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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. It was directed by Errol Morris and features an original score by Philip Glass.
The fog of war (German: Nebel des Krieges) is the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. [1] The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding one's own capability, adversary capability, and adversary intent during an engagement, operation, or campaign.
In the thick of the fog of war, U.S. units became mixed with Iraqi units dispersed throughout the desert. This confusion led to some friendly fire incidents. [112] Task Force 1-41 Infantry was involved in the worst US "friendly fire" incident of the Gulf War on 27 February 1991. [113]
The incident, though there are still many unknowns, underscores the risks of friendly fire in intense combat, especially a complex air-defense fight.
Dark chess (also known as Fog of War chess) [1] is a chess variant with incomplete information, similar to Kriegspiel. It was invented by Jens Bæk Nielsen and Torben Osted in 1989. It was invented by Jens Bæk Nielsen and Torben Osted in 1989.
War in the Pacific: The Campaign Against Imperial Japan, 1941–45, is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the Pacific Campaign during World War II. Critics gave the game positive reviews, praising its use of logistics and "fog of war", and its well-written rules.
JPMorgan: Clear skies but rolling fog Jamie Dimon–led JPMorgan estimates the U.S. economy grew 2.3% in 2024, boosted in particular by resilient consumers who contributed an average of 78% of ...
This sentence is clearly mistaken: "The Fog of War title denotes battlefield uncertainty during the fighting." That is the meaning of the origin of the phrase. The title, however, makes an analogy to that, referring instead to the reasoning of the commanders.