What Has The U.S. Military Learned From The Battle Of Mosul

Defense One: Mosul: What the Decade’s Largest Battle Says About the Future of War

Here’s how Western-backed Iraqi soldiers helped break the Islamic State’s grip on a city of more than 1 million people — and what we can learn from it.

The world’s largest military operation in nearly 15 years has been going on since October 2016: the drive on Mosul, Iraq.

In this special feature, Defense One’s Ben Watson outlines the tactical innovations that U.S.-backed coalition forces used to break the Islamic State’s grip on a city of more than one million people. An animated battle map lays out the the ebb and flow of forces through the city. Its many lessons are revealed through interactive graphics, data, audio, video, and before-and-after satellite imagery.

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