Desert Storm - The Ground War, Day 1 - Crush the Saddam Line - Animated
24th February 1991 - After weeks of bombing the Iraqi military, the US-led coalition launches the ground invasion of Iraq to liberate Kuwait. Not only must they breach the defended minefields of southern Kuwait, coalition armour must punch a hole through the heavily defended "Saddam Line".
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Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War - Jim Corrigan
Jayhawk: The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War - Stephen A. Bourque
Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War - Rick Atkinson
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amazing
You’re welcome thank you for the video
Can you pks share any source books please? Awesome work. Congrats
your the best i just imagine in real life what happen to the others after the battle
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When surrendering is more effective than fighting in terms of slowing down coalition.
@Collin Vail big brain strats: mass surrender of tens of thousands of troops.
@@user-vt2cr8qd1b Yup. Just put poor civilians is uniform and order them to surrender. Tell them they will get better shelter and food anyway
Really shakes up the meta
@@lonyaidaniel quite alike how the Germans sent war refugees running at the enemy, under the threat of being killed, leading to chaos among the enemy ranks.
How to get the enemy mad
The biggest flex is getting bogged down by surrendering enemies
Similar issues happened in wwii; when Germany invaded France, fleeing civilians blocked the counterattack fo British and French troops. Large prisoner surrenders was an issue at the beginning of Iraq war invasion too IIRC
IIRC some Iraqi regiment surrendered to the Iowas spotting drone.
@@JainZar1 I remember hearing that, also remember a story about a group of Iraqi's building their own prisoner of war camp and sitting in it before Americans arrived, that could be apocryphal though, or a fish tale.
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@@maxschaeffner9005 Same thing happened with the Americans at the end of the war. they had no idea what to do with so many German prisoners. there was also that time in North Africa where an Italian force surrender to what was effectively a probing attack from 1st Armored and the British were trying desperately to figure out how to transport these prisoners before they realized they out numbered the British
As a kid I was concerned just before the war as Saddam reportedly had one of the "largest, best, and combat tested" militaries in the world. One of my teachers said it would be a bloodbath for the allies. I asked my Vietnam veteran father about it "I wouldn't worry about it. There's no jungle to hide in over there." The old man was right!
I had an idiot instructor in college in 2003 who said that if the US invaded Iraq, the Iraqis would attack us with nukes. I thought a) they don't have nukes and b) even if they did, are they going to FedEx them over?
@@jshepard152well there was a lot of propaganda back then about Iraq having nukes and other WMDs
North Vietnam also had china who’d operate modern air defense systems and station troops keeping the us from invading. Iraq on the other hand had I big brother and got hand me downs from the ussr
@@ssglbc1875 No one thought they had ICBMs. Except the aforementioned.
_"Plan for the worst - hope for the best"_ In war it is far more perilous to underestimate enemy response than to overestimate. So the Iraqi military of that time was a large one with recent battle experience given their 8 year war with Iran. They did not however understand the use of "combined arms" such as the US employs. As such they dug themselves in ala WWI trench systems - much as is happening in Ukraine today with the Russians - because the Iraqis lacked air superiority. As you noted the Coalition forces having complete control of the air = simply hammered the Iraqi forces into the ground. Once dug in they lost mobility to become stationary targets in a desert environment and their numerical advantage evaporated. The Coalition simply pounded them while simultaneously bypassing their fixed defensive lines/broke through the same in places = and all resistance collapsed. 🤨 p.s. - had they opted to stand and fight more - especially in Kuwait City rather than abandoning it - the fighting would have been worse. Because they cut & ran in many cases resistance rapidly crumbled.
I know it's grim, but I do love the "No, fuck that" attitude displayed when presented with trench warfare. "We're not doing that again, let's just skip it, bring up the bulldozers."
We signed up for blitzkrieg, we'll get it this way or another.
Trench broom but it's a fucking armored vehicle
With airstrikes and todays technology trench warfare is outdated. Oh yeah and bulldozers 😂😂
Like they're ok bombing them to hell and back but burying them is crossing the line? They were asked nicely plenty of times to leave Kuwait.
@@rossicourvosi218 TANK-DOZER
Imagine being upset because your are 15 hours ahead of schedule and have suffered casualties in the single digits
Imagine getting 1vs26ed
They didn't call him Stormin' Norman for nothing.
The liberal American press today would still say it was a huge American loss.
@@MarvelousSeven 1. why would the liberal press have an issue with it, but not the conservative press?? 2. if it was your son/brother/husband who died, that would be a huge loss, to you
@@MrNicoJac 1) because liberals undermine wars. They own defeat 2) no shit Sherlock. But for the grateful nation, its small considering what was achieved.
Iraq: fights 35 nations all alone Germany: first time?
and germans at least can hold it for 3 years xD
@@yamapratama 5 in the first, 6 in the second. Almost won the first one too
@@yamapratama *grumble* at least they were pretty fucking good at it
@@mr.wasgehtsiedasan2140 Correction they nearly won both. However they came closer to WW1 than they did in WW2.
It’s impressive that German were able to expand as far as they did in WW2.
As a former Marine, I’m not surprised that the Marines here, with older tanks and equipment, ended up 8 hours ahead of schedule.
They were pissed and motivated because literally no beer existed in country. The fastest way back to Coors country was through the Republican Guard. Imagine what would happen if the higher ups banned coffee and Copenhagen.
Righttttttttt
@@fyreantz2555 nothing motivates an American like a lack of cheap beer and BBQ
just don't ask em to take and hold a city like fallujiah...having to get bailed out 2 times by the army just isnt a good look for em...but army knows how to get things done so it dosent surprise me.
@@Anthony-rl9do Yea, the Afghanistan withdrawal went to well. Thanks army!
It’s funny, as a United States marine that was there during desert shield and storm, I’ve learned more about what actually went down in the overall picture from news and KZhead videos than I knew when I was there!
This might sound ignorant, but what were you doing there if you don't mind me asking? Also thank you for your service💪
@@currynoodles4074 i was with the 4th MEB, the decoy th at was talked about in the video, but at the time we didnt know we were just a decoy
Remember Senior Bush talking about a New World Order? He was campaigning this war to the United Nations yup, now I see what he means about this World Government which will benefit the 1% who rule our daily lives.
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I guess the commanders can't really be 100% transparent, I gess it's just better telling the men what they have to do and leave it at that. Just imagine if the President told soldiers what they are risking their lives for has nothing to do with freedom or democracy but Oil and making money for a very select few... wouldn't work too well huh
Imagine if he scales this up with staff. This is top top quality of this content genre, with editing prioritized for contemporary platforms.
@TayZonday love the content as well but what a sight to see you here too haha
Damn dude OG KZhead royalty passing through casually haha
Straight up, this and Montemayor have such an incredible way of demonstrating historical events. Actually seeing everything played out is incredible to watch. Funnily enough, they both did Midway as well.
@@diemdirumah9889 no
TayZonday...Chocolate Rain! What a time to be alive! I feel like I have stumbled into a celebrity in a hotel elevator! Listen to Tay he knows what he's talking about
This is like Iron Man punching an eight year old
Yo hahaha
I'm going to be honest....I kinda of what to see that now.
@@joshuaishimoto7905 I thought this battle was against soviet union,then later i understooded it was just a joke with a little iraqi nation hahaha
Pretty buff eight year old.
Thirty-five nation coalition, most sent a handful of troops
Anyone else watching this and thinking at how laughably pathetic Russia's invasion plan was?
Putin's intention is not to take Ukraine, because he would never be able to hold it anyway. He merely wants to pressure them onto negotiation, he knew NATO wouldn't do jack shit thanks to his nuclear arsenal. Therefore, why should he mount an assault like the US invasion of Iraq if there's nothing to gain other than political leverage? He got his wish, he stopped Ukraine from joining NATO, prevented the West from establishing an effective "beachhead" onto his land and delayed NATOs westward expansion. He will now pressure the Ukrainian government to comply with his demands, or he will continue to slowly slowly put a stranglehold on the country's infrastructure. This is the only reason why he hasn't leveled every city in his way. You need to turn off the news, put down the newspapers, learn to recognize when your own nation is pumping out propagana and start learning about geopolitical and historical conflict.
@@mattaddison1910 Putin cannot invade his neighbor and he has unified the EU, and NATO. He has created a humanitarian crisis. He's begging for Syrian soldiers to join the fight. His Air Force can't even gain air supremacy. Russia will become isolated and fall into the dark ages. Putin truly is a fascist moron
@@mattaddison1910 That was never going to be economically feasible in the first place, their economy can never support an operation of that scale. Putin also wanted to secure oil found in Crimea's territorial sea and the Donbas region and now that the operation didn't work out as intended and the Ukrainians are putting up a fierce resistance the operation has definitely turned into a full scale invasion(if it wasn't in the beginning) which will collapse the Russian economy. Besides he united the whole western world against him and now Finland and Sweden are interested in joining NATO and Germany is cranking up its defense budget. If your military intelligence isn't sure that the opposition will capitulate then there was no reason for it to be a "pressuring" special operation.
@@mattaddison1910 you sound like an ignorant....he intentionally lost a massive amount of soldiers, weapons and high ranking officers and, on top of all that, his economy and international relations are destroyed. Implying that one would intentionally make his country far weaker than it was before the invasion for a compromise is ridiculous. You need to unplug from state ran news channels.
Not at all. How is it going after a year??
Desert Storm was twice as large as the D-Day invasion. A last hurrah of the super power's finely tuned Cold War military machine. Working together like it was meant to be. Impressive.
@LibtardsStillCant SilenceMe20 Which communists are you talking about?
@LibtardsStillCant SilenceMe20 Lmfao
Clearly lend lease still works
@LibtardsStillCant SilenceMe20 2 months later, the hurrah has disappeared and has been replaced with the cold reality that the Russian Federation is no where near as powerful as the Soviet Union.
Killed a friends entire family on 1st day in their home. Impressive
My dad was in desert storm and he said that for about 2 weeks they litterally just sat in foxholes and then one day they litterally just loaded up and went to war with zero warning at all.
yup
Just like Jarhead?
@@navyseal1689 More or less
So says every soldier that has ever gone to war. Hurry up and wait...
Now I can believe his dad was in the war. Most of the people claiming their relatives were veterans tell outlandish stories like killing 3 T-62s with a rpg
This is like teaming up with 8 friends to take on an extremely easy computer enemy in Command and Conquer.
@PirateCat91 erm actually the plan was British, the tanks saddam has were quite a lot, so what we did was record our communications for 3 days in one place then stopped comms and played the recording while we moved to a flank an kicked arse , plus the sas basically walked into saddams Palace put a gun to his head and phoned Tony Blair an he had to have a chat before they let him go
Agreed. Imagine 8 Soviet vs 1 German. (Easy)
That’s too funny 😂
its the safest and quickest way to wipe out a douche bag. go in heavy and fast with an overwhelming force.
sure...the real war was that ,,,everybody beating down a bully
The amount of planning and logistics that went into this invasion by the coalition force is just baffling. The US and its allies can invade what at the time one of the strongest military in the region who was prepared from half a world away while Russia can't even invade its barely prepared neighbor in 2 weeks.
when you put it that way it's even more ridiculous
The Iraqi Army was 5th strongest in the world at the time. Ukraine isn't even top 10. Russia is weak.
The quality of logistics, communication, and strategy is a whole different realm from Russia's Ukraine invasion. It's ridiculous they were said to be at the same level of powerhouses.
I mean Ukraine has been training and upgrading their military since 2014 when the uprising and overthrow of Putin's puppet govt left them vulnerable to invasion. Even as poorly as Russias military campaign has been executed, they would have probably taken over Ukraine if they had really not been prepared.
Came here looking for this comment. Well said.
As an Iraqi this breaks my heart that we had to go through this cuz of one ignorant man in power and we still not healed.. , but good video explaining the horrible war
I was an engineer in a pow camp there and met / worked with many prisoners. The fact that I lived near a large Arab population center in Michigan (Dearborn); many of the Iraqi prisoners had been to that area, gone to school or had family there was mind boggling. I hated having to go there and resented the Iraqis; however after working with them they became friends and I felt really bad for them. I saw first hand later the mass destruction of equipment and felt horrible at such a large loss of life. 301st mp epw camp KSA
you are talking about george bush the terrorist leader?
saddam hussein is a good guy but what he did to kuwait is uncool, I still love saddam hussein he is all in my heart
@@bandeez23what about the genocide he did to the Kurds, his invasion of iran and torture of tens of thousands people who opposed him.
@@jakekn7304 idc about the kurds cause they attacked us and rebelled against us and killed many iraqi citizens, also iran threatened to attack iraq way before 1980 so iran deserved it.
General: What’s the got dang hold up soldier?! Everyone: You told us not to shoot prisoners and they won’t stop surrendering!
the iraqi forces bought way more time by surrendering
Nero Bernardino *WHEEEEEEZE*
Reminds me of Battle of France in WWII, German panzers having to wade through surrendering forces to reach their objectives. Infact the sudden capitulation of forces en masse and the overwhelming armor and air support generally reminds me of early Wehrmacht tactics.
Same thing happened in 1945
satria gaming what can I say except delete this.
Soldier: How many Tanks ,Helicopters, Jets, Men, Artillery, Ships we need for the Saddam Line assault? Commander: Yes
I can picture Gary Oldman shouting, "Everyone!!!!!" :)
Damnit
[in between] someone should arty the frack outta spammers in the comments
@@upublic yeah i heard they can send video links
You get wartime experience! You get wartime experience! Everybody gets wartime experience!
Incredibly well produced. This really seemed like complete overkill. As if Generals had learnt about WW2 ground offensives in military college and were desperate to have a go at doing one themselves.
They wanted to avoid the slow escalation of Korea and Vietnam by opening with overwhelming unrelenting force. It worked.
Overkill is the correct way to conduct a war.
@@thorr18BEM the quicker the war ends the quicker the suffering stops. You strike military targets with copious amounts of over kill and then roll in with copious amounts of support. We can worry about hearts and minds after the enemy army has been destroyed or surrendered.
complete overkill makes it less likely anyone on your side is going to get killed. As the other guy said, ending it quickly is the best
The USSR was disintegrating. This was a show of force to the Soviets.
I was a Forward Observer during my time in the Army. My job was to call for artillery and air strikes along with controlling naval fires. I can’t comprehend how it would’ve been to have stacks and stacks of support at your fingertips. We are known as a force multiplier because we bring coordinated fire support to the battlefield to attack the enemy. But the idea of having artillery, naval gun fire, Apaches, A-10s, F-18s and waves and waves of bombers at my personal disposal is every single Forward observers wet dream. Those FO’s must have been calling fire missions left and right. Lucky bastards.
Plenty of Target rich environments I would think!😂
We (fo"s) had lots of TOA. Unfortunately, for my part, the accuracy of this youtube video is off in regards to the 1st cav. I think it was trying to show the actions of the army groups vs. divisional action.
Once again THE LOGISTICS of this operation must be insane
@@anoynmanonymous8304 At least learn to speak English Kremlin troll.
@@anoynmanonymous8304 Fortunately this was not a American war, it was a coalition war...
lol ez
Good job to the unsung logistics regiments!
Can we take a moment to appreciate the countless logistics military members and contractors who made this whole thing work?
13 artillery bataillons? Imagine the thunder the Iraqis must’ve heard. I’d have shit my pants too.
I'd imagine it was similar to the constant thunder on the western front of world war 1
They were smart and wore browm trousers that day haha
@ajs1031 Not if you have counter-battery radar. In fact, if the enemy has it, after each fire, the artillery battalion has to relocate to avoid counterfire.
my dad was in one of those battalions
@@AxelTheGreat I watched in absolute awe as the MLRS and Gun Bunnies let loose in the early morning hours, they just let all hell loose on them poor fools, quite a spectacle too see, and hear!
My father is a Desert Storm veteran and loved this series. They still have a picture on the wall at the local armory he was based at of his deployed unit.
It’s easy to forget the staggering number of men and machines that were mobilised for this war. Mind blowing.
More like short battle lol like most of the ground war was over in the first week or 2
Rothschild Rockefeller funded, not surprised.
@@Frostbite_001ground war was 100 hours
Best summary I’ve ever seen on the topic. I was an 11H in the brigade of the 82nd attached to the French Legionnaires and that part of the video was incredibly accurate and brought back a lot of little memories. The sandstorm we got hit with was no joke, but the real problem for me was created by the rain that came first. In the desert you would put the very minimum amount of oil on your weapon, especially on the outside. I was manning a .50 cal in the turret of a humvee when the rain started and I rapidly had to put on a heavier coat of oil on the whole thing, otherwise you could literally watch the rust forming before your eyes. About 30 minutes later the sandstorm hit and there was zero option to move as you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. I threw on the best M2 cover they made that seals up nicely with Velcro and thought it would be perfectly protected while we hunkered down inside the humvee. Although the humvee hatch and windows were all closed, it stilled snowed sand inside for about an hour and everything was coated in a thick layer of sand and fine dust. To this day, I can’t imagine what the 11B and 11C’s had to endure in the back of the open 5 tons they were riding in! Anyways, when I was able to get back to the M2 it was completely caked with sand inside and out, and I couldn’t work the bolt mechanism more than a quarter inch. That’s when I realized it was a terrible mistake to leave a round in the chamber of an M2 during a sandstorm. Let me tell you, sliding the trigger grip off, removing the ‘death’ spring, and then fighting to pull out the bolt assembly while it’s connected to a live 50 round is not a fun activity. Felt like I was in EOD! Anyway, just a tidbit I thought some of you historians might find interesting or amusing. If you were one of those poor Falcon grunts in the 5 tons, I’d love to hear your side of the sandstorm experience.
I hope one of them responds too! The first hand accounts in the comments are so valuable. Otherwise we tend to forget that real humans did this real thing.
What do you think about the legionnaires? Are they tough and we'll trained? I'm thinking of joining the Legion this year.
Thank you for what you did -Some random American Teenager
Your testimonials are invaluable. Thank you.
@@phyo1716 well their requirements are extremely high compared to all military units excluding special forces. I'm applying at the end of the year so I guess I'll find out then lol.
I was thinking this is overkill but then realised by doing so, they reduced the loss of life on the allied side.
and arguably on the Iraqi side as well. that extreme show of force is what lead to the mass surrenders.
Having done the tiniest bit of research, it seems like Saddam exaggerated his strength (probably meant as a deterrence), and US intel was not very sure about his forces' capabilities. So taking a "better safe than sorry"-approach was quite understandable.
@@MrNicoJac Absolutely. Far better to overestimate an enemy and plan to defeat them at that level of strength than to risk underestimating them. One option gets you an easier-than-expected victory...the other gets you your ass handed to you.
Will they (artillery) run out of ammunition in the next several days? Cuz firing so many valleys from soo many guns will put a huge stress onto supply lines😗
munitions are cheap compared to the amount of money required to train 1 soldier
For US forces, it was actually safer to be at war than at home back on base. Due to drunk driving and other motor-vehicle incidents, along with training accidents, service personnel died at a higher rate at base, than serving during Desert Storm and the initial preparation Desert Shield. It was also the most one sided war, with the state of the art American and English forces against the outdated Cold War era Iraqi forces. The US at this time was purpose built to fight a conventional war, and were using weapons and equipment designed to dominate the battlefield. Many US service personnel after this war, had to deal with what is considered "survivors remorse". Due to the one sided nature of the war, many soldiers felt that the enemy were outmatched and were basically executed and not actually fought. There were many Iraqi "conscripts" that were given an AK, two magazines, and used their own suitcase to store and carry their spare magazines. Nothing else provided or given, and expected to stand up against the worlds top superpower.
Well said
"Cold War era Iraqi forces" Umm, the US forces were in the Cold War era too. You know, the Cold War that wasn't even over yet? The Soviet Union wouldn't be dissolved for another 10 months. All of their tech, weapons, and tactics were Cold War era.
@@randomlyentertaining8287 Iraq had sanctions and their tanks not even fire controll systems lol
@@randomlyentertaining8287 The tactics used by NATO forces were not Cold War era, since that was based around a defensive counter attack against a massive tank and artillery push of the Soviet Union into western Europe. What was seen during the Iraq war were newly created modern tactics, developed around the new capabilities of the latest generation of main battle tank. Not to mention the various new assets, such as the F-117, night vision and thermal imaging equipment, real-time satellite reconnaissance. You had outdated tactics being used by Iraqi forces; their tactics had been developed as far back as the 1960s, while western forces were using state of the art tactics and capabilities never before seen on the battle field.
@@My-Name-Isnt-Important you touch on a good point- The NATO handbook was not much use in the Gulf War because NATO was not built around offensive warfare and most doctrine was about Defense. This is the Main reason why Coalition forces in 1991 were slow and methodical in the attack- they did not practice "Blitzkreig" because they were not really trained for sustained offensives. Instead, the slowly moved forward with massive firepower.
Imagine describing this kind of warfare to a medieval knight.
Knight: how did you guys manage to tame these many dragons (Jets)?
"You mean that angels in the sky tell you precise enemy positions?"
you mean these elephants will follow you?
"Wait you mean that these catapults can throw explosive rocks?"
In reality they would think you not only a dishonorable coward even worse than those that kill with a bow and the concept of killing without seeing your enemy or without them standing any kind of chance whatsoever would not only be non chivalrous but if you were dealing with a knight from one of the holy orders such as the Templars or the hospitallers they would see the concept itself blasphemous for many reasons from the concept of having and wielding a literal godlike capability to the knowledge of the natural principles that make the technology itself; just one example would be gps which requires knowing that both the earth is not an unmoving center with the universe orbiting us as well as knowledge of gravity which both are foundational physical realities that must first be understood before you can even begin to try figuring how you’re going to put something in orbit
I’m definitely hoping for a ‘Day 2’ & ‘Day 3.’
Or at least a 'week 1, week 2' etc
Sta Stu Fortunately, in this battle, major combat actions were over & a ceasefire called in 100 hrs, though some cleanup stuff took place after that.
@@susanmaggiora4800 oh i didnt know i thought it went on for longer
@@stastu6484 One of the nicknames for this war is "The 100 hrs War" for this reason. It's not a popular nickname because it doesn't have the same ring to it as Desert Storm, but it exists. But at least it gives us 2-3 more videos' worth of information for this channel to display. :)
Where is day2?
The madman actually did it. I was expecting an Air War Part 2 before this but I'm happy nonetheless.
This is better than the air war imo.
well the air war was much of the same but the ground forces have many different objectives and groups.
I personally liked air war better tho this one was great too,however I favor military aircraft more than ground forces so that's probs why
@@shadowjetcatwalters1162 yeah same mainly because I'm British and our survival in WW2 was around aircraft.
Give this man a headquarters staff position. Superb.
You're telling me the Iraqi conscripts only managed to slow down the attack by surrendering.
Just came here to remember what a proper military operation looks like.
The armored bulldozer pushing the trenches back in is absolutely brutal considering rhe effectiveness of trenches just 75 years earlier.
Yeah that part sounded pretty fucking metal. Trench dudes probably suffocated to death after being buried alive while the "lucky" ones died immediately after being crushed under the rubble...savage.
The estimate of 150 buried mentioned in this video does not match what has been reported by military commanders. Colonel Maggart from the 1st Brigade estimates 650 buried by his force, and Dick Cheney acknowledged 457 buried. Colonel Moreno from the 2nd Brigade said "For all I know, we could have killed thousands." and "I came through right after the lead company. What you saw was a bunch of buried trenches with peoples' arms and things sticking out of them." He did suggest that going into the trenches for hand-to-hand combat might have been worse. Still really brutal, yes.
I mean it makes sense it was the first line and you dont want to get bogged down in the first line so literally just bulldoze through
@Magne M oh how history would be altered without those sexy crimes.
@@baz00katooth you forgot to mention the tanks rolling over them after they were buried. Talk about overkill..
Norman Schwarzkopf: "We're so good at winning it's stopping us winning!!!"
@@satriagaming9224 I don't want that shit on my comment.
@@diemdirumah9889 Isn't that the same system with massive system failures and tracking issues?
@@diemdirumah9889 Don't want that shit on my comment either.
@@RS-ff1cv cough Afghanistan - Russian war cough
@@RS-ff1cv Fighting non-state actors that hide amongst the populace or in remote regions of a country in decentralized cells is not the same thing as fighting a conventional army. Don't compare the two.
I can only imagine how crazy it would be to see that many armored units all together like that. So many Abrams and Challengers all together.
*Dag Div & 82nd:* "We'll drive slowly and carefully with a walking barrage to minimize casualties before each push" *101st:* WHO NEEDS COVER WHEN THE ENEMY CAN'T SEE OVER ALL THE **EXPLOSIONS!**
@@diemdirumah9889 What's the point of posting videos of the S400? They weren't active in Iraq, and they'll probably never see combat in a major war because no one wants one. (A war, specifically)
@@youraveragescotsman7119 The Russian government employees trolls across the world to write stuff they themselves barely understand. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency
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They don't call em the screaming eagles for nothing.
*When you have to reschedule because the plan was executed too perfectly*
Scanning textbook...there is no order for, "Quit kicking ass so well!"
Better sabotage some tanks next time... our tanks.
@@BadMadChicken ...
Suffering from success
Imagine watching 106 helicopters appear on the horizon dropping off troops, artillery and supplies and start constructing a base.
7:35 Fun fact. A classmate of mine at the Army War College was a combat engineer at that time. During the battle of Fallujah on some streets the enemy lined up on either side of the street under cover of improvised barricades. The MK 154 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MCLC pronounced Mik-Lik) was fired down the centerline to "clear" the street of enemy. Horrible carnage.
" rolled across the border with 1487 mbt's " and if you listened closely, you could hear Erwin Rommel applauding from the grave.
Sounds like a fusion of Montgomery and Rommel if you think about it. Build-up of mass amounts of resources, then one fast and overwhelming assault.
GENERAL PATTON !!!
Ignore everything else, imagine just the logistics effort to get those tanks there and keep them fueled, armed, fed and repaired. It's just mind boggling.
"Irwin" Rommel
Rommel, Guderian, Patton, and Monty all applauding.
I was a nuke mechanic on fast attack subs when this went down. I had just finished my first tour and was transfering to a nuke repair facility onboard the USS L T. Spear AS36. The day I got to my new command I was informed that we were going to the Persian gulf to offer support over there. When we got there we were asked for volunteers to perform humanitarian aid and relief work in Kuwait. I thought to myself that I like helping people so this would be a good thing. Biggest mistake of my life. I was one of the first Americans to step foot into Kuwait and it was a complete and utter shit show. There is no way to properly convey the amount of destruction and human suffering the Iraqis had inflicted on the Kuwaiti people.
@@MarcosGarcia-kx4rb you are thinking about the wrong war pal. I'm talking Desert Storm when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
From what I heard from my father who was in the army and was in desert storm he said it was really fucked up there too. I don't remember much of what he told me about it but I do know he talked about a lot of people suffering.
@@chipcook5346 anything that happened in Iraq was deserved. No doubt in my mind at all.
Sadam was a monster. Millions of people dead and even more hurt because of one fucked up guy’s ego. Good riddance.
@@kevinpotts123 what type of messed up stuff did you see?
Thanks to all those brave people for liberating my country Kuwait
those who love freedom shall fight anywhere for it, kuwait or ukraine or americas own soil
Cheers from 'Merica!!!!
2:50 the sheer mass of armour is breathtaking😮
Controversial tactic aside, following an armoured advance towards enemy lines in a bulldozer sounds pretty ballsy.
pretty shitty thing to do. at least throw some grenades in before you bury men alive...
Not really. When you have armor nearly indestructible to enemy fire. It's like using real guns in an airsoft match.
@@Scorch428 Why? War itself is a pretty shitty thing. They didnt surrender. The entire object when your enemy doesn't surrender is to kill them. I dont see a controversial thing about it. What were they supposed to do? Give them an even chance to fight back?
It's a terrible thing, but between risking your men's lives to flush out guys who refuse to surrender, or doing the same job safely, the choice as a commander is quickly made.
Most likely they were Engineering Tanks equipped with a bulldozer blade.
Your channel provides the most entertaining, factual, and captivating military history videos on the entire internet. I watched your first video on the Air War at least 15 times and I intend to watch this one just as much. You have singlehandedly sparked a new interest in military history in me. Thank you sir, and thank you for creating this channel, which is among the best on KZhead, if not the very best.
Jackie D.V. Carson - I feel the same; I also watch his vids numerous times. I also share his vids with family and friends, many who are in or were in military (e.g. - my father in 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles, my grandpa/uncles/cousin in Marines, my grandma building bombers in Seattle, and aunt who was part of French resistance in WWII)
I can shurly agreed with You sir.
I also feel the same, and have watched the air war video multiple times.
you should watch this video about the last great tank battle. the battle of 73 Eastings. kzhead.info/sun/p66Hm5t8mnh_nqM/bejne.html
The sheer numbers of the coalition is incredible. Never knew exactly how many aircraft and ground vehicles were used. My god that would have been horrifying to go up against. Just the bombing campaign alone was insane!
When you have maxed out stats and you go back to the beginning of the game...
The USA literally speedruns a nation. Like its the 10000th time they've played the first level of Mario.
@Pimp Slap 💀 Weak nation... sure buddy, Irac had the 4th greatest military of the world during the start of operation Desert Storm.
@Pimp Slap 💀 I failed to see how this in anyway helps your argument of them being weak lol.
@Pimp Slap 💀 Alright, since you like simple things, here is a simple thought experiment for you. Let's say, you have to fight Mariusz Pudzianowski. But before the fight, you ambush him with 20 guys, then, you beat him yourself with a bat. Is Mariusz Pudzianowski (The strongest MMA fighter) weak? Or did you make him weak enough to beat? During the start of operation Desert Storm almost all infrastructure that would've made those conscript defensive structures effective, banished in a flash of explosives. It is why they stood no chance even though they were entrenched in their own territory filled with defensive positions everywhere. Not because they had "crappy equipment" as you put it, or poor soldiers. Any soldier, under those circumstances would've surrendered. Doesn't matter how much training you have-- when you have no support, no recon, and the only thing you can see is bombs raining all around you with no way to stop it-- the only thing on your mind is making it to your next meal. There is this thing called morale, and regardless of how much you value trained soldiers over conscripts, no one is immune to it.
@Pimp Slap 💀 No, you wouldn't.
@@7DeadlyJinxs stop it stop it he's already dead
I would love to share some of my memories in this war. I was 10 years old when I woke up on the morning of August 2, 1990 and found my father in a situation I had never seen before. He was shocked by the main news in the local newspaper, which had a three-word headline, "Iraq is invading Kuwait." I didn't understand what it meant, but I watched my father try to adjust the TV antenna to capture any broadcast from Kuwait, but the only picture we were getting from there was a handwritten statement on a panel that was placed in front of the camera with the words "Free Independent Radio Kuwait" and this broadcast was interrupted several hours later. The months passed and the occupation became a reality. Everything's changed. We found kuwaitis here who can't go home. We have classmates from Kuwait. We lived through the days of war with all its events and details. We were preparing for chemical bombing by buying gas masks. We also put duct tape on the window panes in the hope that this would prevent the shrapnel from flying in the case of any explosion or shelling. As a little boy at the time, I didn't understand the meaning of war, and I didn't care much about scolding my mother when she screamed at us to get into the house every time the sirens sounded, which became commonplace. Until we woke up at 1:00 a.m. the morning when one of the Scud missiles was intercepted by american anti-missiles and the explosion was so close that it turned the darkness of the night into a day. Then I realized the meaning of war and knew it was nothing but fear and destruction. Kuwait was liberated and the war was over. But its effects are not over. I still remember how the sky was black from the smoke from the Kuwaiti oil well fires that reached us in Bahrain 500 kilometers away. When my father came home, I saw his clothes, and it just got dirty from the smoke in the air! This war has affected my psyche a lot and I still care about every detail as one of the most important events i have ever had and this video has helped me understand how big and complex this war was. Thank you
Thank you for sharing your perspective. I was 8 years old and in the US. I remember not understanding the invasion of Kuwait, but all the news talked about for months was how the US was leading the effort to fight against Iraq. I remember watching the news and seeing a camera showing the AA guns in Baghdad spraying tracers into the sky when the air war started, and the huge full color maps of the invasion in the newspaper when the ground war started. For little me, in my place of safety, the overriding emotion was excitement. The me of today wouldn't feel the same if it had to happen again.
I was there as a young American soldier age 20-21. The nightly scud attacks, the b52’s, the nonstop artillery/bombing “thump thump” the rain then sandstorm,. Then, the oil fires, for weeks & months black as night. Terrible. What a trip... that place.
@@toddmorris3724 I was there for round two, we brought garrison to a warzone.
I was 11 at the time, and my parents were riveted to the TV as news came in. I can remember watching insane numbers of tanks moving through sand and the bomb cameras following laser beams. I had no idea why it was important or anything, but I could feel the import in the way my parents were acting about this.
I was just 18 years old British Soldier Sat in a hole middle of the dessert when the ground war started - We had no Armour and no tanks in front to protect us...We were told to hold ground at all costs ...What fun we had
This is one of the best examples of a set piece battle gone right in the history of warfare.
And Russia is claiming they’re fighting 30 NATO nations. Pathetic.
This shows how scary it can be when someone has air superiority
Imagine how China did hold on in Korean war without air superiority.
@crassgop Yeah, look at the USSR in ww2. They didn't have that much technology in 1941 too and, they got pushed back so hard. so, they could only throw soldiers in the front line and hope they can bypass it. By 1943 they we're finally remaking the USSR with better equipment and they started pushing the Germans back.
@Syphax Atlas Blame it all on the US, Britain did that too yk?
@@Misquif saddam was Iraq's greatest enemy.
@crassgop Stop unnecssarily invading countries.
Videos like this are such a refreshing change from blaring music, stock footage, and frenetic editing you get from the History Channel.
Agreed. It's mature and historical. No rah rahs and unnecessary commercial driven cliffhangers.
Comments like this certainly aren't refreshing. I see them on every historical youtube video at this point. Nobody even watches the History channel anymore, yet these comments keep coming.
Mark Felton Productions also does really interesting stuff on ww2 that is edited perfectly.
Came here from Vaush, amazing video.
Thanks to all who served in the comment sections. We the younger generation look up to you. We will never forget. God bless.
This plays like one of my Civilization games where I am far ahead the tech tree and start bombing roman legions
Roman Legions were better organized.
Yeah, until one of those tribesman takes out your battleship. (did happen in Civ1)
@@Thirdbase9 if they got bombed they would run for their lives cuz of fear and they dont have a proper weapon to attack the planes bombing them so they would run for their lives and they will get unorganized
Lol
@@Thirdbase9 Organized in the iron and medieval ages you meant? A single attack helicopter could destroy one Roman Legion
He has returned. As the prophecy foretold
Super Regular Gaming - I've heard his midi-chlorian count is 101,000
God damn right ;)
MuaDib! Shai Hulud!
@Jamie Huh?
2,500 sorties from planes a day is crazy to think about
I was on the west flank with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Providing supporting towed 155mm howitzer fires for the French/82nd. That run from the border to As Salman was crazy, all we did was hip shoots (emergency fire missions) you'd be driving up the road, pull off, set up the M-198 and fire, then recover the gun, pull back out onto the road, drive a mile or so and repeat all day long, must have setup the howitzer at least 80 time that day while in MOPP gear.
Didn't you "leapfrog" with another artillery unit as should have been the case. That what there was always one battery up to respond to fire missions as their counterpart relocated.
everybody gangsta till the French and Americans blitzkreig through the North to encircle your entire army
*gets nazi flashback*
@@mahadhosh6400 nobody gives a fuck FUCK IRAQ THEY GOT FUCKEDDDD
Flash back the Siege of Yorktown
@@sharkfn2678 Murica baby!
@@zenmastergaming6424 yeahh🇺🇲🇺🇲
The adolescent boy in me: "FUCK YEA LOOK AT ALL THOSE TANKS, THEY GOING INNNN!!" The adult man in me: "damn, war is terrible... all those conscripts ..."
... BUT FUCK YEAH, TANKS!
make tanks not war
@@jonathanakbari5872 make plane not war
The coalition are mostly volunteers, but the Iraqis? Poor boys...
@@Niceguy312373636 they are mostly conscript poor boy
6:50 looks straight out of a comedy. Artillery, then choppers and just to make sure, jets start bombing aswell
This is making me feel very old, I can see in the video exactly where I am 30 years ago. Just follow the big red one.
As for me, I had the chance as a child to ride on French tanks returning from Iraq. Time flies indeed.
@@Yanpac Thats awesome and cute.
Was the Big Red One stationed in Ft. Riley or Germany at that time?
@@paytonlee2896 we were at Ft Riley then. I was stationed in 2/16 inf. When we went to Iraq.
@@lucabaki thank you so much
imagine the gas bill after the end of this..
Underrated
Oh god no
Wrong war
Don't worry they are literally in the largest oil reserves in the world
Good thing the are we took back has lots of it lol
a prime example of fucking around and finding out
16:13 These guys literally dug their own graves. it might be controversial, but it is surprisingly convenient for the attackers.
Imagine getting drawn into war duty by a chain of events, overrun by enemy forces which makes you want to surrender and then just get burried alive by rushing bolldozer tanks while cowering in fear in your trench. Ouch..
War is brutal man, god damn
No one: Saddam Hussein: let’s fight the whole word, this will end very well for us
@@alexanderhay7358 North Korea is under protection of China. I'd be more worried if I was the Ayattolah of Iran, tbh. The fall of Gaddafi showed that the western powers' tolerance for hostile states has gone way down. Iran shouldn't get invaded, since it's de facto protected by Russia, but I wouldn't be surprised if a Syrian-style civil war erupted.
Iraq was just trying to stop illegal Kuwait drilling. They were set up.
@John C. "Germany never surrendered it took the whole world to stop-them , they won many battles-invented powerful weapons""etc,the only thing holding them back was low fuel,low man power,low natural resources etc, ,in term of logic Germany won ww2"Lol"they made france surrender in short period of time britain was in her knees the whole of europe occupied....comparing iraq to germany-is like the sun and the earth-make no sense ....😂
@Nis, "No wonder why they scarpered and surrendered !😂
@John C. "As I said before.,the only thing holding them back was low fuel,low man power,low natural resources "etc" a small country with no natural resources,"TBH"a small country with no natural resources like Germany -fought bravely and defeated the most powerful nations at that time "aka"France-United Kingdom remember one "Thing"germany was punished and sanctioned by the allies they weren't even allowed to have more soldiers than 100.000 nor air force nor heavy weapons-people were starving at one point long story short "the whole country went a complete 360 degree-in a very short period of time Germany went from a dystopia to utopia-at a very fast pace-the living standards in Germany was so good britannia was so jealous and banned her citizens from visiting Germany etc!!😅
“You know what fuck it” *Untrenchs your entrenchments.
Hey, they improved the trenches: I can promise you that none of the people inside got shot!
This is fantastic, I've never seen an animated military history video this detailed. It would be amazing if you did a similar video on the 2003 Iraq War. Amazing work!
They did it
6:43 Holy shit. Imagine being an iraqi soldier in your bunker and seeing hundreds of tanks converging to your position. I’d surrender that moment
some Iraqi commander be like: *Casually Shits pants* "whelp, we're fucked"
They actually did surrender in huge numbers
Would you still surrender if some one behind you might shoot you for surrendering.
Especially since the guy demanding you fight is Saddam, who's as happy to torture your family as look at you. As Putin's discovering now, morale still counts for a good bit, even in bleeding-edge warfare 30 years on.
Ya me too. I dont mind fighting for my country but my country gotta do right by me. I aint dying needlessly.
these fools in the comments can't tell the difference between the 2003 iraq war and the 1991 persian gulf war 🤦♂️
Most of them are Russian bots, since several people have mentioned this video in videos of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Basically it to highlight how bad the state of the Russian military is compare to the US.
Well done sir! This is incredible
But why you assuming the sensual deviation of it?
This is an awesome documentary! As well as the other videos!
United Terrorits of America ... why you don't agress Iran if you are strong ? Now united 💩💩💩💩of America are down ....Bravo La Chine La Russie L'Iran etc etc etc
Very informative and engaging.
It was sad
The experience of Vietnam played a major role as well. Senior US officers in many cases had served there as young Lt’s and were determined to avoid anything resembling the boondoggle that the war in SE Asia had been. Hence the overwhelming force brought to bear here. Better to go 100x as heavy as necessary than slightly underpowered.
He considers that in Vietnam there was never a land offensive towards the north for fear that the Chinese would interfere as in Korea, they did not want to escalate the conflict The USA limited itself to defending the South, it is impossible to win a war like this
Powell Doctrine
If Russia didn’t have nukes we’d be doing this to them right now.
And you are exactly the kind of person used as an example in our state propaganda. Cheers.
@@freyawion5337 We'll do it to you even with your nukes. Prepare for Freedom.
@@freyawion5337 you deserve every bit of this.
@@freyawion5337 he's stating the obvious, russia is not the mighty superpower the soviet union was, nukes are the only thing keeping the US away.
Yeah we have seen how strong you were in afghanistan 🤣🤣
Its utterly terrifying seeing how the iraqis had absolutely no chances of resisting. Bombed into oblivion and buried alive in their trenches. Brutal.
Only buried alive when they tried to resist they brought that on themselves
Its brutal but that’s how war is.
Just goes to show how important winning the air war is in modern warfare. If they had the ability to fight an effective air war or bog down the ground invasion they wouldn't have suffered such a systematic collapse.
Yeah that part kinda messed me up. I would say that's a cruel and completely unnecessary way to go, but I couldn't say the alternative is any better. I'm conflicted on the moral of it.
@@necroparagon7226 I would say its for the best, lots of dead enemies means a short war, much better than lots of dead on both sides - is what I would have said if we didn't already know how this was all going to play out in the long run. In the end the initial military victory got quickly overshadowed by the conga line of political failures that marred both iraq and the us in an insurgency I am pretty sure neither wanted to fight.
You know. Going into this, everybody expected the Iraqis to put up a fight. They had an impressive military force that had to be dealt with. When they started mass surrendering, everybody was like "oh wow, they don't want to fight...this is awesome" It could have easily been a lot worse then it was. Particularly for the Iraqis. Smart move really by the soldiers to just say F this and quit. Saved a lot of not required death and destruction. Awesome video man. Well put together.
It was a pretty sad display for what was at the time the 4th largest military in the world. Goes to show the importance of quality as well as quantity.
Yes, I see a lot of comments where people are looking at this in hindsight and not how it was seen at the time. Iraq was battle tested and had one of the largest militaries in the world at the time. The US hadn't fought a war since Vietnam and was using a lot of new equipment that hadn't been put through the trial of combat before.
Can you blame them? Fighting and most likely dying for a maniac?
@@lookoutforchris being 4th of having the greatest army doesn't really help when the rest of the list is against you
They were forced into the army anyway.
Schwarzkopf: *Comes up with a very competent invasion plan* Also Schwarzkopf: *Cries about how his planning wasn’t incredible and the main hindrances he faces are of his own design*
just wanted to say thank you. This is so cool to see the details of specific battles, such as where the ground units are, air attack, air reconnaissance and so forth. The visual aid you provide by showing the units relative the map is what makes this so real. If you could have this combined with real footage it would be the greatest war documentary created. most docus show the footage and commentary, but this provides a visual guide to what is happening, as well as the vocal aid from a great narrator.
I believe this is the last time a battleship was used in a conflict, one was shelling the coastline if I'm not wrong.
You are not wrong.
@@contrapasta2454 technically weren't they guided missile battleships? Since the Iowa class was given brand new Tomahawks and Harpoons during their refit
Missouri bonbed the coastlines iirc
The USS Wisconsin! My home state is Wisconsin!
Were the 16 inch guns used?
I remember being 7 years old, watching the news constantly trying to see if i could spot my dad who was deployed to the Gulf (Infantry, British Army). I never saw him. :-(
Did he survive?
Hope he made it back home for you and your family
Wow, that must have been a crazy experience. Hope he is back safe with you!
@@dave7314 Yes mate
This is amazing. This is one of the absolute best at detailing the entire operation and possibly the very best that correctly informs the sheer scale of the war. Amazing work.
6:56 Jesus Christ, fighting back would be like punching the sun. This might’ve been an invasion but it was no war
I should clarify that the 101st and 82nd are badass! I used the wrong word
For some reason, a lot of people misuse the word "infamous" in English. At least you have detected the mistake.
I heard that and thought "Infamous!?. What the actual F..."
Yeah, 101st are dirty legs, but they will always wear the tab.
@@yelsew816 They still utilize a method of air insertion moron.
@@Old-Dog00 aye, but they are no longer paratroopers. It's an old airborne dig.
Accepting 3000 surrendered troops with only 2 losses. That is impressive
Not so much when you realize that’s pretty much Saddam’s expendable portion. Day 2, from what he says at the end, was a lot more intense.
A bunch of Iraqi soldiers surrendered to an unarmed news crew.
@@catluva74 XD they got so tired of his command and their crap!
@@catluva74 I heard from another comment section that a few surrendered to a navy RC plane (forgot the name of it, but it's size is equivalent to an rc plane) that was surveying the damage they did.
With the friendly fire incident, the Americans killed one fewer Americans than the Iraqis did.
A terrific work for this grafic-team, to make large as detailled things visible like this... Thank you so much !
I don't think you used the world "horrible" correctly lol
Did you mean terrific?
@@daniels0376 Thank you for this terrific hint :)
@@kaos1043 I did... thank you for your hint about my terrific mistake :)
i had NO idea desert storm was such a massive operation with so many damn units, bloody hell!
It was a big show after the end of the cold war.
This really puts into persective alot of things
This channel and Mark Felton's are two of my favorites.
Zee 705 - same here
I also like Armchair Historian.
My guy, don't forget war stories with Mark Felton.
Ditto, but I have a few more - Liveth for Evermore and Dark Docs.
@@estellemelodimitchell8259 i second this!
Absolutely incredible yet succinct synopsis. Well done. Subscribed.
It was the day the world knew, that the US is actually exceeding their own expectations and are not just some hyped up fairytales.
Immediately following the first Gulf War India’s former Army Chief of Staff said, “The lesson of Desert Storm is, ‘Don’t fight with the United States without a nuclear weapon.’"
tbh though, US Army today is not capable of taking on juggernaut land Armies in Asia, particularly the Indian Army and PLA Ground Force. The Americans still have much superior equipment, though. Its always American Air and Naval power that tilts the balance in USA's favour. And that is likely to remain true till 2070 at least.
@@death_parade I'd say it's plenty capable. And I'm not sure if a proven Asian juggernaut army exists.
@@Darling137 How exactly does a 31 Brigade Combat Teams strong US Army plan to take on an Army that is 40+ Divisions strong? And that too in the latter's own territory? Do you seriously think US Army is capable of executing a successful land invasion of mainland China? I am talking about land invasion. I have no doubt in my mind that US Navy and US Air Force would slap the $hit out of PLA in the South and East China Seas. But taking on PLA Ground Forces is not something 31 Brigade Combat Teams alone can do.
@@death_parade Army forces don't operate in a vacuum; force multipliers like the USAF and Navy you mentioned. Numbers are hardly a good measure of combat strength. Quality vs quantity has been the operating theory of the US army since at least the Cold War. Besides, of course both sides will mobilize and expand. Never mind allies. I never suggested it would be a cake walk. But the Army is certainly plenty capable
@@Darling137 Of course, force multipliers such as USAF enjoy immense advantages over PLAAF (such as superior pilots). And as the saying goes, if you can't win in the air, you can't win on the ground. As for numbers not being a good measure of combat strength, that argument is mostly true. But not when the difference in numbers is disproportionately high. 31 Brigade Combat Teams against 40+ Divisions is bad odds. Even if it is against green, poorly trained little emperors who have proven their incompetence in UN peacekeeping missions. And its not as if this is the PLAGF of 1980s. This is a much more modernized force (although its poor training and work culture remains its bane). I still would not bet on fighting 40+ Divisions while I only have 31 BCTs. Primarily because the the enemy will have enormous logistics advantage. An as they say in the Army: "amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics". I mean don't get me wrong. US military logistics is legendary. But going up against a manufacturing giant on its home soil is quite a difficult undertaking. Allies I deliberately want to keep out of the scope of this discussion. I am trying to discuss US Army alone. Of course, the reality is that China has created enemies all around it. If you put in a couple of allies like India and Japan, a land invasion of mainland China becomes plausible.
a mercifully shorter wait than montemayor's midway series
This war aside, Russia should study how war strategies are melted out before invading Ukraine. If Russia can't managed their sole military units what more if having to manage numerous coalition military such as this
Just look up how Russia dealt with Chechnya. Seems like competence is not a priority among high ranking officials. They would do so much better if they were more ready to retire old equipment rather than keeping it around. For an example USA is very good at retiring old planes, tanks and ships.
Can I just say I appreciate how much effort you put into making these videos, down to the tiniest of details. Amazing stuff as always.
Were Saddam's generals lying to him or was Saddam just delusional to the capabilities of their own forces?
I mean would you want to be honest with him?
Anyone who said no to Saddam was in for a world of hurt, so they figured out what he wanted to hear and that's what they told him.
Yes.
Saddam probably knew. But giving up would be humiliating, and dictators cannot suffer humiliation. It's basically a death sentence by coup..... So my guess is Saddam would rather sacrifice half his army, just to be able to say he was "strong" for "standing up to America", so he could stay in office. In a way, it's surprising/impressive that he managed to stay in office - most heads of state who lose a war (especially decisively) get replaced from within fairly soon, historically
@@MrNicoJac He still had his most dedicated military around him. Bush wouldn't take bagdad cause he knew the troop numbers of dead would skyrocket. He had an election coming up and he didn't want anything to mess that up. he can say he accomplished the goal without compromising his chances to win an election.....which he lost anyways.
To give some idea of how large various military units are: Squad: 8 soldiers Platoon: 30 soldiers Company: 120 soldiers Battalion: 300-400 soldiers Brigade: 5000 personnel Division: 25,000 Corps: Mandingo sized
this comment should be pinned at the top
Are divisions not 15,000 to 17,000? 25,000 is really big.
Thank you. I wondered.
Corps is like 1/4 size of an Army
@@henryrhu7457 Depends on the country and the type of unit as they can vary wildly. Armies based on the Soviet model, for example, typically had strengths less than their Western counterparts. Currently, I think a light infantry division like the 82nd has closer to 10K authorized personnel while a mechanized or armored division would be 20, 000 or more.
15:00 Im suprised the world didnt lag with that much artillery being fired
When the friendly fire is almost deadlier than the enemy fire, and not because you had especially bad friendly fire.