made into suicide bombers because they weren't used as soldiers but the island was starving. Japan is mostly mountains and relies on the US for food nowadays.

Spain under Napoleon could be supplied by British Ships

Spain under Franco was not really receiving that much aid from the democracies to begin with.

I don't know who was aiding the Mau Mau in Kenya though

The Boer war was won by the British. It was in South Africa by the way. (the Boers are the dutch folks who settled before the Brits came in)

The American Civil war did not make great use of Guerrilla tactics, but the US could blockade them anyways. Plus, after the Emancipation Proclamation, cotton-hungry Britain and France didn't want to get caught supporting the CSA. Their common people, had read Uncle Tom's Cabin and were sympathetic to the slaves.

As far as Somalia, that was one battle and did not last long enough to really use enough materials. Somali Guerilla's suppliability is directly related to how willing Ethiopians are to sell weapons to their enemy. I don't think somebody can sneak across the red sea from Yemen with American Naval Dominance. even then they would need to carry those guns to the South where the fighting is.

Oh, and as far as the Argument that "if (Major Power) had been motivated enough they could have won" you could also say the same thing about the Guerillas. The issue is which power's surrender would end the war permanently. The Vietcong can't pull out of Vietnam.

Answer 3

In all of world history guerrilla armies have only won 7% of the time. The standing armies have won 97% of the time. Time wears down the guerrilla side and so does power. The most successful military guerrilla campaigns are when the population is almost completely against those in power. In Iraq we have an overwhelming Shite majority on our side. If stay in we can not loose. The only way we can loose is by being disheartened. The IRA is a good way of showing how a guerrilla army can be held down. Bay of Pigs. Without our support the guerrilla army was destroyed.

Answer 4

US civil war- many say that the south used guerrilla tactics for may victories and the North won simply by killing alot of their troops.
US afganistan- taliban were beaten seriously but you can always make a comback.
French Algerian war- 1954–62- the French if they were motivated could have kept going for a while

Answer 5

particular, they win lots of the time. look on the Italians in Libya or the French in Algeria. How suitable to the British in Northern eire? look on the Russians in Chechnya and the British in Malaysia. The Indonesians placed down the communist guerrilla insurrection. The Mexicans have placed down many guerrilla form rebellions in Southern Mexico. the U. S. military interior the Philippines, the Turks and the Kurds, the Turks and the Armenians, the British and the Boers in South Africa, The British and the Mau Mau in Kenya. how many greater might you like? in point of fact that guerrilla strikes not often are valuable. bear in mind, the Minutemen might have pushed the British loopy with their hit and run approaches, even though it develop into the Continental military and French military that defeated them at Yorktown.

Answer 6

It has happened, but drastic steps must be taken.
Muslim terrorists in the Philippines were ravaging the Spainish military; the answer to the terrorists?
The Spainish captured several hundred of their numbers. They lined up all but one for execution. Before they began they slaughtered hundreds of pigs in front of them and dipped bullets in the blood. The loaded the bullets and executed them; they then buried the bodies and covered the bodies in the blood. The one they didn't execute was forced to watch and then was released. The Muslim terrorists stopped when they realized the Spainish meant business.
We have, so far, held our military back. Don't shoot Mosques, don't hurt those people over, don't do this or that. Why? Because America and England are full of weaklings, liberals, and cowards who are aren't willing to do what it takes to win. And this, in fact, emboldens the terrorists who realize they can hide in a Mosque and shoot American Soldiers they know won't fire back because our Pussy citizens would be 'outraged'.

Answer 7

In the late 1800's the British fought a war in Austraila known as the Boars war. The British were successful in putting down the Austrailian Guerillas.

Elsalvador as well as Nicuragua.

Answer 8

Malaysia

Central America

Post-war Greece

Many others

Answer 9

The Phillipines

Answer 10

never. The romans didn't fight against guerilla's, they faught against badly trained lightly armored local troops. and even if they had fought guerilla's it's not the same as back then they wouldn't have had guns and so could not strike very will from hiding.