Why do wars sometimes end with the winning side “settling” for a peace treaty or money instead of simply capturing the opposing country?
An example of this could be the The Treaty of Versailles
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What do you mean by “capturing” the opposing country? Like conquering it permanently? Annexing it and making it your own territory?
Because conquest is a lot of work, and it may not even be possible as a long-term solution. You may not even be able to capture the country in the first place, you’ve merely exhausted the enemy and gotten them to agree to just stop fighting. Like in the current Ukraine War. If Ukraine gets very lucky, they may be able to push the Russians entirely out of their country. But there’s no scenario where Ukraine would be able to turn it around and go *conquer Russia*. They’re just not that big and powerful. Nor do they really want to, because again, conquest is a lot of work.
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