War games: how generals used dice to change history - from Second World War to Ukraine

On February 3, US General Mark Milley — the highest-ranking officer in the US military — issued a warning that Ukraine would be over-run in 72 hours in the event of a Russian invasion.

The US had strong intelligence on Russia’s intentions, but some of Gen Milley’s prediction was informed by Pentagon-sponsored war games, many of which he had been involved in during the run-up to war.

Some of these ‘games’ are expensive computer simulations. However, others are literally games, played with dice, playing boards and counters, sometimes augmented by computers and expert adjudicators, to identify weaknesses in future conflicts and train officers.

To know more: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/05/04/war-games-how-generals-used-dice-and-counters-to-change-history-from-ww2-to-ukraine/