The Second Garabagh War, known in the region as the 44-Day War, left an indelible mark not only on the South Caucasus but on the broader architecture of modern warfare. What set this conflict apart was not merely the scale of destruction or the speed of Azerbaijan’s military advance. It was the exposure of a deeply fractured and, at times, grotesquely dysfunctional Armenian military machine, fortified over three decades of occupation yet hollowed from within by mismanagement, internal betrayal, and moral decay.

The Armenian armed forces, long entrenched in illegally occupied Azerbaijani territories, had built extensive fortifications and hidden bunkers with the benefit of terrain familiarity. Yet these tactical advantages proved insufficient when the war's tide turned. The declared objective of the Azerbaijani campaign was the liberation of its internationally recognised lands. However, the deeper significance lay in countering systematic provocations and disinformation from Yerevan.

While Azerbaijan's military operation was executed with strategic coherence, the Armenian army crumbled under its own disunity. As the frontlines shifted and the scale of collapse became evident, disturbing discoveries followed: soldiers handcuffed inside military vehicles, corpses of conscripts found........

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