Successful withdraws in war history that should have been used as a template in Afghanistan

[tenderfoot]

I cannot think of any outside of Europe and Korea but I'm sure others can cite instances. Please list them below.

Also, is this why we're still in Iraq? Because if we leave, shit will hit the fan?

[shotten99]

1. Iraq was and remains a Bush fulfilling prophecy

[Tetrachloride]

2. 1990 airlift of India Citizens from various airport ls

the most famous success of the modern era.

[doc03]

3. The US civil war ended 156 years ago and we are

still divided north and south.

[Klaralven]

4. If we leave Iraq, they'll have a democratic election and elect a Shiite government

Iraq is about 64% Shiite.

[Chuuku Davis]

5. Russia got out of

Afg fairly well

[jmowreader]

6. Korea doesn't count because we never left

There are currently nearly 30,000 US troops in Korea, including one infantry division.

[Klaralven]

7. George Washington's escape from New York

Less than two months after the July 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, General George Washington’s Continental Army was in a fight for its life. The Patriots had failed to check a British amphibious attack on Long Island, and following a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Brooklyn, some 9,000 Americans were pinned against the East River. While British General Sir William Howe settled in for a siege, Washington ordered his men to round up all the flat-bottomed boats they could find. As drenching rains fell on the night of August 29, he used his hastily assembled flotilla to silently ferry unit after unit across the river to the safety of Manhattan. The regiment of Massachusetts fishermen that manned the boats used rags to muffle the sound of their oars, and campfires were left burning to deceive the British.

Many Continentals had still yet to be evacuated from Brooklyn by sunrise, but luckily for Washington, a dense fog rolled in and masked the final stages of the withdrawal. By the time the British finally realized what was happening, all 9,000 colonists had slipped away along with most of their equipment and artillery. “In the history of warfare I do not recollect a more fortunate retreat,” Continental officer Benjamin Tallmadge later wrote.

https://www.history.com/news/7-brilliant-military-retreats

Some of the other 6, like Dunkirk don't seem so successful. Others like the retreat from Gallipoli follow military defeats.

[Ponietz]

8. Are there 'successful' withdrawals for military-industrial-war-pigs?

Just check the price of Raytheon.

On the tactical level, successful withdrawals are common in guerilla armies.