Examples of partisans wining a military victory

So, I think there is a difference between actually winning and just pressuring people out of a place. Because, Castro they definitely won, and Tito. But Afghanistan and the Soviets is a bit different, because by that definition the Iraqi insurgents have won a military victory over the US. This isn't really true, it's mostly internal pressure that makes the US want to leave.

Although you can "win" a war of attrition it's a bit foggier as to whether or not that's actually a victory as some other types of warfare.

Not every victory is a military victory. Modern insurgents moreoften than not win by filling enough body bags so that other side simply cuts their losses and exits the conflict. This works against foreign occupation and not agaisnt groups trying to gain control of the whole country.

Theproblem with winning the war of attrition is how you balance the losses. If you go on 1:1 balance western(ish) powers tend to win them however they are more sensitive to losses so same number of casualties hurt them more. winning war of attrition would mean that other side sustains such heavy losses they become incapable of continuing military resistance or population becomes sick of war and withdraws support for resistance to make war and dying stop.

Winning war of attrition is a victory but it will be costly and long. High cost makes it unappealing to western(ish) powers and long duration makes it look to popultion that they are simply not winning.But such wars are only option for countries with weaker technology.
 
Western Sahara might count.

Though they have their share of "fault" in the spanish retreat, besides other circumstances, sadly they were unable to repeal the morquians, and probably they won't be able to do this in the future, even if the war re-starts (as it's a possibility regarding recent events), as it's a likely possibility currently. Consider that there are not much more than 300.00 Saharawis overall. They are doomed without international help, even if they are ready to sacrifice the core of their manpowe, and the international community decided to genocide...I mean, ignore them long time ago. A shame for the world and specially for the directly involved powers, mainly Morocco and Spain.

The Kosovo Liberation Army?

As others have said, we can wonder about their efficiency without NATO intervention.

Wat about the spanish guerrillas in the Peninsular War and the chinese communists not always conventional war in the chinese Civil War?

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