eli5 Why is it so important to „capture“ the capital city in a war?

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Does it really change the outcome of the war? Does a country fall when the capital city is captured?

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Anyone saying the government can just relocate hence in modern times its just symbolic has zero idea what tehy re talking about. its in the sentence, ur forcing the main head of the opposition to be pushed out, out and away. thats kind of hte whole point when invading a country…

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