https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysisOur training battles, and concluded engagements from modern wars in the news, analysed around their decision points, with maps, charts and sources.en https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/deep-vuhledarhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/deep-vuhledarTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA closer look at the defence of Vuhledar in January–February 2023 through terrain and weather data, unit organisation and a day-by-day account. It walks through the training scenario's ten decision points and checks the record against US Army FM 3-90 (2023) and the disputed loss figures. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-yongmunsanhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-yongmunsanTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 17 to 20 May 1951 the 2nd Regiment of the ROK 6th Division held its outposts south of Cheongpyeong Lake against the CPV 63rd Army, and the division went straight over to the counterattack. The analysis looks at both sides' decisions: holding after the neighbours pulled back, all-round defence and consolidation at night, and the timing of the counterattack. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-yeongcheonhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-yeongcheonTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn September 1950 the North Korean 15th Division broke the ROK 8th Division's line and reached the Yeongcheon corridor linking Taegu and Gyeongju, only to be surrounded and broken by two regiments rushed from other fronts and a reorganized 8th Division. This analysis looks at the decision to counterattack straight after the breakthrough, the shift of reserve regiments, and the enemy artillery's overextended advance. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-white-horsehttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-white-horseTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 6 to 15 October 1952 the ROK 9th Division fought the CPV 38th Army for Hill 395 north-west of Cheorwon. This analysis looks at how husbanding the reserve, immediate counterattacks and a passage of lines kept the hill in ROK hands. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-vuhledarhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-vuhledarTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe month from 24 January to 23 February 2023 in which Russian naval infantry brigades attacked Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast and stalled. This analysis looks at how Ukrainian forces combined high ground, mines, anti-tank weapons and artillery into an engagement area, and why Russian forces kept repeating the same attack, through both sides' decisions. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-trabinhdonghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-trabinhdongTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom the night of 14 February to the morning of 15 February 1967, 11th Company of the ROK 2nd Marine Brigade (Blue Dragon) held its isolated hilltop base south-west of Chu Lai against a regiment-sized attack. This analysis looks at the company-level decisions on the listening post, committing the reserve to the breach and dealing with the enemy mortars, alongside the gaps between the accounts. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-skybyn-brovaryhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-skybyn-brovaryTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn 10 March 2022, on the M01 road at the northern edge of Brovary east of Kyiv, a Ukrainian mechanized battalion used layered ambushes to stop a Russian tank regiment's battalion tactical group (BTG). Because most of the detail comes from a participant's account, this analysis separates independently confirmed facts from claims. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-robotynehttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-robotyneTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Ukrainian forces, their mechanised breach stalled on the Orikhiv–Tokmak axis, retook Robotyne with dismounted assault groups and hand-cleared lanes (26 July – 28 August 2023). The decision to continue the offensive, Russia's defensive adaptations and company-level choices on breaching, resupply and flank security are examined. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-pokrovskhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-pokrovskTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA year on the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad axis, December 2024 to December 2025. How Ukrainian forces used drones to make up for scarce infantry and slow the Russian advance, and how Russian forces broke that defence by interdicting supply roads with drones and infiltrating small teams, analysed through both sides' decisions. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-novodarivkahttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-novodarivkaTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Ukrainian forces broke through the Russian fighting positions at Novodarivka and Rivnopil in the first two weeks of the June 2023 southern offensive. A mounted breach that cost two companies' worth of equipment is compared, decision by decision, with a fix-deceive-infiltrate attack that cost little. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-mogadishuhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-mogadishuTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAfter two Black Hawks were shot down over Mogadishu on 3–4 October 1993, the UN Quick Reaction Force built a column of US infantry, Malaysian APCs and Pakistani tanks, linked up with the trapped Rangers and brought them out. This analysis looks at the route choice, the coalition task organization and the decision to stay at the crash site. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-krynkyhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-krynkyTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTUkrainian marines established a foothold at Krynky on the left bank of the Dnipro in October 2023 and held it for nearly nine months, but the bridgehead never expanded and a withdrawal around June 2024 was reported. This analysis looks at the decisions involved in holding a bridgehead that depended on small boats on a drone-dominated battlefield, and at what it cost. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-kharkiv-counteroffensivehttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-kharkiv-counteroffensiveTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Ukrainian counteroffensive that opened north-west of Balakliia on 6 September 2022 reached Kupiansk and the Oskil river within ten days. This analysis looks at how bypassing strongpoints and cutting a supply hub forced the Izium grouping to withdraw, and where the exploitation reached its culminating point. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-kapyonghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-kapyongTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 27th British Commonwealth Brigade stopped the CPV 118th Division in the Kapyong River valley on 23–25 April 1951. This analysis follows the decisions behind the Australian daylight withdrawal, the Canadian re-siting of B Company, defensive fire called onto a company's own position, and the airdrop that kept a cut-off battalion in place. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hyeonrihttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hyeonriTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBetween 16 and 20 May 1951 a CPV force broke through a neighbouring corps and blocked Omachi pass, and ROK III Corps, which depended on that one road, lost most of its equipment and fell back over mountain trails. The analysis draws lessons from the defeat on rear-route security, use of the reserve, attacking a mountain roadblock and controlling a withdrawal. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hwaryeongjanghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hwaryeongjangTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 17 to 25 July 1950 the ROK 17th Regiment and ROK 1st Division stopped the North Korean 15th Division as it came over the Sobaek range toward Sangju. This analysis looks at how a resident's tip, captured couriers and captured orders turned into ambush decisions, and how the regiment handled the division's counterattack. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hostomelhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hostomelTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn 24 February 2022 Russian airborne troops (VDV) seized Hostomel airport north-west of Kyiv by helicopter assault, but Ukrainian artillery, a counterattack and a cratered runway kept it from ever serving as an air bridge. This analysis looks at the decisions of a largely conscript defending force and of both commands. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hong-gil-donghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-hong-gil-dongTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 9 July to 26 August 1967 seven battalions of two ROK divisions converged on 'the Hub', a mountain base area north-west of Tuy Hoa. This analysis looks at how a slow, methodical encirclement trapped part of the enemy, and at the decision on where to search in phase 2 once the main body had been lost. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-goose-greenhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-goose-greenTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn analysis of the attack by the British 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) on the Argentine garrison of the Darwin–Goose Green isthmus, East Falkland, on 28–29 May 1982, ending in its surrender. It looks at thin fire support, a night attack that ran into daylight, the shift of effort after command changed hands and the surrender negotiation, from both sides. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-golan-valley-of-tearshttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-golan-valley-of-tearsTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn analysis of the Israeli 7th Armored Brigade's defence of the valley between Mount Hermonit and Booster ridge on the northern Golan, 6–9 October 1973. It looks at prepared firing positions, rotating repair and resupply, the flank use of small reserves and the retaking of the ramps on the last day, from both sides. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-fallujah-2004https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-fallujah-2004Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn analysis of Operation AL FAJR, in which the 1st Marine Division attacked through Fallujah from north to south in November 2004, centred on the decisions of the Army mechanized task force (TF 2-2) in the eastern sector. It looks at how speed and thoroughness, the seam with a neighbouring unit and ammunition supply interacted. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-duc-cohttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-duc-coTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn the night of 9–10 August 1966, at LZ 27 Victor near the Cambodian border, 9th Company of the Tiger Division's Cavalry Regiment and an attached US tank platoon held off a PAVN battalion. This analysis looks at the decisions on listening posts, all-round defence, Korean–US fire coordination and the dawn sweep. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-dabudonghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-dabudongTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 18 to 25 August 1950 the US 27th Infantry held the valley floor north of Taegu while the ROK 1st Division held the ridges on either side, stopping the North Korean 13th Division's push down the Tabu-dong corridor. This analysis looks at the decision to tie valley and ridges into one defence, the use of pre-planned fires, and a test of allied trust. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-chuncheon-hongcheonhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-chuncheon-hongcheonTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow the ROK 6th Division delayed NK II Corps at Chuncheon and Hongcheon from 25 to 30 June 1950. The analysis follows both sides' decisions, centred on a defence built on the Soyang River and pre-planned fires, a limited attack within the defence, and the covered withdrawal through Wonchang Pass. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-chosinhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-chosinTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 27 November to 2 December 1950, Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines held an isolated hill in Toktong Pass, midway along the Yudam-ni–Hagaru-ri road, on its own. This analysis covers the siting of the position, the decision to stand rather than break out, and the judgements around airdrops and recovering ammunition. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-chipyong-nihttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-chipyong-niTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom 13 to 15 February 1951 the US 23rd Regimental Combat Team and the French Battalion held the Chipyong-ni crossroads while surrounded by Chinese forces. This analysis follows the decisions behind the tight low-ground perimeter, the order to stand, the handling of the reserve and the relief. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-bilohorivkahttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-bilohorivkaTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn May 2022 a Russian motor rifle brigade tried to cross the Siverskyi Donets and lost its pontoon bridges and armoured elements before falling back. This analysis looks at how Ukrainian forces narrowed down the crossing site and chose when to fire, and why the Russian force left out the basic requirements of a gap crossing. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-avdiivka-withdrawalhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-avdiivka-withdrawalTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Ukrainian forces lost the supply route into Avdiivka and withdrew between 13 and 17 February 2024 after holding it for four months. The decisions over committing a reserve brigade, small-group infiltration, holding the corridor and withdrawing on foot are examined from both sides. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-an-khe-passhttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-an-khe-passTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn April 1972 the Cavalry Regiment of the ROK Capital (Tiger) Division spent sixteen days driving the PAVN 3rd Division's 12th Regiment off Route 19 and reopening the An Khe Pass. This analysis looks at how an attack on Hill 638 that had stalled for ten days was carried by small-unit leaders going first, and at the decisions between taking the hill and opening the road. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-73-eastinghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/battle-73-eastingTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn the afternoon of 26 February 1991, Eagle Troop of the US 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment struck the defensive positions and then the reserve of the Republican Guard Tawakalna Division in a sandstorm. This analysis looks at how the change of formation on contact, the decision to go past the limit of advance and the Iraqi defensive layout shaped the result. https://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/2026-w42-kursk-incursion-openinghttps://kriegspiel.app/en/analysis/2026-w42-kursk-incursion-openingTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn 6 August 2024 Ukrainian forces crossed into Russia's Kursk Oblast and within two weeks announced control of Sudzha. This analysis looks at how operational surprise was achieved and how decisions about culmination and the direction of exploitation shaped what followed.