The history of wargaming - in pictures

  • Iraqi military officers discuss security operations over a 'wargaming' table at Iraq's Permanent Joint Operations Centre in Basra. AFP
    Iraqi military officers discuss security operations over a 'wargaming' table at Iraq's Permanent Joint Operations Centre in Basra. AFP
  • Slovenian soldiers review a map as US Army officers look on during Immediate Response 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia. Photo: US Army
    Slovenian soldiers review a map as US Army officers look on during Immediate Response 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia. Photo: US Army
  • A wargame at the US Marine Corps War College in April 2019. Photo: Public Domain
    A wargame at the US Marine Corps War College in April 2019. Photo: Public Domain
  • Prussian officers play 'Kriegsspiel' in this illustration from August 1872. Photo: Public Domain
    Prussian officers play 'Kriegsspiel' in this illustration from August 1872. Photo: Public Domain
  • Students participate in analytic wargames designed to explore solutions for some of the Department of Defence's most pressing national security concerns. Photo: Public Domain
    Students participate in analytic wargames designed to explore solutions for some of the Department of Defence's most pressing national security concerns. Photo: Public Domain
  • Geospatial engineers from the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team construct a sand table. Photo: US Army
    Geospatial engineers from the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team construct a sand table. Photo: US Army
  • Members of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team review the operations plans during combined arms rehearsal. Photo: US Army
    Members of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team review the operations plans during combined arms rehearsal. Photo: US Army
  • Geospatial engineers in the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team build a sand table to prepare for the headquarters' combined arms rehearsal in Fort Irwin, California, in October 2011. Photo: US Army
    Geospatial engineers in the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team build a sand table to prepare for the headquarters' combined arms rehearsal in Fort Irwin, California, in October 2011. Photo: US Army