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* The final episode of ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' (the fourth and last ''[[Blackadder]]'' series, set during [[World War I]]) features characters making remarks like 'It's ice cream in Berlin in 15 days', 'See you all in Berlin for coffee and cakes', and 'We'll be sucking sausages in Berlin by teatime!' about the upcoming battle. Eventually Blackadder [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade on]] this by [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking]], 'I hope their cafés are well stocked; everyone seems determined to eat out the moment they arrive.'
* ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'': during a two parter where a cast member's brother is being held hostage in Afghanistan, we see a [[Flash Back]], during which the President of the network (who was only a VP then) opines that the war will be over in a month.
* The Battle of Serenity Valley in ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' was assumed by Alliance command to be an easy victory. Though the Independents would ultimately lose the battle due to massive Alliance air support, the browncoats were nonetheless able to hold the Alliance for far longer than anyone thought possible (the fact that the Alliance ''had'' to call in the air support was a victory of sorts). Unfortunately, it's implied that the "victory" in the valley was ultimately disastrous for the Independents, who surrendered not long after.
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** Cleverly averted when the Americans left Iraq, however. The time table was "by the end of the year", even though they were gone by Christmas. [[Genre Savvy]] General, perhaps?
* This was one of the points of the Greek phalanx. They could finish the war in one day, congratulate themselves on how manly they were, and adjust the turf(literally as they were primarily agriculturalists fighting over, well, turf)according to who won. There were few hard feelings and no attempt to pursue. And the price of defeat was considered less then the price of a sustained campaign in the Middle Eastern manner. This of course included the assumption that the invaded side would come out and play but most Greek states did not consider an enemy holding their fields hostage [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken| worth the humiliation.]]
* The [[w:Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], which launched on February 24, 2022, was supposed to be a glorious three-day steamroll that would quickly and cleanly overwhelm Ukraine and turn it back into just another Russian territory. As of this writing it has been going on for nearly eighteen months; Ukraine has begun making inroads into Russian territory and has succeeded in delivering attacks on Moscow.
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