As an American, I believe it’s important to make a British guy narrate all of our victories.

@mattblom3990

6 ай бұрын

The British are your parent and closest military ally so I guess that makes sense.

@mho...

6 ай бұрын

🤣 HAH "victories", #murrica hasnt won a fight since ww2!, always just retreats, fails & propaganda, to throw m0ar money(and ppl) into the military industrial complex!

@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont

6 ай бұрын

Europeans became servants of the American Empire. We are capable of sacrificing our own interests to save those of America.

@Brae2468

6 ай бұрын

Not just British but Scottish......the best kind of British, I may be really biased though being a Scotsman myself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@iamaloafofbread8926

6 ай бұрын

​@mattblom3990 Quick question: Who is the mom and dad, France, or the U.K.?

Next video should be how to lose a war in twenty years.

@verrico7536

6 ай бұрын

So original

@pjotrtje0NL

6 ай бұрын

@@verrico7536and incorrect, too.

@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy

6 ай бұрын

Or how to believe everything you’ve ever heard without seeing it with your own eyes. That would be an awesome video too.

@jamesdrummond7684

6 ай бұрын

@@pjotrtje0NL How is it incorrect, exactly?

@john_in_phoenix

6 ай бұрын

I suspect that you are thinking of the second gulf war, just FYI.

My family has been in Kuwait since 1979, I was actually born just 1 month prior to Saddams invasion. My dad recalled that when he returned in 1991 after the liberation, our apartment was broken into. Possibly by Iraqi troops or just local looters. He said that there was a white cloth that he had forgotten on the clothesline. It was pitch black due to being exposed to the oil fires. Most of the stuff was gone, but there was a lone Seiko wall clock that my parents had received as a gift for their marriage 5 years prior. It was still ticking, and it still ticks to this day in 2023 🙂

@haggis525

6 ай бұрын

I took part in the first Gulf War. I was barely 30 and in service for 13 years at that time... it wasn't the first time I heard shots fired in anger but it was, at that time, the biggest operation I was involved in. I'm glad that you have an old clock as a souvenir.

@NoahSpurrier

6 ай бұрын

That’s a family heirloom. I’m sorry your family went through this. I hope things are better for you now. I had some US military friends and family go through both Gulf wars. Some of their stories aren’t fit for KZread. I didn’t know what to think about all this. I don’t think they knew, either.

@ComfortsSpecter

6 ай бұрын

Quite Humanistic

@rizkyadiyanto7922

6 ай бұрын

best seiko ad ever.

@user-pn3im5sm7k

6 ай бұрын

Seikos are bulletproof timepieces, both watches and their clocks. Keep it in the family forever. I know of a gentleman who was shot on the wrist while wearing a Seiko SKX diver in Afghanistan. He says that watch saved his life as he only sustained minor injuries since the bullet had shrapneled on the steel watch case. The crystal and bezel were obliterated and the bracelet had exploded from the sheer force, but the movement itself worked. He did repair the watch and still wears it to this day

To this day Desert Storm is possibly the smoothest, best run operation that involved overthrowing one country and liberating another in history. Almost everything went right, coordination was tight as can be and international cooperation was at an all time high. Ironically it's overwhelming success lead to the mixed mess of the 2003 invasion

@Splozy

6 ай бұрын

Is this a satirical post?

@ReySchultz121

6 ай бұрын

Bush Senior understood the geopolitical homework, Bush Junior did not.

@kilowhiskey7973

6 ай бұрын

@@Splozyno and he’s 100% correct.

@2hotflavored666

5 ай бұрын

@@Splozy Why do you think so?

@geoplane3799

5 ай бұрын

@@2hotflavored666 I mean they literally won in the span of less than a week with barely any casualties in Desert Storm. How *isn't* it a hyper-efficient perfect victory?

Saddam didn't fortify his western flank because he thought the coalition would get lost in the desert but little did he know about a brand new technology called GPS. Saddam didn't believe his commanders about reports of his western flank getting crushed by coalition army which is why he never sent the Republican Guard to shore up his west flank.

@tylerclayton6081

6 ай бұрын

We fought the Republican Guard in the battle of 73 easting. They were decimated in short order

@user-sy7cn4cu8s

3 ай бұрын

Uh I was there, and so was the rg

@omran2507

3 ай бұрын

dictators seem to have a habit of not listening to their commanders which mostly ends up being the reason they lose. so many examples throughout history most obvious one is when adolf tried to push stalingard despite all his commanders advising him to back out

@cadennorris960

Ай бұрын

GPS has been operational since 1978.

@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze

Ай бұрын

Would’ve made the 100 hour war a 120 hour war anyways

I actually remember that day when the ground war started. My dad and me had been watching the news and satellite channels for weeks on the air war, and one night, he got me out of bed at like 4 in the morning, on a regular school day, and we sat watching as the ground war unfolded. We watched with CNN reporters on board tanks, uploading footage live as it unfolded on night vision camera's. It was the best kind of television coverage, it always stood out for me from those days, along with the live reporting on the Berlin wall coming down. I've always remembered it as one of the highlights of my childhood.

@thebigmightybattleship

6 ай бұрын

You know you have won the war when you are giving joyrides to reporters on tanks.

@nevarius9010

6 ай бұрын

what a gread dt

@xBluesy

3 ай бұрын

@@thebigmightybattleshiplmao Iraq fighting for their lives and US is chasing em down with civilians watching 😂😂

@abhilashsharma9

2 ай бұрын

Are you a veteran, brother?

@gofoats

2 ай бұрын

My best friend was in the Guard as an LRMS crew member. He had his deployment gear ready to go. His unit was not called up because it was over so fast.

There were lots of lessons from the Vietnam War used in the Gulf War. The conflict helped restore America's military reputation

@tylerclayton6081

6 ай бұрын

The biggest difference was that the US never allowed its military to invade North Vietnam due to not wanting to escalate the conflict into a Korean war type situation. In hindsight it would have been better to just commit to an all out invasion and total war or just not get involved in the conflict in first place.

@jackbloomer1334

6 ай бұрын

@tylerclayton6081 the us is very good at taking out organized armies as shown here but it struggles with guerilla fighting though the vc were pretty much annihilated after the test offensive the us also has journalists

@napobg6842

6 ай бұрын

@@tylerclayton6081 And still a lot of lessons were learned.

@sumerianfarmer5363

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@manwithnoname8229

6 ай бұрын

@@tylerclayton6081 if the US did indeed invade North vietnam, they would've lost far worse. You have to consider direct chinese intervention in Vietnam, same situation in Korea.

TLDR: GPS was a new thing, defenders didnt think anyone would be so mental to cross the open desert for fear of getting lost, leaving that flank with less defence, causing it to be overrun which in turn domino'ed.

@Mirul-ef3jb

5 ай бұрын

Im sure there were aware. But due to internal meddling. They were left with very limited advantages

@loganamurray64

3 ай бұрын

Pretty silly since both the Germans and British had proven 50 years prior they could navigate the empty desert

@Lucyhehe_

Ай бұрын

@@loganamurray64sand people dont know compass

a lot of Canadian oil fire fighters were called in to put out the fires, they never really got the awards for the great job they did

@colingoldthorpe5918

6 ай бұрын

But they left with pockets full of gold $$$$$ 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ unlike those of us that actually liberated Kuwait we left with nothing.

@kutter_ttl6786

6 ай бұрын

​@@colingoldthorpe5918What kind of bs story is that.

@evanroberts2771

6 ай бұрын

They did. They got paid for doing their job.

@LexlutherVII

6 ай бұрын

couldn't the Americans do it by themselves??

@ryan19876

5 ай бұрын

Good you can fight a fire after the real men fight a war. Trudeau is a crying little French boi by the way.

How Russia would have liked its invasion of Ukraine to be like.

@Crashed131963

6 ай бұрын

Need a army that looks good not only on paper .

@stolek6908

6 ай бұрын

Ukranians had best AA sistems in europe, before SMO. They still got S300 sistems and nafo AA equipment. Its very hard to fight war if you have no air ssupport.

@polkka7797

6 ай бұрын

@@stolek6908 also Russia has very poor SEAD capabilities compared to the Americans. Who spent much of the Cold War developing air based weapons to suppress the Russian air defence.

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

Ukriane isnt iraq my guy

@stc3145

6 ай бұрын

@@Silver_PrussianNo, Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe whos peacetime military was significantly smaller than Iraq. And lacked any navy, modern aircraft and was reliant on obsolete Soviet equipment. What you actually mean is that Russia isnt America

Oh No! I’m old enough to have been involved in a war documentary!

@elmono558

6 ай бұрын

😆

@THE-X-Force

6 ай бұрын

Time is just a runaway freight train

@AdamBechtol

6 ай бұрын

;p

@livethefuture2492

5 ай бұрын

Congratulations, You've earned your place in history.

@notmanciv5016

3 ай бұрын

Time flies

The operations Room series on this war is fantastic if you want to know detail of the operation

@Royal_Swordfish

6 ай бұрын

Link to the operation rooms playlist on desert storm - kzread.info/dash/bejne/rKyGych7iNGcfco.html

@frenzalrhomb6919

6 ай бұрын

@@Royal_Swordfish I'm already subscribed, but thanks for using some one else's video to promote another person's channel. Do you do it for the money? Or didn't you think this video "worth the the time it took to watch? I wonder who had to die, for a d-k like you to be left in charge of "viewer choice?"

@TheAtomicSpoon

6 ай бұрын

Also the press briefing he gave was to this day one of the best ever given.

@toastermon2272

6 ай бұрын

The OR video also focuses more on challenges and obstacles they had to overcome because no part of this was as easy as this video makes it seem from time to time.

@TrickiVicBB71

6 ай бұрын

Great channel. Also recommend to people

Would have been nice to mention the feint that allowed the coalition land forces to surprise the Iraqi forces in Kuwait: USS Missouri and Wisconsin pounded Iraqi coastal fortifications in Kuwait from the gulf with their 16" main battery, leading them to believe this was where an amphibious landing would take place and subsequently move reinforcements away from the border, where the actual invasion force would come through. It was Wisconsin's Pioneer drone that Iraqi soldiers surrendered to when it was her turn to pound their positions on Faylaka Island on Feb 23rd. Wisconsin was also the Tomahawk strike commander, coordinating all strikes carried out by the Navy. By the end of her campaign, Missouri had dumped nearly 800 16" shells on Iraqis in addition to 28 Tomahawks. An impressive way to end a 50+ year career as one of the four last remaining active battleships in the world.

@Confxsed9748

5 ай бұрын

The Texas watching: 🫡

I remember reading a personal account of the initial bombing of Baghdad from someone on the ground. Everyone was in high spirits that Iraq would repel the "Paper Tiger" coalition. They saw what happened in Vietnam and expected nothing short of victory for their military. The night of the bombing, air raid sirens kicked on and anti-air gunners were shooting around the clock until there was nothing left to shoot. And the bombs seemed to never miss their mark. The war was lost in most people's minds by the time morning broke.

@blakedavis2447

5 ай бұрын

yea the thing most people forget is that America didn't lose Vietnam because the north had better soldiers or could kill us more than we killed them but because of politics and the overwhelming demand inside and out of the military for us to pull out. if you look at just the numbers we practically committed genocide on those people but gave up before it was over.

@hockema56

5 ай бұрын

@blakedavis2447 this is spot on. We didn't win that war because we didn't have the will to win it. Hell, most didn't even have the will to *fight* it, let alone win it.

@victorroque1324

Ай бұрын

@@hockema56 true, same with Afghanistan’s.

IWM flexing its comprehensive air and land collections here, what a great learning resource to have.

The war actually began August 1990 when Saddam invaded Kuwait. Be certain, Iraq did have a well trained and well equipped military. The US and some allies had laser rangefinders, computers to calculate tank trajectories and GPS had Just Barely come online. We didn’t get lost even in the truly trackless desert.

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

The iraqi army was neither well equiped nor well trained, americans and their fanboys have nothing brag about, it was like if myke tyson decided to beat up a scrawny nerd to show how strong he is. Its a shallow victory that latter led to a change in the tactics of the iraqis, which proved deadly to us forces.

@LunaticTheCat

6 ай бұрын

​@@Silver_PrussianYou're delusional.

@koharumi1

6 ай бұрын

The Iraq army was not well equipped. All their stuff was outdated. While the us waltz in with high tech military equipment. It was a laughable easy one sided fight.

@outis7080

6 ай бұрын

@@Silver_Prussian The Iraqi army was back then the 4th largest army in the world. It was filled with battle-hardened veterans from their war with Iraq. They also had not only Soviet, but also western weapon systems. They had one of the most sophisticated air defence and c2 infrastructures in the world. The US had develop the GBU-28 to destroy Iraqi c2 bunkers, which were located so deep the US arsenal lacked a munition capable of destroying them.

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

@@outis7080 again 4th largest means absolutly nothing for the reasons I have already stated. The little soviet equipment they had was old, unmodernized or used effectively or in too little quantities to make any change on the battlefield. They didn't have any western equipment that could have made significant change. Their air defence systme was not sophisticated at all further more it was already damaged in the gulf war. Developing a weapon to bust moderately deep bunkers is no achievement nor does it back your point of how tough supposedly the iraqis were (they werent) iranian and russian bunkers are twice or even trice times deeper than those in iraq. Let me give you an example of what the iraqis had T72 tanks which had rolled homogenous armour not composite like on soviet variants, some didnt had even a stabilizer. They didnt had modern many anti tank weapons but the ones that they had proved effective such as in the case of the russian kornet which was used only by iraqi special forces, they managed to disable two abrams tanks and one bradly in the 1st week of the war, imagine what they could have done if all of their army was equiped with them.

Is it only me or desert storm is the coolest military operation name ever

@notmanciv5016

3 ай бұрын

Way better than desert shield

@redsalt00

2 ай бұрын

You might like macvsog missions vietnam war

@crumbopulis

Ай бұрын

Operation OVERLORD

I have to say, the quality of this channel has improved so much since you first started. Trying to condense complicated subjects into 15 minute videos cannot be easy, but as long as you get your research right, you are 90% there. I would have liked you to have specifically called out the participation of Division Daguet, and British First Armored, but since you had both their symbols on the map I guess you get a pass on that as well. :)

10 thousand kilometers from home fighting on their home turf the worlds 4th largest army and probably most experienced at that point protected by possibly the hardest air defense barrier in the world and still broke them in no time

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

The distance didn't matter the us had bases in the region 4th largest doesnt meant the best trained or the most well equiped, americans were fighting soldiers who might as well have been trowing stones and fighting with sticks. The air defence was not in any way close to being the most secure in the world. Its a shallow victory with nothing to brag about, especialy in the comming years after 2003 when the americans were just begining to understand what the boys in vietnam experienced

@Icemann89

6 ай бұрын

Well, for decades the USA was preparing for all-out war with the behemoth the Red Army was and military planners knew high casualties are a big no no, so they meticulously planned everything and left nothing to chance. It also helps to base your military on the air and technological supremacy. Notice that the US deployed its ground forces only after a lengthy air campaign. USA was ready for war.

@hadencowdrey9829

6 ай бұрын

​@@Silver_PrussianLike in 2003 where the Iraqi military completely collapsed in a month for the second time....Al Qaeda and Isis still ultimately failed.

@sumerianfarmer5363

6 ай бұрын

Iraq did not put up a fight. The army was tired of Saddam

@tylerclayton6081

6 ай бұрын

@@Silver_Prussian The US defeated Iraq in 2003 in a single month, toppled Saddam’s military and government, and took Saddam prisoner then had him hanged. You don’t anything about the Iraq war. After the first month it was just low level warfare against an insurgency. The US military was basically just a police force in Iraq after the initial victory. We worked alongside Iraq’s new democratic government which took power in 2004

I was with my Army Reserve water supply company there..We were with the far left hook behind the French on the second day of the attack. We entered Iraq between the Saudi towns of Rafha and Harfar al Batin.

Another outstanding video production. Extremely informative. Thank you!

How to win a war in 100 hours? Step 1: Wait for the Air Force to defeat the enemy for a month and a half. Step 2: Roll in and take credit.

@codeysimmons790

6 ай бұрын

Not really rolling in and taking credit if your both on the same side. Besides, while the Air Forces broke the back of the Iraqi forces, you still need ground troops to go in and actually take the ground.

@Crashed131963

6 ай бұрын

What did Russia not think of that while invading Ukraine?? Does not Russia have the 2nd largest Air Force in the world ?

@chris52209

6 ай бұрын

@@Crashed131963 no the USN does

@murphy7801

6 ай бұрын

​@@Crashed131963also by number of aircraft I think china is larger as well

@Crashed131963

6 ай бұрын

@@murphy7801 With Russia's showing in Ukraine think many countries have a larger and better Air Forces than Russia .

My grandpa fought in desert storm, but I never really learned much about it. He died a couple years ago, but he was the best grandpa I could of asked for.

@mattbowdenuh

6 ай бұрын

Now that just makes me feel old. My grandpa on my mother's side in the air force in WW2. I remember Desert Storm and all the news reports on it as a child.

@quietus13

5 ай бұрын

@@mattbowdenuh same 😭👴💀

@giokun100

4 ай бұрын

And your point is?

@idontknow14672

4 ай бұрын

@@giokun100 Thought it was relevant to the video?

Do a video on why so many thousands of us who fought in the Persian Gulf War suffer chronic health issues to this day.

I was in a lecture hall in college in England when Kuwait was liberated, listening to the BBC using my transistor radio with an ear phone. I yelled “Kuwait is liberated” when I heard the news, and the entire lecture hall erupted in cheers.

That was a tough start to the Spring semester in college. Definitely spent more time watching CNN than going to class or homework.

They never stood a chance... the difference between the 1st rate military and 4th was devastating. Other so called military powers should take notes

@Crashed131963

6 ай бұрын

Like finding out Russia's military is a paper tiger.

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

4th largest didnt mean it was well equiped or the most trained not only that it gained that title due to the reduction of military spending of other countries which put them lower in the list.

@connorbranscombe6819

6 ай бұрын

@@Silver_Prussian It was trained by the Soviets copelord.

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

@@connorbranscombe6819 it wasnt sh*tlord. Because by the time the war happend they were operating on an outdated doctrine with outdated equipment with poorly trained troops. All of this is factual information you yourself or any of you little t*rds could have bothered to check, but it would have shattered your childish and naive perspective.

@StealthySpace7

5 ай бұрын

@@Crashed131963nah paper is kinda strong sometimes more like tissue paper

Title's misleading (a 5-week air campaign preceded the 100-hour ground operation) but overall a great video. The US and its allies completely routed the fourth largest and sixth most powerful armed force on earth that had just come out of an 8-year war with Iran and had a large amount of modern Soviet and French equipment. Desert Storm is easily one of the most complete victories in history. Now compare this to Russia: a 3-day "Special Military Operation" against the poorest nation in Europe turned into a 20-month slugging match.

@mohammedaykut8284

6 ай бұрын

U can't compare a 45 country assault on one with no support to Russia attacking a country that's supported by half of the world

@randomhumanbeing4182

6 ай бұрын

@@mohammedaykut8284 "45 country assault" Only the US, UK, France, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt participated in any meaningful fighting during Desert Storm and Iraq's total personnel in the theatre of operations was roughly equal in numbers to the Coalition troops they'd be facing. The other Coalition contingents were mainly relegated to guard, transport, and logistical roles. "on one with no support" Before diplomatically isolating themselves with their invasion of Kuwait they had the support of the US, France, and the USSR among others in their war with Iran, with lots of kit still left over from it including a French-built air defense system. "Russia attacking a country that's supported by half of the world" The initial disastrous operation by Russia was almost entirely a Russo-Ukrainian affair, support from the West only arrived later. Russia arguably had before it an easier task than the US initially, as they didn't have to fight a war over 6,000 miles away from home and had support from insurgent groups in parts of Ukraine itself which they had been supplying and fighting alongside for 8 years by that point.

@goldbullet50

5 ай бұрын

Hard to compare, when Ukraine has the Western capital, armaments and intelligence behind them, and no air superiority.

@specialist4566

5 ай бұрын

@@randomhumanbeing4182 also the U.S. only used a percent of its military for desert storm, they easily could have had 2-3x as many troops if they wanted to. meanwhile russia is sending most of its troops to ukraine.

@ronanchristiana.belleza9270

4 ай бұрын

@@specialist4566 Well likely because there other countries participate, if it did not well they would send more troops and equipment for the operation

A very good presentation. Thank you.

Hey IWM. Love your work 👍

I served with the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing during Operations Desert Shield/Storm. You should make a video to cover the ramp up to allow those 100 hours of success. There is a lot more to the story

I think this was a wake up call to the Soviets in how the war would have went if it stayed conventional.

When it happened and was on late night TV I didn't get much sleep. It was something that had never been seen before and it looked like it was out of a video game but from games now days

I remember that first night well, I was living in Al-Khobar and when the planes started taking off it was non stop noise, didn’t realize what it was at first

The Kind of Documentary that I liked Thumbs Up

Although I've lived in the United States my entire life, I had, and still have extremely strong feelings re this conflict. The university that I attended in the 1970s had a lot of students from Muslim countries countries including Kuwait so I was frothing at the mouth and cheering on the coalition troops.

@ACR909

6 ай бұрын

Cheering on the fall of society in Iraq, the genocide of Iraqis, and the creation of isis.

@repuIsive

5 ай бұрын

of course, we were the good guys here. Kuwait didn’t start it, we didn’t start it and the saudis didn’t start it

Incredible History Great Coverage Surprisingly Great Semantics, Still some Issues such as Inept Descriptions And a Few Not There Statements But Surprisingly Great per Modern General Media Thank You The Freedom Know’s No Bounds

Norman's first plan was for a frontal attack, but was rejected by his bosses in Washington. He therefore went for a flank attack. So who was the genius, Norman or the bosses?

@Augh98-nt2zn

6 ай бұрын

Frederick Franks was the real commander. Schwarzkopf knew little about armoured tactics.

@David-nr8hu

6 ай бұрын

This man John Richard Boyd . Cheney brought him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)

@mr.nemesis6442

6 ай бұрын

Both plans would’ve worked, it’s just that the Iraqi army he expected was a lot more powerful than the one he faced.

@TheTeremaster

6 ай бұрын

@@David-nr8hu John Boyd was a fraud who caused countless losses in vietnam.

@Busdriver321

6 ай бұрын

I remember being briefed on this plan. Third Armored division was supposed to spearhead this frontal attack. I was only a PFC but even I thought that a flank attack made more sense.

Great video I’ll make sure to use this in my next Hoi4 match

@notmanciv5016

3 ай бұрын

Millennium dawn

I was 14 and glued to the TV during my school holidays (Australia), I'd never seen anything like it before.

To this day Desert Storm is possibly the smoothest, best run operation that involved overthrowing one country and liberating another in history. Almost everything went right, coordination was tight as can be and international cooperation was at an all time high.

Truly saddened by the friendly fire to our British brothers :(

@StealthySpace7

5 ай бұрын

The British refused to do anything besides paint orange square on their vehicles, the US told them they should, if not use strobes or other markers, at least communicate. They did not.

A significant part of General Schwarzkopf's brilliance is his selection of commanders for the critical supply lines, as without the supply arriving at the right time, every time, the advance would never have even began.

I say, we used the same Blitzkrieg tactics the germans did, only with modern tech. advanced rapidly, supplies and communications as you do so pushing forward.

@GuyWithInternet.

6 ай бұрын

This sounds good on paper until you remember people study history and people now know how to counter blitzkrieg and the enemy will likely have the same or similar tech.

@arcaipekyun4232

5 ай бұрын

@@GuyWithInternet. it works by retreating along the whole front so you don’t get encircled, also having multiple defensive lines help. None of which does anything against the might of the coalition forces in this war. The air power alone was decisive.

@ronanchristiana.belleza9270

4 ай бұрын

@@GuyWithInternet. Question how to counter blitzkrieg? sorry for my enligsh

@Ilikemortar123

Ай бұрын

Everything that have tank is blitzkrieg at this point

@littlefluffybushbaby7256

7 күн бұрын

Except the Germans didn't use Blitzkrieg. I believe the term was coined by a western journalist. The tactics were born out of WW1, and elements of it are even older. Depends on your definition.

My division and my armored unit, 1st ID , 34th armor wiped the floor with them! I'm so proud of my crew that did an awesome job.

@Gallowglass7

6 ай бұрын

Hats off to you, lads!

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

Proud of what a shallow victory ? Its like if bruce lee went up against a 90 year old and beat him to death and said ,,ohh yeah I am the strongest"

@lukewilliams8835

6 ай бұрын

@@Silver_Prussiancope

@Silver_Prussian

6 ай бұрын

@@lukewilliams8835 you are the ones whos coping not me

@lukewilliams8835

6 ай бұрын

@@Silver_Prussian fs bro 💀

This was the war the told America their Cold War technology and tactics absolutely work. Iraq was absolutely trounced and never recovered.

This Marine would like to thank the tornado pilots for their quick and decisive action. I was the one on the berm when you came over with full afterburners going

This is good work, but it only touches on the critical subject of logistics. Without the theater wide support structure, the outcome would have been very different. “Amateurs talk strategy, Professionals talk logistics” General Omar Bradley

And Russia thought they were anywhere near to being a peer of the US.

@armoredlumberjack1999

6 ай бұрын

Presses red button, US goes Boom, its literally that easy.

@this_is_patrick

6 ай бұрын

@@armoredlumberjack1999 MAD exists. If Russia were to press the red button then everyone goes boom, including themself.

@bigt6665

6 ай бұрын

@@this_is_patrickthey always ignore the fact NATO has nukes and russia will forever be seen as an untrust worthy country which nearly ended human kind in the history books of the future

@fool6

6 ай бұрын

@@armoredlumberjack1999 using nukes as a checkmate is what losers do

@WizardOz-qt9tw

6 ай бұрын

@@armoredlumberjack1999US AND Russia, don’t forget.

IWM being sponsored by World of Warships, top 10 greatest anime crossovers in history

The general knew how to use the hardware the right way to win a war takes the right strategy and equipment

It’s mind boggling how far the US military has advanced since this conflict. The past 10 years has seen so many next generation weapon systems. The past 2 years alone has given the US many weapons which have no competition.

@Cailus3542

5 ай бұрын

The proof is in the pudding, Hopefully those weapons will never need to be tested in battle.

I was a 7 year old Iraqi boy in the city of Nassriya when the massive aerial bombardment began. I woke up in the middle of the night to the house, glass and my mother all shaking. That was the first time i heard of something called America. Some time later I saw coalition forces on one of our major streets and they tossed me some candy. That war had left my family as refugees and 4 years later, we settled in the United States. I went back in 2003 as an interpreter to help topple Saddam Hussein. I always wonder what my home land could have been like had that lunatic never seized power. The multiple wars and destruction he brought on Iraqis, will haunt Iraq for generations to come.

@dankengine5304

6 ай бұрын

I always hear Americans say that Iraq was better off with Saddam, but I wonder how true that is. Their GDP continued to increase since 2003. Iraq was just a difficult country to work with, but now they can handle themselves thank God. Thank you for your service.

@lordvader6172

6 ай бұрын

Wow, incredible story

@elxse4478

6 ай бұрын

Source ?

@Im_oofman232

6 ай бұрын

@@elxse4478 the source, is him

@mars5549

6 ай бұрын

@@elxse4478 wow you really didn't read the first line

Cool Video.

I know this might sound disrespectful to the veterans of Desert Storm, but a lot of the videos and pictures from it seem like such a vibe

There were actually 2 no-fly zones. Op Southern Watch was matched by Op Northern Watch, primarily aimed at protecting the staunchly anti-Sadam Kurds, although ironically they were still regularly bombed by Turkey. It's a sadly complex region.

I just did a 22 page report on this for my year 9 geography class :)

@AdamBechtol

6 ай бұрын

:p

@bigt6665

6 ай бұрын

bruv ur in year 9 its not that deep for a 22 page report. even if it is interesting

@lilhayman9934

6 ай бұрын

@@bigt6665well I did 22 page report and got 95% :)

Always loved the tornado when i was a kid, something abiut it is just cool

the emblem of US tactical air command looks so good

This war is like everyone on the server teaming up against one guy, lol

A 300 to 30,000 K/D ratio is insane.

@Danny15877

5 ай бұрын

I'd like to think the non-existent morale was the biggest reason. Many if not most of them were already done and fed up BEFORE they got bombed +45 days straight. It was already wraps, i wish they would've just withdrawn. I have no sympathy for them but the highway of death is such a haunting image to me. So many needless civilization deaths as well :(

Why do I feel like this will be mentioned in the next Lazerpig video. With the time this one is taking I’m hoping for a gulf war video.

Mad to think Battleships were used in this war.

#IWM What The Imperial War Museums can put together is honestly Incredible , From Information , To file Footage , To the Actual Mechizinsed equipment from the Battlefield , And also the Air Assets Fast Jet's and All type of Fixed Wing Assets That were Also In the Fight There is Very few places on Earth that can do it, And as a Data point and Analysis They are the Tier 1 Platform that can Cover Nearly every War and conflict that has happened through the millennium's of recorded History They are Truly the best in the Field And there work is only on showed in Collages around the world , But to the best Officers Training School's worldwide from , Sandhurst to West Point. The #Imperial-War-Museums Is in My Opinion, The best place to get fast data and footage and both in depth Analysis and Quick learning Aids but are always so much fun to watch but Learn. This Channel is Amazing Huge fan!!

I quess it helps when there are no trees to hide under, just mostly desert.

This really breaks my heart

Another factor was the low morale among iraqi soldiers fighting for a ruler/dictator they didn't want in the first place. In 2003, the coalition forces defeated the iraqi army in less than 2 days. However, I still dont understand why saddam was allowed to rule until 2003 when the coalition forces were right outside of baghdad during desert storm.

Fun fact: Schwartzkop had an IQ of 150 and was a member of Mensa.

This video repeats a boast we heard at the time, about the fantastic logistics skills of the American forces, with every container bringing just what was needed to the right place at the right time. Afterwards we found out that less than half the containers were even opened, and there were some salty posts around about the forty-footer full of condoms that some algorithm had thought it necessary to send over.

I remember this like it was yesterday. Over 100 thousand sorties? That is mind boggling!!!!

Cool video can IWM make video about iraq iran war and sino vietnam war

I was there. US 18th Airborne Corp.

@TrinitysTalons

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@notmanciv5016

3 ай бұрын

You were in the most well organized invasion in the Middle East

Probably the last time to date we fought a perfect campaign. This is one of those conflicts we need to learn from.

@quietus13

5 ай бұрын

That is very ignorant. Operation anaconda in 2001 was a smashing success, only failing to capture bin Laden after he escaped from Tora Bora. The Iraq war in 2003 was the fastest military advance in history. The US military is dominant, it is fantastic at breaking nations. It sucks however at nation building, which it should not be in the business of anyway.

@sumerianfarmer5363

4 ай бұрын

😂

As always, a dictator starts an invasion thinking what he does is required for security.

Crazy how effective they are if there is oil involved...

one of the largest armies on earth fleeing with anything they could steal. This is what became the road of death.

@forsaturn4629

6 ай бұрын

I thought it was civilians leaving, but it's actually Iraqi soldiers

@porkerpete7722

5 ай бұрын

*Highway of Death

@RENASK

Ай бұрын

@@forsaturn4629 its both but mostly soldiers

Though in the end this move totally backfired on the us. Now Iran has a huge influence in the country. With Iraqis saying that they were better under Saddam than now with all the instability and corruption in the country widespread in the wake of power vacuum of Saddam.

@marjoranxha3695

6 ай бұрын

You are mixing Desert Storm with Operation Iraqi Freedom.

only thought the entire time was " God i love this country"

I've been thinking how to formulate this comment but I can't. Can you imagine what those pilots still feel today regarding their blue on blue incidents? I think the last thing you want to hear over the net is "Cease fire; Blue on Blue". I guess what I'm trying to express is, if it was me, even all the logical explanation wouldn't be enough to even soothe my mind. The feeling gnawing in the back of my brain of "I could've done this, or that, or the other to have avoided this situation" I don't know, I think accidental fratricide is the worst thing that could ever happen to any armed forces personnel.

How to win a war in 100 hours: Be the United States Armed Forces

@user-mq7sf2cc1e

6 ай бұрын

how to win a war 39 country vs 1 goddam cowards

Great video. Thank you

Imagine being an Iraqi soldier and this mammoth of an army descents upon you. I'd poop my pants

Quick question about the lady doing the voice over, but did she do the voiceover for a Netflix show about tanks, I think Age of Tanks? She sounds very familiar

My birthday was August 9th and I had never seen so many aircraft in the air at one time. My dad said look they are having an air show for your birthday. At 5 I believed him. I still haven't seen that many aircraft in the sky and I was in Iraq in OIF

Hey IWM we, the US Army, and even my unit knew we would destroy them. We had no reservations that our tanks would just sweep them off the map. Heck I put a broom up on my antenna after the fighting stopped, a tradition in American armor units.😂

@jasonbravoperez498

6 ай бұрын

China and Russia would destroy you guys lol

@sumerianfarmer5363

6 ай бұрын

Cool Guy

Friendly fire thanks to high tech stuff? The A10 was a ridiculously out of date rotary cannon with a plane around it, whose pilots needed to aim using binoculars. It was no wonder there were friendly fire incidents, they were relying on “high technology” from the 19th century to aim with.

@BuckClucks

6 ай бұрын

The A10 was not out of date in the 1991 invasion, this was the first time it was used in a battle.

@Anglomachian

6 ай бұрын

@@BuckClucks it entered service in 1976, and its problems still stand

@BuckClucks

6 ай бұрын

@@Anglomachian They had a targeting pod to aim, but there is a story of a guy using binoculars.

@lonpfrb

6 ай бұрын

The A-10C currently in service is the result of continuous improvement which is standard practice. I suggest that the problem was with the Warriors not having any IFF fitted so relying on Forward Air Controllers to radio communicate the battle situation. The fog of war is expensive in blood and treasure. 🇬🇧💂🎖️🌺🎚️

@Loki1701e

6 ай бұрын

no many of these issues have been resolved inside the aircraft. but yes the a10 did lack some iff capability during the gulf war like MOST nato equipment at the time. It also doesnt help that the warrior supped up with ERA looks eerily similar to the bmp1 from really far away. Along with the fact most nato tanks didnt have identification tiles to help identify them. @@Anglomachian

13:03 Amazing journalist comparing BMP with MBT..

Seems like only yesterday that we were tuning in to reports from the "Scud Stud", AKA Arthur Kent.

Most Brits died from "friendly fire" by Americans? Sounds like some Yankees seized the opportunity.

In regards to that friendly fire incident around the 12:08 mark, you can actually look up the video of the comms of the A-10 pilot, and his control. The A-10 pilot after hearing what he had done, was literally sobbing, and puking in his cockpit as he flew back to base. In all honesty, you cannot blame him for his mistake. Yes, it was an absolute tragedy. However, he was flying a multi-million dollar aircraft, and his only way to verify friend or foe were binoculars. The A-10 at the time did not have cool fancy zoom cameras, the pilots literally had to fly at altitude, going at pretty decent speed, and look out the window....with binoculars.

@littlefluffybushbaby7256

7 күн бұрын

I heard they were controlling where it was safe to attack by using squares like a chess board and, because the war was moving so quickly, the British vehicles were further in than expected and in a legitimate kill square. I don't know how true that is though. Unfortunately it's the fog of war. The number of friendly fire incidents is much much higher in previous wars. Although that's no consulation for the families.

I'm a retired U.S Marine I was there did two combat tours desert storm and desert shield

The fact that a national museum is being sponsored by a video game 😂

at 0:57 the decade should be 1980s not late 1990

@Brookspirit

6 ай бұрын

Yep, the wall came down in November 1989.

Man Desert Storm was the peak of awesomeness in the world... I miss that era even though I'm a 2000s kid

@haggis525

6 ай бұрын

I was there... it wasn't awesome. I was in my early 30's and had over 12 years service then... it absolutely sucked.

@agniteyt

6 ай бұрын

@@haggis525 well thanks for the service... But considering today's world, it was better than the other Iraq

@haggis525

6 ай бұрын

@@agniteyt yeah.... I get that

@Crashed131963

6 ай бұрын

The 2003 war was larger I think .

@sumerianfarmer5363

6 ай бұрын

The Better Iraq? now you got bloodthirsty Iran instead🤣

Real good lesson on don't start something you cant finish 😂😂😂

I hadn't realised that the coalition was more than 1,000,000 personnel 😮

@johnmontecalvo1508

5 ай бұрын

790,000 were Americans.

How to win a war in 100 hours? Step 1: Be a hundert countries Step 2: Fight a single country Step3: Have the world strongest and third strongest army in your team

@jaybee9269

5 ай бұрын

What was the 3rd strongest?

@MCCiabattaGrande

5 ай бұрын

@@jaybee9269 UK

@jaybee9269

5 ай бұрын

@@MCCiabattaGrande >> I suspected.

This was a warning. Do not provoke NATO.

3:19 man, I’d hate to be him. How do you prepare for a task like that? How’d he get any sleep with so many things to do?

Thought this was gonna be a 100 hour video for a sec