Brutal Urban Combat: Battle of Fallujah (2004) | Animated History

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Sources:
Head, William. “The Battles of Al-Fallujah: Urban Warfare and the Growth of Air Power.” Air Power History 60, no. 4 (2013): 32-51. Accessed June 1, 2021.
www.jstor.org/stable/26276386.
Knarr, William (Bill), Dale Alford, Mary Hawkins, David Graves, Jennifer Goodman, Matthew Dobson, Carolyn Leonard, John Frost, Tracy King, Thomas Jones, and Matt Coursey. Al Sahawa “The Awakening Volume V: Al Anbar Province, Area of Operations Raleigh, Fallujah.” Report. Institute for Defense Analyses, 2016. 2-1--14. Accessed June 6, 2021. www.jstor.org/stable/resrep229....
Reyhani, Roman. “The Legality of the Use of White Phosphorus by the United States Military during the 2004 Fallujah Assaults.” Berkeley Electronic Press Preprint Series, 2007.
West, Bing. No True Glory. Bantam, 2005.
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You know you’re old when 2004 is considered historic.

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2004 was one year after I was born: anything before today can be considered historic anyhow.

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@@cringeyidiotterry eyyy same! A 2004 dude, too! Yeah… we’re pretty old by these standards Just 3 years left for it to be 20 years this happened

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Are you high? There are countless books on the matter. What? "My SchOOl" "diD noT TEAch it". Oh please. Read it yourself or take up a College/Post secondary course

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@@johnpijano4786 he means it's not as known as the great war and the 2nd world war. Where I'm from in the UK op desert storm and other operations in the middle east are very really talked about in schools and college whereas both world wars are pretty well covered

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@@johnpijano4786 most people only have a basic understanding and interest in history, and yeah there are plenty of books but the vast mayority of modern media usualy delves either in the past or in fantasy

[@PugkinSoup]

Like the several ongoing conflicts such as the Yemeni civil war, like 4 wars in Africa. And yet we hear jack about these conflicts, I barely even knew that Russia has been moving borders for a decade now in Ukraine and Georgia, yet news companies can give a platform to anti-vax nutters and old people complaining about anything even slightly progressive. The world we live in

[@chrisblack2330]

This place was insane. It sounds cliche, but there's no way to really describe this stuff to anyone. It's weird how 18 years later. A smell or sound can trigger the brain and put you right back there in a second.

[@chardaskie]

Thanks for sharing Chris. I am curious about the Scots that were there. How did they perform or were they more of a rear guard?

[@chrisblack2330]

@Chard askie I never ran into any Scots. Just a handful of Royal Marines was about it. I'm pretty sure they held their own pretty well. Great people when on your side

[@farhan007]

Sam imagine the actual Iraqis who lived there that had to deal with this and how much more traumatic it is for them.

[@chrisblack2330]

@@farhan007 it was pretty traumatic living under a dictator that had everyone scared they were the next to die also.

[@farhan007]

@@chrisblack2330 you have zero intellectual curiosity of the residents of falujah before the invasion. Don't speak for people you give zero ducks about.

[@egg-iu3fe]

Anyone who has the balls to fight the US military in open combat gets respect in my eyes. Can't think of a more scarier organization to be fighting

[@swaswainhimmen]

Lmao it was Zarqawi and his boys. Their boldness was later rewarded when America retreated from Iraq, and his students formed ISIS.

[@o_manam]

They had a lot of battle-hardened soldiers. The Chechens were pretty fierce, they had a lot of experience against technologically superior enemies.

[@redbrixanimations]

@@o_manam what do the Chechens have to do with Iraq

[@tormundgaint1022]

@@redbrixanimations I think they volunteered to help the militants

[@Skelstoolbox]

modern day rome, yes.. but there will always be defeats.. the usa will go the same way as rome too and become a shadow of its former self..

[@EdinProfa]

I wish you'd make a Yugoslav wars series, covering major battles and operations.

[@ltcysaber87]

this

[@worldeater1498]

That will cause wars in the comment section

[@weplaygameforwin9326]

@@worldeater1498 Balkanize Comments MOMENTO

[@isthatasupra4727]

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[@holycow1753]

As a Balkan myself... "The enemy of my enemy is my enemy and there are some guys i dont like so i will just fight like 8 different countries" is the saying that explains Balkan.

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@John Doe Yeah sure

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@John Doe sure bud

[@internetexplorer7143]

@John Doe He also does videos for the other side, like D’day from the German perspective or the Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban perspective

[@GeneralGouda]

I knew a guy who served in fallujah, he joined the army right after 9/11. He was a staff Sergeant. He left the service in 2006 and was riddled with debilitating PTSD from the things he witnessed there. This was one of the bloodiest military conflicts in American history.

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

Pretty much the bloodiest fighting since Hue City&Black hawk down in Somalia

[@user-jj7fy3su8k]

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[@Mahmouddanawi1]

@@user-jj7fy3su8k المنتصرون هم من يكتبون التاريخ ليس الطيب أو الشرير

[@aymanhasan-2991]

Good that he has ptsd, i hope he does soon so he can meet his buddies in hell

[@moexus]

Iraqis fought to defend their country, what's wrong with that

[@AdamerioPhD]

friend of mine i grew up with fought in this battle; was badly wounded, nearly died. unfortunately, he couldn't overcome his own demons and the battle eventually got him a couple years ago. this video helps give me a better idea of what he went through there. miss you man.

[@JRBullet]

Its okay he was a terrorist invaded other countries ..... He got what he deserved ...... Hell

[@bebo5365]

Your friend was a war criminal and deserved what got to him, unfortunately. Was in Iraq illegally. Your friend was part of the problem and any American soldier following orders IS the bad guy.

[@korosenseiff3653]

مات صديقك والى الجحيم ذاهب بعد ان اسرف في الجرائم ونار الغضب فينا اشعل

[@evanderpierznik]

Sorry to hear that

[@adhn]

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[@Ireanxay]

this gave quite the view on how urban warfare has changed and just how bad it's gotten, really informative

[@lehoang3532]

Urban warfare is still as bad as it was. Hell, it was worse.

[@s.a928]

I would say it's gotten better. I mean hell in ww2 they flattened the city before any troops even going in

[@johnrambo2706]

@@s.a928 flattening entire city districts is still a thing if Russian Urban Warfare method is applied.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@TheSquidPro]

@@johnrambo2706 It is the wiser decision. Personally I'd just dig in for a siege and starve them out with around the clock artillery to drain morale. Anybody that comes out and surrenders can be interred. I mean why play by the enemy rules when they can come to you at your advantage? Israel another morally unscupulous state has shown that flattening a few neighborhoods works pretty well. It won't make you loved or popular, but it works.

[@__________Troll__________]

*There's a game called "Six days in Fallujah" which attempts to capture the horror of US soldiers trying to breach and clear these houses. It also features testimonies from soldiers who were there, in the form of short clips between missions. The game was in development many years ago but got canceled due to public backlash... but at the beginning of this year the developers announced a continuation of the games development.*

[@murtadhaalkenani3876]

So you say it was cancelled because it showed US as the bad guys

[@CrossOfBayonne]

It was because at that time the Iraq War was ongoing and there lots of opposition to US involvement in that region and our guys were dying while performing occupation duties after Saddam got overthrown during the initial March 2003 invasion.

[@methos4866]

I wonder if it will also show the plethora of war crimes committed.

[@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift]

i wonder if white phosphorus bombs are in the game 🤔

[@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift]

@@ProxiProtogen no it got backlash from the parents of dead soldiers who died in Fallujah, that's why it was shelved for years. now in a post-Afghanistan scenario , this game is not gonna have that much impact in promoting jingoism. and i bet you on day one of release, there are gonna be alot of people (especially Iraqis) pointing out whats not in the game like the birth defect children from white phosphorus exposure. if the game is that case, where its just strictly the American POV and never really presents civilian POVs, the game is just gonna be a generic war game like ShellShock: Nam 67' at best

[@mohamedm.el-sawymd2325]

As an Arab... I find the word insurgents unacceptable... The battles of Fallujah and others were between the resistance fighters against aggressing invaders.

[@HamburgerMan-ch1od]

Insurgent means revolutionary or rebel. So it’s technically a correct term. I also want to say that many of the insurgents in Fallujah werne’t even Iraqi.

[@-sunni3968]

​@@HamburgerMan-ch1odThey are not rebels, they were just defending their land and honor. Go and ask about what America did before the battle.

[@HamburgerMan-ch1od]

@@-sunni3968 They classify as rebels because they are fighting against an occupying force. I don’t think it gets any simpler then that.

[@zakme5638]

That's why most westerners don't understand the situation in middle East and don't understand that America is a house of war and their government is laden with warmongers no peacemakers, invading Iraq is the stupidest thing their president Bush did and his minion Tony Blair, Gladly there are Americans who see sense and condemned the invasion of Irak.

[@zakme5638]

​@HamburgerMan-ch1od if gunmen break into your own house and you start fighting back and they'll say this insurgent rebel is fighting us as authority, it doesn't make any sense, this what happened in Iraq those were resistants against the invasion.

[@ryanjohnston7844]

I could watch these videos all day. Armchair historian is so good. So knowledgeable as well.

[@ToddTheTolerable]

Urban Combat is fascinating in its brutality. Stalingrad in WWII, Fallujah in Iraq, the Favela levels in MW2

[@fatis2745]

There are two types of people. People who finished favela only on regular Liars

[@juanignacioflores3820]

@@fatis2745 i finish it in the last dificulty level, and o god the nightmares

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@@fatis2745 I actually was playing it on veteran and gave up

[@kaiserwilhemii9121]

Battle of Amein in The Great War idk i wasn't on ze Frontline

[@worldofdoom995]

Not to mention Manilla in the Phillipines and Shanghai in China also in WW2

[@thegooddoctor2009]

It's amazing to hear this was the bloodiest battle in Iraq by US forces, then hear that there were only 700 casualties over several weeks. After listening to WWII and Vietnam stories it seems so underwhelming, even though it was insanely brutal.

[@yousefal-assaf2985]

In the age of modern warfare, where you can kill your enemy before they can even see you, "700" casualties is really huge. P.S. The real number was much higher than 700, more like 3700...

[@elgazu1857]

It’s different now, armies have become more like quality instead of quantity because each soldier is equipped with thousands of dollars; and in WWII it was different, there were millions of soldiers from each side that were barely equipped compared to what is use today

[@CrayonEater255]

@@yousefal-assaf2985 No the number wasn’t bigger.

[@yousefal-assaf2985]

@@CrayonEater255 And who are you exactly? Are you an Iraqi or do you work for the UN?

[@CrayonEater255]

@@yousefal-assaf2985 why would I believe you? lmao, I prefer real sources over some dirty middle eastern.

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I love this historical content. Don't stop producing this please.

[@JG54206]

Hey Grif, I’ve been watching your videos for a while. I will admit that there are some I skip due to the subject nature being completely out of my interest but I try to come back to them. I just appreciate the videos and especially the way you articulate the info. The intro of this video in particular gives me goosebumps. I was only 9-10 years old at the time of this battle and I’m not sure why but the pictures I’ve seen from these days of the GWoT are seared into my consciousness. The intro of this one really put me in the shoes of “the point man”, from the last deep breath taken as he prepares himself outside the door, to the tap on his shoulder from his squad mate letting him know it’s time, to the dump of adrenaline that he gets as he breaches the door and clears the threshold. I find myself now as a 28 year old trying to seek out and find documentaries and testimonials from the young men (and women) who were there in Iraq and Afghanistan. This battle in particular really strikes me as it was the bloodiest battle of the Iraq war for the US and because a large bulk of the fighting in this battle was done by young Marines and Paratroopers as opposed to Special Operators who were more trained and more experienced to what a modern, urban war against a fanatical insurgent enemy looked like.

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_"The pointma--"_ *DEMONETIZATION COMPLETE: HISTORICAL CONTENT DETECTED.*

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Either that or get drowned out by the political arguments in the comments.

[@JagerLange]

Harsh, harsh but true.

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You mean the point-person

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@@z54964380 "It's PointMA'AM" (sorry I had to)

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[@nicd5051]

My stepfather was KIA on November 12, 2004 following a battle with the insurgents of Fullujah. Although it hurts, I’m thankful for Armchair covering this battle. It means a lot.

[@motorTranz]

Sorry for your loss. May God comfort you 🙏 My condolences.

[@R4in46]

Your stepfather was a hero

[@ayshanehsan1330]

@@R4in46 he's not Me and my mother got injured by glass Our house got damaged 2 of our neighbors di. Ed by an American Air str- Ike

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I hope he has his peice, now.

[@ayshanehsan1330]

@ what terr? There was no terr when saddam was in charge The gov was secular btw and both commies and islamist supported him U people made the war solely on that Sadam had WMD but he didn't also even if he did Why ya western can have those while we can't? If we had them u ame wouldn't even dare to attack us just look at NK

[@Noah-357]

Along the history, the occupying entities call the resistance as an act of terrorism for example in Vietnam when the Vietnamese resistance was called a terror group, although it was fighting for all people of Vietnam to free its country from the occupation. Also, the Barbaric British occupation on the US 200 years ago, called the US resistance, as an act of terrorism until all British army lost the war and left the US with humiliation, and the US got it's freedom in 1792, which we celebrate every year in the independence day.

[@drrocket1753]

I do love how we used Desert fatigues but still running around then with M81 Woodland vests

[@Elliesbow]

One of my childhood best friends is a combat veteran who fought in this battle. One day after a few drinks by the fire he opened up about his experience in Fallujah and how fighting these insurgents was something none of them could prepare for. He said some of them were high on drugs and could take multiple rounds without stopping. At one point a SAW gunner ripped a insurgents leg off and he remembers the guy staggering back up on one leg screaming at them while continuing to fire his weapon. He said everyone couldn't believe what they were seeing until the insurgent finally collapsed in the street from blood loss. Thankfully my friend made it out and now has a beautiful family but the PTSD still effects him everyday.

[@milmex317th]

Religion is the opium of the masses. Lenin's quote.

[@AO00720]

They weren't high on drugs, they were freedom fighters, don't underestimate a freedom fighter.

[@IswearIwasBatman]

I don't think they were high on drugs they were high on adrenaline to resist occupation of homeland. The death they received is the death they were looking for. Thanks to Bush both your friend and the Iraqi suffered and are suffering.

[@redlobster6714]

My dad has a similar story he said he just kept shooting a dude and he would not go down

[@thatonefriendiii2827]

@Jinx Vanderz well it isn't really OP's friend's fault, he wasn't the one who decided to invade, he was only following orders, if you want to blame someone, blame the politicians, they were the one who made decisions. *Imo* only blame the soldier if the soldier was committing war crimes because he/she wanted to, and was absolutely conscious that what they were doing was wrong.

[@gnumblinjones69]

Been waiting on a video about Fallujah and you didn’t disappoint it was worth the wait

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Very cool, McDonald's! You guys should sponsor him.

[@raven-dq6ox]

Yeah same. I recently saw American Sniper and it sparked my interest in these sorts of modern middle eastern battles, video was definitely worth the wait

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Can I get a big mac

[@jacobmv21]

Macdonald

[@safeysmith6720]

I’m from Canada but I remember watching a really good report on this battle from some British news agency, just like a month after it happened. I can’t remember anything more than that, other than those Brits almost turned it into a historical documentary the way they presented it. Of course it was coupled with front line footage. It was really good and also very shocking!

[@church6882]

the one where the dude was kissing his weapon during the briefing, right?

[@safeysmith6720]

@@church6882 Perhaps! I just remember them going into huge detail about how the American columns would enter the city from different directions, and what zones each would be clearing etc. Just was really informative and well done!

[@CaliPlays5651]

@@safeysmith6720 I think i seen that one. A US Marine who had Arabic Christian parents entered a regular family's house who weren't part of the war... his unit exited, and you can see him kiss his hands and then plant the kiss on the door of the home they just breached.

[@user-dx5vl8ev2m]

America suffered a huge loss, but the media hid this fact. All America and its allies could do was kill unarmed civilians.

[@python3215]

@@CaliPlays5651 thats how war is, civilians are going to be caught in the crossfire, those US marines didn't know which buildings had terrorists and which didn't

[@ArmyoftheEast]

Be certain that you will die tomorrow and be certain that tomorrow will never come 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇶

[@coreybenson3122]

My dad was there. Third Battalion, Fifth Marines. Ironically enough, I myself ended in 3/5 when I enlisted. Couple of the old timers in the battalion HQ remembered him.

[@bluecordrecipient6907]

That’s awesome dude, Semper Fi!

[@cringeyidiotterry]

We're glad to hear that both you and your father are ok. Thank you for your service, Benson.

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

Thanks for the both of your services! And, pretty cool, I think, that you and your dad are soldiers, it’s like a great blood is within you! Courage within your veins!

[@lightningdriver81]

Semper Fi.

[@casualgerm]

wow...that's amazing! those are big boots to fill. don't let your dad down, Devil!

[@man_maw5317]

Maybe you could do a video about the Grozny siege of 1994? The 90s war was similiar to Fallujah in a way, with the islamic insurgents fighting a large enemy. The video could also dive deeper into the corruption that went on during the battle, aswell as how chaotic it was on the Russian side.

[@B10101]

The Islamic insurgents made up only 7% of the whole Chechen "army".

[@bjorntorlarsson]

Yeah! It could be another episode in a "Blunders Of Wars" series! Sending armored personnel carriers into the city center as a propaganda stunt didn't turn out to be a good idea, if I remember correctly. Because there are armor piercing grenades around from any window and they are uncomfortable for the passengers.

[@ReySchultz121]

@@B10101 @B J Dudayev loved organizing militias so yeah that's somewhat accurate. What they didn't make up for with soldiers & mercenaries, they made up for with their money.

[@NaderBerbish]

@@B10101 Doesn’t change the fact they were lead by Islamists 💪💪💪

[@thirstyserpent1079]

​ @Björn Larsson The Russians lost something like 26 percent of all vehicles in the operational area from what I recall, a substantial number of about 200-300 I think? Were T'72's and T-80's. The T-80 underperforming so badly that high level Russian military officials openly talked about scrapping the entire design due to for instance a catastrophic weakness in parts of its armor that the designers said would be accounted for by certain internal components. Russian infantry didn't do too much better. There was a battle for the cities train depot and marshalling yard in which I want to say an entire battalion of Russian troops were wiped out to a man and numerous other units were savaged by chechen red army veterans from the soviet war in afghanistan.

[@Tianshanwarrior]

My instructor told me a story of how the resistance fighters were taking down soldiers clearing rooms. The marines had modified their entry tactics

[@EmperorNapoleonBonparte]

I really love this channel for not giving any opinions about the topic

[@Welkon1]

I remember hearing about Falluja as a kid and seeing some interviews with some house-clearing veterans, I even met a guy who was deployed into Falluja in 2006.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@nlocflick]

what did you learn talking to these terrorists?

[@jmo82592]

@@nlocflick about as much anyone could learn from you lmao

[@alexvazquez3035]

@@nlocflick why don’t you go to Camp Lejeune or any other military installments with infantry on them and call them that lol

[@knightmarespawn2690]

@@nlocflick Anybody's a terrorist if don't like them enough

[@twohorsesinamancostume7606]

My mom's birthday was during that fight and of course it was my turn to be on point that day. My nerves were fine until then and I was absolutely terrified that I'd wind up dead on my mom's birthday. No matter what I absolutely could not allow that to happen. We didn't assault through every house by the way. Like you said those houses were essentially giant bunkers so if we ran into a fighting position and the Army was around we'd have a Bradley open up with it's 25mm cannon, one of our tanks put a shell into it or we'd launch a SMAW through a window and the pressure from the explosion would kill just about everyone in there if it didn't just outright collapse the place. Honestly... the middle eastern guys we were fighting were a joke. Don't get me wrong, they could still kill you with a lucky shot but those guys watched too many 80s movies because they fired everything from the hip. No, the guys we had to worry about were the Chechens. Those guys were well trained, had at least a decade's worth of experience and were there specifically to die fighting. We abliged them but those guys had no quit whatsoever. Us Marines respected them highly for that.

[@edscmidt5193]

How would you know you were fighting Chechens? Also do you mean Chechen people or any vet of the Chechen wars

[@markvalentine5851]

Thank you for sharing.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@edscmidt5193 Because they stick out like sore thumbs in the desert. They're White people from the Caucuse Mountain region of Southern Europe. They have red hair. They are not Arabs. They are clearly not from Iraq, just like the Americans aren't from Iraq.

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

@@jimmyliang4414 bit of a change in topic perhaps, but are the Taliban similar to the middle easterns you just mentioned in terms of their accuracy/skill. Or are they more like the Chechens.

[@Shortsmainlydota]

@@jimmyliang4414 Still lose in Afghanistan. LOOOOOOL. I cant believe some drug guys with AKs Fucked you guys and your allies so hard...Now they are ruling... Still you can hide your shame by talking none-sense. Such a shame...

[@america8706]

Something that I learned recently was that the Marines involved in the battle were later investigated for war crimes because so many insurgents were being shot in the head that the brass thought that they were being executed. But no it was just that someone decided giving Marines ACOGs was a good idea. And don't forget to ask your local Fallujah Marine if he opened alot of doors with his shotgun lol.

[@BASHEER964]

As an Iraqi person from fallujah It’s nice to see that the informations in the video are actually quite like the ones you hear in the streets .

[@josephedward7534]

You should do a video about the battle of Mosul (2016-2017). That was the biggest urban battle since WWII.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Tell me more

[@abbcc5996]

@@MASTEROFEVIL look up footage of SVBIEDs from mosul. 500 of them pouring out of every hole and most of them were recorded from the air by the insurgents reconnaissance drones, i think those are the most interesting and crazy combat footage ever after ww2 air battles taken from plane cameras

[@peepeepoopoo-lz7vj]

@@MASTEROFEVIL There is a fantastic book called "Mosul: Australia's Secret War Inside the ISIS Caliphate". It's definitely worth a read.

[@altoids79762]

I had a hand in that battle. Nothing crazy just loaded aircrafts with bombs and watched on live feed the battle damage from my aircraft

[@Gillan1220]

Armchair should also to Battle of Marawi (2017) which was the largest urban conflict in the Philippines since 1945.

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

A friend of mines older brother fought here. When he got home his parents told me and his brother ( I think we were in 6th grade at the time) don’t push him to tell any stories , if he wants to tell you he will but if he does listen, really listen. Well eventually he did tell us about Fallujah and to this day , the far away look in his eyes when he did haunts me

[@tarix_x2368]

One important message for all of the people here. NOT ALL INSURGENTS SUPPORTED AQI OR LATER ISI, MANY OF THEM FOUGHT IT.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@tarix_x2368 That was one of the aspects of Iraq that was so difficult. Groups could be any number of things including but not limited to: pro-Saddam baathists, Sunni jihadists, pro-Iranian Shiites, pro-American democracy fighters, Kurdish nationalists, and so many others. All of these groups fought for drastically different things and all of them dressed very similarly. Trying to tell one group from another was a lesson in confusion.

[@ali95ah]

PTSD

[@korosenseiff3653]

So he show up in an other country participating in many crime and kill many people, and when he back home the far still in his eyes I know many mother that lost there shildren of 6-7 years old or there adult sons what can american tell them? We are also sad that we lost soldier that we sent ?

[@gussampson5029]

@xIAMxTHATxGUYx Rules of war are only between two nations fighting a war like gentlemen. Terrorists and insurgents are not members of a rival military. They are murderers. They have no rights whatsoever. You can kill or torture them in any way and you do not violate rules of war. Because you are not fighting a war with them. Wars are between nations.

[@SecretPersonComment]

You have the highest quality animated history videos compared to some people! I've been watching for quite a while and I usually enjoy your videos. Still wanting a Kings and Generals collaboration.

[@matthewr1483]

I fought in Fallujah from being part of the assaulting force to the very end when we pulled out in January, I was with 1st Bat 3rd Marines (1/3)… the public thinks the fighting ended in November but we were fighting well into January, the US Military was quick to say the fighting was over but it wasn't. We were told 4 days of fighting but were there for 2+ months still fighting insurgents, we were all wearing desert clothing and desert boots without warming layers so were even fighting in freezing conditions and in freezing rain as the battle continued, so it was miserable conditions in everyway. My unit showed up in Iraq as liberators in October of 2004 and when we pulled out of Fallujah in January for 2005 we left as occupiers. There is a lot more to say about Fallujah and the fighting but this is just a comment for this video... Great work on this Fallujah historical piece.

[@readquranandlearnaboutisla592]

You killed insane noncombatants Humans Shame on you read more

[@swaswainhimmen]

​@@readquranandlearnaboutisla592 there weren't many civilians in Fallujah mostly Terrorist fighters

[@mikehoncho1424]

@@readquranandlearnaboutisla592 Allah akbar goat kisser

[@Jake_dequenne]

@@readquranandlearnaboutisla592 not every marine killed civilians like not every insurgent killed civilians

[@MrBojangles2020]

hey brother appreciate hearing from people like yourself!everyone has something to tell in my eyes and its all worth a listen

[@joeis18]

I came into the Marine Corps around the time when most of my recruiters and senior NCOs were veterans of Fallujah. They had a different way about them. I think that battle defined the Iraq generation in a way that one can visually distinguish an Iraq veteran from an Afghanistan veteran.

[@CJ-qz6ec]

What are the differences between a afghan vet and an Iraq one

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME." In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE."

[@alvojnikovic2171]

@@CJ-qz6ec my guess is Iraq vets were much more adept in Close Quarter Combat compared to Afghan vets

[@mrM-cr8me]

@@CJ-qz6ec same both are baby killers

[@connorburesh7425]

@@alvojnikovic2171 more battle hardened. House by house is way more vicious and has more fire fights. Lots of Afghanistan was open long distance shooting and when it got tough a-10s would remove the enemy. I’d assume most major casualties in Afghanistan were IED vs gun shot.

[@someguy398]

"This wine is really good, guys! I promise." **drinks wine "😐"

[@dalirfarzan1694]

And he put ice in it...ffs

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@dalirfarzan1694 if it needs ice to taste nice, it isn’t good enough

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@dalirfarzan1694 it’s the same with juice and sodas

[@daniels0376]

@@thinkingboi9508 Maybe he's not a wine guy. Doesn't really mean the wine isn't good. Just means that he obviously did not buy that wine for personal consumption.

[@mrbritannia3833]

I would like but it is on 69 likes

[@DemonratsRevil]

Imagine clearing rooms with a freaking 20 inch m16 with a fixed a2 stock lol

[@baguettelord4614]

Sounds like hell tbh. But by this point i thought most marines were equipped with A4's, maybe I'm wrong. Though i dont doubt a lot of A2's stuck around, cause you know how the marines are with getting rid of old stuff lol.

[@hardcor3123]

Could you do a video on the US Invasion of Panama? It's a really interesting topic

[@crossfitsilverback942]

(A-) I am a Marine, active from 95 to 07 wounded the morning of 11/10/04. You got the big strokes right but quite a bit of missing context in regards to the foreign fighters, civilians casualties, Zarqawi, and the Jolon. These Jihadists showed up to die in place in the hope of inflicting high enough casualties to break embarrass American Forces and break the will of the American public. This was their Alamo. I would highly recommend for anyone interested in a deeper dive read No True Glory by Bing West

[@Darkestdarkify]

I bet the USMC birthday has special significance to you now.

[@Shred_Tube]

Did you ever have fight against the Mahdi Army? If so, what was your opinion of them as an enemy, why were they fighting you guys?

[@crossfitsilverback942]

@@Darkestdarkify definitely, when I woke up from surgery in theatre there was a paper plate with a big slice of cake sitting on my chest and my radio operator (also wounded) sitting on the next cot grinning like a cat.

[@crossfitsilverback942]

@@Shred_Tube No, the Mahdi were Shia, and predominately south and southeast of Bagdad. Western Iraq was dominated by Sunni (Fallujah is part of the "Sunni Triangle") and a much more secular power structure. However, it would not surprise me to find out that limited numbers likely came for the fight just for the chance to kill some of us, but with no uniforms, we likely will never know. My opinion of all we faced is grudging respect. They fought for what they thought was right against an enemy with a fearsome reputation and record of success on the battlefield.

[@theunbeatable6598]

As fkd up these jehaaadez were, how about the warriors committed against the civilians by the west yo

[@DraftTheHippies]

Since you guys did this battle, it would only be fitting to do the Battle of Hue or Khe Sanh or Dak To

[@snanoopis6584]

Khe sanh or hue would actually be fucking badass

[@Lyle_Stevik]

a video about hue would be amazing af

[@Retaliatixn]

In which wars these battles occured, and between who and who ?

[@Hunter_Stonestreet]

@@Retaliatixn Vietnam

[@DraftTheHippies]

@@Retaliatixn These battles took place during the Vietnam War and were between the North Vietnam Army vs the South Vietnam Army and US Marines and Army

[@ThePeterPanda]

I really like the way this crew presents History. Just the plain facts as it happened, and not muddied by personal opinions. The way History is supposed to be told.

[@ryanlee8051]

what a great way to show the story other than just telling it

[@billlexington5788]

I still remember being a young Marine listening to NCO’s & SNCOs talk about Iraq. I even remember one who’s elbow would set off the armory metal detector “courtesy of the Iraqi army.”

[@shutup2751]

do you think it would have got as bad as it did if they kept the iraqi army around instead of disbanding it ?

[@billlexington5788]

@@shutup2751 I personally think things would’ve gone smoother had the Iraqi army been left intact, but in the short term that may have led to some brutal acts on the civilian populace.

[@cringeyidiotterry]

@@shutup2751 They had to keep it even after the regime change, but I'd assume that they changed its members (so as to get rid of the Saddam loyalists), but what do I know?

[@aratirao9007]

🟨 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE ARMCHAIR HISTORIAN

[@a_bone_in_the_ocean2276]

@@cringeyidiotterry they disbanded the entire army

[@jasondouglas6755]

I would love too see something like this on the battle of Manilla, it is a very overlooked Urban battle and is the only major Urban fighting of the Pacific theater.

[@DiviAugusti]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHO9m4eYpNmgnZI Mark Felton's Battle of Manila video.

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

Wasn't it considered to be one of the worst examples of destruction wrought from urban combat ever?

[@Phantom-qr1ug]

@@kostakatsoulis2922 Pretty much yeah. Especially because, upon realising that they were losing, the imperial japanese took out their frustrations on the civilians trapped in the city. We're talking executions, torture, random violence and especially widespread rape. The japanese commanders explicitly told their men to do this as well, seeing nothing wrong with it at all. Goes to show how fucked up extreme ultranationlism is.

[@celicaas95]

which reminds of the recent but brutal the battle of marawi , it was very much like fallujah or mosul in the intensity of the fighting and destruction and has a formidable resiliant militant combatants

[@ricardolorrio8228]

and over 100,000 deaths...

[@x2x808]

I am from Iraq. I was one of those persecuted by Saddam, but I am against America in that invasion because it destroyed Iraq and made it more divided.

[@lucygrey37]

Shout out to Squad for teaching me exactly what the layout was for Falluja

[@zestybot2133]

Lmao

[@honkhonk8009]

Squads fun and all, untill you realize that the sheer amount of times you would die in that game fucking around, was prolly similar to how military mfs had it too. Really shows how well trained they are. They all got only one chance.

[@SuicidePar]

I was in country at that time with 1st Bn./7th Marines. Initially, my unit was to be the core element of RCT-7 during the push into Fallujah but when the foreign fighters started streaming into Anbar from Syria to reinforce the jihadis, our mission shifted. Before we knew it, we were throwing down with a lot of foreigners in our A.O. Those truly were the all or nothing days of the war.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

1st Marine Division or Old breed

[@asovietplaytpus5828]

@Syed Uzzi you ok?

[@mortarion9813]

@Syed Uzzi Awesome, how are your fellow muslims and the new administration of Afghanistan? Did your mother and sisters get raped by the new government and posted onto the internet, yet? How are those human shields ya'll love so much?

[@Johnsmith-fz2dm]

@Syed Uzzi No one kills women and children as much as Islamic fascists, bombs going off in mosques all the time, Islam is a cancer on this planet.

[@wabdinur]

You were the foreigners :D

[@hart7536]

Mix of live action and animation will always be so uncanny valley for me

[@itub4715]

IRAQ; WHER ATOMIC BOMBS ? USA : NO BOMBS JUST IRAQ SWIMMING OVER A SEA FROM THE OIL

[@cyningausty]

I'd love to see more videos on this topic and we'll support you even if KZbin deems your content unworthy!

[@waffle6376]

They should be a afgan video about the usa leaving country

[@tomisz120]

It’s nice to see content that’s not WW2, as much as I love learning about it it’s just so saturated on KZbin

[@danieljunior3164]

You're right it's very refreshing seeing this

[@SeqK]

A breacher does not hold position with his body exposed in the frame of the door until its time to kick or blow the hinges with the shotgun. He is either in front of it checking for booby traps or doing a non-shaped charge breach via breaching tools or a good kick.

[@jessebelt8732]

I was the next rotation in after this battle. Crazy how long ago it was

[@DraftTheHippies]

The Battle of Fallujah was so brutal, that it was compared to the Battle of Hue from the Vietnam War

[@xp8969]

Praying America actually learns its lesson

[@homelessjesse9453]

@@xp8969 LOL! Great joke dude. When has America ever learned anything?

[@xp8969]

@@homelessjesse9453 excellent point

[@CrayonEater255]

I guess the keyboard warriors arrived sooner

[@NautilusSSN571]

I mean, maybe I've been getting too much into ancient history where battles used to be way worse, but since when is only 100 deaths out of 13k soldiers in a period of a month considered brutal? I say this with all respect to the ones who fought and died there of course.

[@caput_in_astris]

4:45 “Frequent bombardments of any house suspected (…)” The unbelievable violence of this simple sentence…. 😞 Congratulations for the quite balanced video, explaining well both the objectives, the challenges as well as the consequences and question marks of the battle.

[@bigshrimp6458]

@The Truth Yea just like the BLA right? Lol aren’t you supposed to be out riding around in your Toyota pickup getting blasted by Baloch IEDs?

[@fleckensteleworm4889]

Advertising Bright Cellars for when the PTSD laden vet comes watching so that he may fancily drink himself blackout drunk! Classy move Armchair. I approve.

[@lordsteppergod7269]

Next year it’ll be 20 years since this battle

[@ai.yeehaw]

A local gunshop owner is a veteran combat engineer that fought in Fallujah. He described manning the MK19 40mm belt fed grenade launcher that had been mounted on a humvee/truck (I can't remember which). They would take fire and he would turn the MK19 and level the block. It must've been hell because he was not doing well and didn't receive the necessary support for a veteran.

[@ai.yeehaw]

@Louis Blanqui With a combination or hard drugs and ptsd, he’s 100% never going to be the same. Plus, his gun shop got raided by the ATF, so pretty sure he’s in prison now.

[@Sonnyrollinsfan]

@@ai.yeehaw good. Sounds like he was a war criminal.

[@oxide8696]

@@ai.yeehaw This is why no one likes the ATF

[@lucasward9506]

@@ai.yeehaw at this point lots of gun shops are being raided for really minor infractions. Its probably just a Biden moment.

[@sloshed-rat]

​@@ai.yeehaw Louis just can't win

[@snowwhite7677]

Don't worry, Halliburton and Dick Cheney made BILLIONS!

[@formalbug5716]

Let's not forget Boeing, Raytheon, Blackwater etc.

[@Cheka__]

@@formalbug5716 And, Aquafina.

[@formalbug5716]

@@Cheka__ I think they would fall under the forementioned "etc."

[@Cheka__]

@@formalbug5716 And Wet Ones antibacterial wipes.

[@spaceman9599]

Including the WP and DU munitions manufacturers...

[@Cobra-King3]

No matter what happens, the Predator gave me nightmares, and its sound was just as bone chilling, hearing a Loudspeaker Predator sound would probably kill me in my sleep

[@lastword8783]

A motivated force with outnumbered infantry only and no armor, artillery or airpower could do this, i could only imagine the bloodbath when its two sides are of near equal strength.

[@Mr_M_History]

An Armchair Historian video from the 2000s. It's my lucky day!!

[@SlowQRF]

This is a really small detail. But I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you addressing the Marines properly. Also, the detail the animator put in. The fact that they took the time to portray the Marines in MARPAT is realistic

[@Mygg_Jeager]

What's the proper way to address a marine?

[@Jasper118]

@@Mygg_Jeager not calling them soldiers

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@Jasper118 Yeah... they're soldiers lol. I know they hate being called that but they are by every dictionary definition. They're uniformed professional combatants, enlisted in a legal state military... that's a soldier lol.

[@Jasper118]

@@Mygg_Jeager the technical definition is obviously not the point. Would you call a sailor a soldier? A marine is a specific type of war fighter with a specific role hence the specific name. Especially in the US when there are clear differences in every way between soldiers and marines. But beyond all that it’s also about the culture and pride, you just don’t call a marine a soldier, that’s what OP was saying. Nobody cares how you define it if you obviously don’t understand.

[@almightytwee1188]

@@Mygg_Jeager Marines are not soldiers, they’re Marines. A Marine is an amphibious light infantryman. Soldier is a generic term for a combatant that fights on land, like a Sailor only stays at sea.

[@thekingbadger9582]

My cousin fought in this battle. He had PTSD and died from an over does a year later. RIP William

[@thekingbadger9582]

I didnt even get to meet him :(

[@williamsherman1942]

@@thekingbadger9582Cost of war brother, remember him and make sure to protest any bs-war presidents try to justify and plan

[@joshklein7842]

While anyone who uses fear to advance a cause is awful, I do appreciate how ACH humanizes the insurgents.

[@christiansamm1582]

“both men prayed before the door is blasted open”💔

[@ashtzy9682]

Every fighters in that battlefield had a reason to fight

[@robertkennedy3419]

Damn... I guess I’m officially old. I was there during Phantom Fury. C 1/5 INF, 25th ID 1st BDE Stryker (as an 11B). We later moved to Mosul. Weird watching a cartoon documentary about it. Makes it seem sort of silly.

[@Bootyeatter6969]

Were you a mounted crew or were you a dismount and how was it being army in that battle compared to marines

[@robertkennedy3419]

@@Bootyeatter6969 I was a dismount - C 1/5 INF, 3rd plt, 3rd squad, bravo team. Carried the M4/m203 (later carried the SAW in my deployment). During Fallujah, granted I was just a PFC, and it’s been like 17 years, but main thing I remember is that we started out of Camp Fallujah, pushed in a few days before the siege actually started, then stayed along the River, after securing one of the bridges. And our main objective was the cordon element in and around the city. But as far as the Marines, I want to say it was 3/1 who we were closest to. And funny story is I remember them shooting at our Stryker lol. Who the hell sees a Stryker and thinks, oh, I bet Ali Baba is in that thing? Lol. Oh, and we were the unit that got moved to Mosul. Evidently, a good chunk of dudes left the city in advance and were wrecking havoc up north where the rest of our brigade (25th, 1st BDE) were at. So, we moved up there and finished our deployment in Mosul. It’s funny that the author talks about the rain. I remember that vividly. Prickly heat. Swamp ass. None of us slept the whole time we were there...for at least 10 days straight. We were all delusional and hallucinating. 1 MRE about every three days. Covered in bug bites and rampant diarrhea. I even fell into the Euphrates during one firefight we got into at night. Thought I was going to drown. It was a grind. Everyone’s focused on the Hollywood aspects of gun fighting... which there was that... but I wish dudes could imagine just how much it sucked.

[@Bootyeatter6969]

@@robertkennedy3419 damn that sounds intense af, as a boot I hate we aren’t deploying to any combat zones rn.

[@robertkennedy3419]

@@Bootyeatter6969 as an older man now, part of me is glad that the deployment tempo isn’t like it was. I’d tell you just take in all the training, focus on discipline, and take care of yourself and your dudes. My prayers go out to you young guys. And I’m proud of you for your service. God bless!

[@Bootyeatter6969]

@@robertkennedy3419 thank you for your service brother, we all look up to y’all

[@aaronnichols9444]

Served in Operation Phantom Fury November 04, it was hell on earth.

[@sugarline4924]

Nothing like the brave warriors of Fallujah! Fierce fighters -with primitive weapons- who defended their honor, their land & their people against the occupiers. No airforce, no missles, no superior technology!! Just their strong faith & bravery. May Allah accept their martyrdom 🤍

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

So basically "as long as we're careful, we can break the rules we made up." Good stuff, lol. War. There is no rules. Only the guys with the biggest sticks to enforce their will. Actions speak louder than words. Great video by the way!

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

How do you not engage in occasional rule-breaking when the enemy uses civilians and mosques as cover? How could they possibly fight the insurgents by following the rules? I think there's an American 'spirit' to follow the rules and try to have no harm come to civilians, but I wasn't there and didn't know the reality on the ground. I can understand the need or even desire to bend or break them in certain circumstances. Civilians are always the largest casualty group in any war.

[@CataciousAmogusevic]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Well why the phosphorus then?

[@Crowniecrown]

The US has always broken the rules they made in every single war its been in. Playing dirty then revising the history is an American tradition.

[@georgiishmakov9588]

The idea of "rules of war" has been perverted somewhat. Originally, rules of war were meant to be such as to ensure that warfare remains limited to the warring states and doesn't consume the entire world (enemy civilians tended to count as hostile targets when convenient, but foreigners were to be allowed hostility-free existence), and to ensure that there can be a peace settlement and a world after the war (so, enemy envoys were to be allowed free passage, and a peace settlement was to be the end of hostilities, so all the weaponry like minefields was to be disabled after a peace settlement was reached). These rules are to a large extent still followed today, by all sides. However, these rules have in the late 19th-early 20th century been turned into the "chivalrous warfare" rules that they are today. And since war has always been hell and not a particularly chivalrous occupation, no side ever adhered to said rules. However, for fear of public pressure, the Western statesmen were never really able to admit that and move on from this silly idea. Which is how we came here.

[@jesussaenz2497]

Those who are powerful enough to make the rules, are powerful enough to break them.

[@normalplayer7377]

I cant wait for the Six Days in Fallujah game to come out

[@firstnameiii7270]

@You have to know just report this one for spam

[@Trve_Kvlt]

If it ever does. I was saying that about Ready or Not, but I have no hope for that game anymore.

[@user-hk5fo1nm9h]

That game is going to be bullshit propaganda, just crying about how sad war is but only showing our side and some token civilians.

[@normalplayer7377]

@@user-hk5fo1nm9h No, we'll have to wait and see

[@user-hk5fo1nm9h]

@@normalplayer7377 They’ve given statements and confirmed these details. You don’t always have to wait.

[@lightningdashproductions8824]

This is so nutty to think i was 4 when this all went down. not only that, but my previous boss was a marine veteran who fought in Fallujah. idk which battle though, nor do i rememebr what unit he belonged to specifically, but i remember that he was in charge or like the "manager" of prisoners when troops would bring back surrendering enemies from the front lines. He recalled one time how there weren't nearly enough proper jail cells or secure locations, so they had to use dog kennels (like, ones for *big* dogs) to store prisoners sometimes.

[@ksenobite]

I wish you'd tell more about Bright Cellars, seems like an interesting subject

[@EannaWithAFada]

You should do some videos about Ireland, the 1910s and 1920s where a complex time

[@Firebolt193]

A video on the Easter Rising/Irish Civil War would be swell, ngl

[@lobsterpots]

The republic will be restored btw

[@munkey8181]

That would be pretty cool

[@ReySchultz121]

I was born in the Dublin street where the loyal drums to beat And the loving english feet they walked all over us

[@RayR1990]

I second this request

[@pjdiver3]

I was active duty Army during this time. I remember Fallujah being a highlighted example to our guys that the American civilian population had no idea what we were facing in this war

[@chriscarlone527]

War criminal. You're not a hero. Remember that.

[@pjdiver3]

@@chriscarlone527 Hahahaha, oh your comment just made my day

[@valkkyrriee]

@@chriscarlone527 He’s just a marine following orders, shut up flat earther conspiracy theorist. You probably also believe in hollow earth and that the moon landing was fake.

[@chriscarlone527]

@@valkkyrriee The moon landing wasn't faked. He's not a hero. There is nothing heroic about "just following orders." That's what drones do. People who think for themselves always question authority. His position in the military is the antithesis of free thought.

[@imjesus3211]

@@chriscarlone527 Most people are too dense to realize that the "insurgents" the US Military was fighting were to people defending their land from a foreign force attempting to invade their backyard. Anyone saying otherwise or stating that we should have "glassed the place" is a sociopath

[@Zerowolf760]

As someone who fought in Fallujah, i can look back at the battle from a whole different perspective. To sit here and judge the enemy as the "bad guy" is extremely ignorant. Both sides fought with courage and believed they were the "good guys." To read some of the ignorant comments confirms that many of the people making those comments are naive and uneducated about war. They wouldnt have the courage or grit to pickup a rifle and put their life on the line...just look at the current refusal rate of americans who are scared to fight in the war of Israel/hamas. Yeah they may support one side, but put your money where your mouth is and go fight. Ill wait. All americans know how to do is complain and "protest." War is hell. Its a dirty, bloody mess and those who live through it will be scarred for life unfortunately.

[@jamsya493]

Thank you for your service man

[@bumpotato1922]

Early 2000's still felt like yesterday

[@tethryss5001]

I like how you gave humanity to the insurgent. Many of them we may significantly disagree with and there were many vile people, but to many they were fighting for what they felt was right in many cases, and the fact that both the U.S soldier and the insurgent were fearful and that he held a photograph of his family and it was what he held as he died is so very human that we very often do not think about.

[@honkhonk8009]

Nazis beleived they were right. Pretty sure alot of nazi generals held pictures of their families when they were hung for genocide. Terrorists use civillians as meat shields, yet people are de-sensitizied to the point they think war is a game, and try to criticize the Americans for doing what they did. If half these rich suburb folks were in the same shoes those marines were in, the warcrimes they committ would be even greater.

[@tethryss5001]

@@honkhonk8009 Not every insurgent is a horrible monster and not every american soldier is a hero, just as not every german soldier was not a Waffen-SS. German generals (By vast majority) didn't give two shits about Nazi ideology. Anyone with actual sway over the war effort outside of Hitler didn't actually care about Nazism and instead focused solely on "winning" and their own careers to the detriment of the war in its entirety. Guderian is a perfect example of this shoot the bigger plan in the foot so I can get a step ahead mentality. Yes, Al-Qaeda leaders and ISIS by in large were full of awful awful people, but not every single person on their side = evil soulless monster and to view them that way is just to justify our killing of them, just how it is so easy for us now to consider the Wehrmacht to be just like the Waffen-SS, which they were not, just how the red army was not all like the NKVD in later war periods.

[@Ma-km7yt]

They died for their land while Americans died for oil

[@Darksoil4555]

Shut up

[@thekiller7994]

Why is KZbin not showing comments?

[@jasoncunius532]

You do really good work. My unit was in this battle, I got out August 2004. So it was fantastic to see all the work you guys did on a battle that so many of my friends were in.

[@sleepwalker8994]

Thank you for your service

[@konkord2]

Thank you for your service and the service of your friends

[@JoMiMi_h]

@@chriscarlone527 Wrong war, that was Bosnia.

[@bleepbleep5245]

thank you for your service , you useful meat

[@jasoncunius532]

@@bleepbleep5245 so does that make you useless?

[@jonsnow2324]

I love this ❤ dude what an amazing channel

[@boonedockjourneyman7979]

Do you understand the pure horror of this fight? Armchair. That’s about right.

[@TR3sniPEr]

“We were one “ is a great book about this battle . A journalist wrote it who was attached to the marines of 3/1 who took the most casualties.

[@primal_guy1526]

“We did it Patrick, we saved the city!”

[@user-hk5fo1nm9h]

That's america's motto.

[@bluecordrecipient6907]

@@user-hk5fo1nm9h - our motto is close width and destroy the enemy

[@sooryan_1018]

@@bluecordrecipient6907 and the city, and the country as a whole cuz why not

[@bluecordrecipient6907]

@@sooryan_1018 - name me a peaceful war that never caused damage. We weren’t there to save the city dumbass we were there to kill the insurgents IN the city

[@DickCheneyXX]

The city should have been leveled by strategic bombers.

[@user-oy7pw2bp3c]

There is a big difference between those who fight to defend honor, land, and human values, and those who fight for Alura Jenson

[@goldrng967]

played a game called 6 days in fallujah now i see this vid in my recomended damn

[@seanbruce8294]

Are you going to do a series of videos on the two Russo-Chechen wars?

[@ReySchultz121]

I like how alot of people are actually asking for this. Respect for knowing this exists.

[@seanbruce8294]

@@ReySchultz121 I find those wars interesting because they happened while Russia was going from the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation, and how it affected Russia both domestically and globally.

[@figtree_video_archive]

@@seanbruce8294 How about the Russo-Georgian war?

[@seanbruce8294]

@@figtree_video_archive ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS.

[@truskiz5703]

@@ReySchultz121 became aware of this after “chechclear”. Both sides went crazy with the war crimes

[@Frontline_view_kaiser]

Capturing and conveying the horrors of Urban Warfare that was a day to day reality for both sides during the battle in a short video is nearly impossible, but you guys nonetheless did a great job in your presentation

[@crimsonterror5795]

Well I'm glad that it's pretty much over now, some small violence remains but the situation is improving at least. War sucks.

[@postpwnmalone]

The woodland camo vests are absolutely iconic

[@redlobster6714]

My dad fought in this battle. He said that he had so much blood on him he could not even tell if he was shot. He also said that it was constant fear he never knew what was around the corner.

[@cringeyidiotterry]

Jesus...We're glad to hear he's ok.

[@redlobster6714]

Thanks man

[@shamtradtam3769]

Your dad fought for the evil side. Your dad invaded a country that posed no threat to yours. There was no draft, your dad joined voluntarily. I really hope your dad and those who fought alongside him face justice. War of aggression is the ultimate war crime according to the Nuremberg trials. That puts your dad below the Wehrmacht soldiers on a moral level as they were forced to fight for Germany

[@cringeyidiotterry]

@@shamtradtam3769 His father helped liberate the Iraqi people of a cruel and oppressive dictator named Saddam Hussein and got attacked by religious extremists and Saddam Hussein's crazed loyalists for it, sit down.

[@figtree_video_archive]

@@shamtradtam3769 At least his dad didn't commit war crimes

[@ald6481]

I heard "chechen" Within the video, this reminds me that you should probably made a video about the Chechen wars, it was a hell hole that kinda doesn't get talked about.

[@stoda01]

@Ibrahim Suleman Dagestan and Chechnya are Russian lands.

[@ballsdeep7056]

I remember when im watching about a tank documentary and it explained the chechen war and the battle for me is like a machinegun tearing through soldiers on d day

[@The_OneManCrowd]

Yeah they are some tough fuckers, them and the Circassians who still live there. I mean, they knew the Russians were coming and they did not flee, and put up a hell of a fight not once but twice. Fierce warriors and brave men to be respected all around.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@stoda01 Yes part of Russia, but those people are not Ethnic Russians. That's all I'm saying.

[@B10101]

@@stoda01 Russians are begging to give Chechnya independence now because Russians can't say anything about Chechens in their own country. Russians gaze down when a Caucasian walks by, you can deny it but I see it everyday.

[@GhostfaceYT0]

This is so good content

[@TheyWillKnowAnother]

If your opponent doesn’t follow the “rules of war” than neither should you

[@austinlaudry8335]

Thank you for being unbiased in your video and acknowledging American war crimes in Iraq, and for using the term “occupying force.”

[@bradley8575]

I love how this is one of the only main history channel to mainly talk about modern warfare.

[@kamikazemelon787]

This battle was definitely the most insane fighting since the Vietnam War for US troops. Looking at satellite photos of the city, then imagining almost all of it is hostile really brings home how scary it must have been to approach knowing you needed to clear the WHOLE THING. The videogame Squad did a good job of recreating the city and its feel, and goodness if it isn't the most intense MOUT map in the game.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

The 1st Marine Division is also the same unit that landed at Inchon during the Korean War and then retook Seoul.

[@sherlockgnomes8971]

What a bizarre comment to glorify such operations and compare them to a video game. The brainwashing of American people has no bounds does it. Vietnam and Iraq were completely pointless wars which only caused death and destruction.

[@hannzplays9767]

We had f-15s dropping 500 pound JDAMS and cobras lighting up palmgroves in broad daylight. Also the Engineers blew up the train tracks on the morning of the 8th, I did the recon for it north of Jolan a week or so before the battle.