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Yemeni Forces made Startegic, Operational and Tactical mistakes that led to their retreat:
1. Strategic
Opening several fronts simultaneously without clearly defining main effort and secondary effort dispersed the combat power. The problem was in the design of the campaign.
Yemeni Forces advancing along the coastal plains without naval and air cover was never going to be sustainable. It makes them sitting ducks and sandwiches them in between an enemy that is entrenched in Hudaydah (from where they have access to the sea) and the mountainous range that acts like forts to their stronghold in Sa’dah and San’a. Which is why I highly doubt this was the plan in the first place. Keep your eyes on the Eastern front (Jawf, Ma’rib) 👀