The world has grown accustomed to wars that do not end. The ongoing war in Ukraine, four years since Russia’s annexation, has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, created an icy frontline across eastern Europe, and yielded no result that can be described by either side as a victory. The ongoing war between the US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, begun on 28 February following years of brinkmanship surrounding Iran’s nuclear program, has lasted for forty days (and is lasting for now, per se) and interrupted about twenty percent of global oil production. It continues to this day to yield ceasefire negotiations which have been rejected outright by both parties.

In light of all the above, there is one war in which military tacticians and historians alike have turned their attention towards, ending as it did after a mere 44 days, with such a decisive victory as the modern battlefield hardly delivers. In autumn 2020, Azerbaijan began its military campaign against Karabakh, a region held under occupation by Armenians for almost three decades. Azerbaijan achieved its objective. Furthermore, it took just one day, in September 2023, for it to achieve total control over the........

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