What is Decisive victory?
[[File:Sardar Tanaji Malusare.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Subedar NarVeer Tanaji Malusare was a Mahratta/Maratha Sardar, who led Maratha forces to a decisive victory in the 'Battle of Sinhgad' (1670 CE)}}]] The term '''decisive victory''' refers to a military [[victory]] that decides a [[wikt:matter|matter]] or a [[conflict]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/decisive |title=decisive |website=The Free Dictionary |publisher=Farlex |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> A decisive victory has to result in a [[wikt:positive|positive]] outcome for the [[Victory|victor]] and create a condition of peace between the two [[war]]ring [[state]]s.<ref name=HaoCIAO>{{cite web |url=https://www.ciaonet.org/attachments/25045/uploads |title=A Swift and Decisive Victory The Strategic Implications of What Victory Means |author=Chong Shi Hao |website=Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) |publisher=Columbia University Press |access-date=16 September 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> By comparison, an inconclusive victory is one in which one side won, but the issues between them are not [[wikt:resolved|resolved]]. A desirable goal for all armies fighting [[Conventional weapon|conventional wars]] is a quick and decisive victory with few [[Casualty (person)|casualties]].<ref name=GawrychUSACGSC>{{cite web |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/LP21_The1973Arab-IsraeliWar.pdf |title=The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: The Albatross of Decisive Victory |author=George W. Gawrych |website=Leavenworth Papers; No. 21 |publisher=U.S. Army Command and General Staff College |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> For example, in the [[Six-Day War]] that started on 5 June 1967, the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) achieved a decisive victory over the [[wikt:combine|combine]]d armies of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]].<ref name=GawrychUSACGSC/> This established Israel as a regional power in the [[Middle East]] with about six years of peace.<ref name