Final Days: The Gulf War Special (1991 Documentary) | Forces TV

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⚠️ Warning: This documentary may contain some scenes viewers find distressing ⚠️.
On 28 February 1991, the First Gulf War came to an end. Even when the conflict was over, there was still a massive cleaning up operation still to achieve. In this documentary from 1991, we met the men charged with clearing the military debris from the roads of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
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[@aymenali4868]

Thanks to God Thanks to every one help to make my country Kuwait free Im not forget this help ever I live

[@Billzloveschelsea]

It was kuwaits fault for stealing oil from Iraq. Sadam defended Iraq by defending his land from theft. The Americans used him and pushed him to attack Kuwait which later led to Iraq being invaded and blamed for other things.

[@NippleInflation]

@@Billzloveschelseayou anti Americans always make the American government and the west seem a lot more impressive then they actually are

[@freedomfirst5557]

I can't believe it's been thirty years since desert shield. I didn't watch history from a TV nor did I read it in books, I was knee deep in history with the 1st Cavalry Division.

[@dirtydave2691]

2-7 Infantry 24th ID. Somewhere in Iraq is the cigarette case I lost one night in 1991!

[@kevinporter3256]

It is hard to believe some nights...DCo5/5 Cav(inf) 3AD- (Gotta 💘USAEUR)

[@simonyip5978]

It's strange to think that the troops who were in the First Gulf War back in 1991, were probably in their late teens and their twenties and maybe in their 30's. So the Gulf War veterans are mostly in their 50's and some in their 60's.

[@kevinporter3256]

True...I celebrated my 50th Birthday last September!

[@user-jx6td1tx9v]

اشتركت بمعركه عاصفه الصحراء وعمري 18 عام وتم اسري من قبل الفرقه المدرعه الثالثه الامريكيه كنت رامي دبابه من قوات الحرس الجمهوري العراقي

[@plan9channel7]

Yep..60 soon. Time flys. And I still hate The Beach...I have a sand phyobia 😂😂

[@_Matsimus_]

Warriors without armour, troops without armour... Shocking

[@johndowe7003]

its not like wars havent been fought without personal body armor , pre ww1-veitnam (flak jackets dont count as full body armor ) and beyond

[@ss-rc4tp]

Yes true but still it shows how far we have come

[@johndowe7003]

@@ss-rc4tp more like it shows how little we have changed from the Roman legionnaires or hoplites of old our armour is the same as the old just with modern materials .

[@ss-rc4tp]

@@lesliedodds4011 the a2 is a solid rifle the a1 not so much if i had to take any rifle into combat id take an l85a2

[@liamle9315]

@@lesliedodds4011 Well i ain't a gun fanatic pal but ....... if it's anything its predecessor ( ak47 ) then its gonna be a reliable killing machine that will probably be still used in a 50-100 years time just like the ak47 will !

[@liamr3989]

“We came here for a job and we did it. Now we’re going home”. This is why I love our soldiers ❤️

[@stevenhenry7862]

Shame the Government doesn't feel the same for us. They leave us on the Streets with Mental and Physical Injuries. They refuse to recognise PTSD. It is so disheartening. From a British War Veteran

[@eliezeryap6156]

@Stug 3 117 we wwwww2www2www

[@tomburnes6356]

@Stug 3 117 You like that man, fighting somebodys war, while they get a huge pension for a few years many times your own, you think they care about you, they dont give 2 fucks about you if your not an officer.

[@sarveshkumar9678]

Love you brother I am India

[@MustafaSadeer]

Shut the hell up man. US main goal in the mid east is and always will be, Oil. Nothing brave about making alliances with 33 army against 1 army.

[@joecooper97]

9:43 how hard do you reckon it was to get that IrnBru down there

[@theworldsbonkers]

Proud to have served as a Recovery mechanic Attached to A SQDN Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

[@phillipasalisbury7570]

Hi Meet I saw your post thank you for your service love from Australia

[@Jan6750]

31 years...never seen this. The road of death stank of the obvious. Years later I returned to an empty desert on a different mission, but when I realised where I was, it didn't take much local sand kicking to unearth bits of helmets and vehicles. It somehow put my feelings to bed.

[@ra9788]

I am quite surprised that British army rifles equipped with SUSAT scope since 1991 whereas US army did this since 2003

[@kathleankeesler1639]

Thank you.

[@nonyabusiness999]

This was on recommendations and imagine my surprise when I saw someone i went to school with....he isn't the skinny soldier he was in this video anymore....

[@Dunning.Kruger]

4:28 just like in the ghetto, stolen rim, up on blocks

[@petermallia558]

And this is how it was done, "We came to do a job and now we're going home" Job done. Typical British modesty, if there was ever an understatement, that was it, and that's one of the reason why I love my country and culture so much, because 'We,(England/Britain), created the modern world then we went home', and that statement is true.

[@rama7267]

"And then we went home" Most independence days celebrated around the world is the independence from the English

[@paulmccormack5524]

10:06 he would have had way more if that camera wasn’t watching him 😂

[@mariogiresi6792]

How I miss good old fashioned Army mess. Sitting down with your pals to a nice hot meal was an important part of the day.

[@pergentinologronio8978]

Hahaha eating contingent

[@alexm566]

what changed?

[@sourceresearch9092]

Is there any footage of the bombing of these convoys?

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

L85A1s and no body armor seems like suicide

[@tomsoki5738]

loganbaileysfunwithtrains They has armour they were just doing training drills in this

[@krisfrederick5001]

Never imagined seeing a war coming to an end being somewhat of a downer.

[@tillerman7272]

some soldier even felt disheartened when WW1 ended

[@krisfrederick5001]

Does the GPS for Highway 1 say "Highway of Death?"

[@bumbled]

anyone know the music that starts at 4:05?

[@millennialtrucker6435]

Darude - sandstorm

[@kirishima638]

If you're still looking, it's from The Bountry (1984).

[@TimStamper89]

Watched a documentary about the early days and I saw put lads walking around in jungle pattern and carrying SLRs This one they are in desert pattern and carrying the SA80 (L85A1 version) Quite a change over this war

[@kevinporter3256]

We left Germany in our forest cammys too-we were still tactical tho-our transport was a green plane!!! Lol

[@gdhs021]

Only remfs had slr’s ,deserts were issued a couple of days after being in theatre

[@kalawatieroop2616]

I love our soldiers they are human just like others humans and from different countries .

[@Groundsey]

Wouldn’t want to be using the L85A1 in those conditions.

[@karlfulton4854]

Cheapest shitest rifle after the FN rifle that the Army ever got dumped with.

[@m.mozdemir]

Turkish Mpt 76 or Mpt 55

[@freshfrozen3035]

Iranian G3A2, although the .308 is overrated

[@GTS9119]

В 1991 году, у них условия проживания лучше, чем сейчас на полевом выезде в российский армии

[@DcAnthrax]

Спустя два года - становится ещё актуальнее.

[@maxyablonski58]

Так присоеденяйтесь к рдк, у нас получше будет)

[@andrewberger1281]

the 66 mm LAW - probably the most hopeless rocket you could imagine - but they had loads of stocks to use up - look at the Stats how many tanks were ever destroyed by a LAW/ Close to less than zero

[@imichael2411]

I agree, but it was never designed for tanks. Light armored vehicles, bunkers, etc. Never anything with much armor.

[@karlfulton4854]

The 'Mutla Gap'..!. Sounds a bit like the 'Falaise pocket ' through which a quarter million German troops tried to escape East through France during WW2 After the Allied push from the beach head with the build up of armour and air Supremecy.. Similar situation, searching for the V1 and V2 rocket launch sites after D Day... Nasty!

[@serverlan763]

Did they hit anything with them 66s?

[@simonh6371]

Even if they did I don't think it would have done much damage. Fired one once myself, on Otterburn, if I remember the target was an old Ferret Scout vehicle, just there for target practice but still in one piece. I think a 66 would only do any damage against a lanny or other soft-skinned vehicle

[@gabriellemalabanan2547]

Hell highway from jarhead

[@chrismitchell7801]

1:54 there's bods on the range - 100m right of target!

[@1969darr]

British made some very good hooch during DS1 dont tell anyone. We used to trade cigs for hooch and german MREs to the British REMFS. 90-91

[@ArcturanMegadonkey]

Good lads! I would've taken some yeast out there and done the same

[@johndeesmith183]

... we medics in the 377th CSH made our own "medicinal" alcohol... wasn't all that tasty , but it worked...

[@mikepaz4870]

I spent 8 months in SA - Kuwait w FIRST Mar Div . HATED it

[@squaretrianglez]

I was already a grown man when this happened.

[@beddybedford5826]

I served on Telic 3 respect to each and every one of you both ex and serving 👍🏻#unclealbert 🤣

[@gfx2943]

When he said he commanded D - I immediately thought DEEZ NUTZ lol goddamnit.

[@micedutainmentzone8249]

British Army is one of the best Force in the world

[@Mwarimbo]

Lucidity & precision!!

[@TrooperLFC]

L85A1....

[@-lightningwill-6014]

The warriors is arguably one of the best vehicles of its type in the world

[@jamesokello9812]

These young soldiers must be very old by now.

[@kevinporter3256]

I celebrated my 50th birthday last September!

[@draigygoch]

Field kitchens, always better food than the mess

[@FrontSideBus]

Love the reason for the training... "we've got all this ammo, it'll be a shame to waste it" xD

[@ThroatSore]

I teresting to see people lgiving unpolished reactions. Healthy journalism.

[@chrissmith-rw8ei]

Damn, seeing this make me think I was in the wrong unit and wrong country for that matter. I lived in my Bradley fighting vehicle drivers hatch for 6 months in the middle of nowhere. I know it takes all soldiers from the front to the rear lines to win a war but damn, a pool and an ice cold Coke and hot food would have been nice.

[@jerematthewjohnson223]

19 :52 this i was at 3 weeks at al jubyl

[@seniorscouse3346]

Makes you proud to be british

[@tomburnes6356]

Your English

[@thepcguy3659]

@@tomburnes6356 So am i and i was there in the challenger as a gunner and yes it makes me proud to be british

[@radhakrishnanpk7230]

Thousands of innocent people lost their lives because of the mistakes done by the leaders

[@iainmcmillan616]

You name it hardware im buying it

[@Disl3cic]

Love to Brits. - US Army

[@robertmiller6868]

Where are all the Abrams the US Marine Corps just deactivated?

[@critterjon4061]

Can hear those la85a1s getting jammed up with sand through the screen

[@freshfrozen3035]

They fight exactly like Iranians Love it

[@saudkwt4905]

👍

[@amigomexico1618]

Job well done leds...

[@fauzanilhamnabil4901]

They are Scottish?

[@tamtom763]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Liam-B]

"Nice place. Crack on, boyo."

[@spar0035]

Looks like a fun way to pop off some rounds!

[@mingmom8575]

I'm

[@stephenthomson2196]

REMFS

[@os4908]

🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧

[@rmsrathnayaka4633]

I.t Sa Copi

[@bigblue3568]

When are the British going to start putting Fluoride in their freak'n water and provide incentives for young lads to go become dentists? OMG

[@angellyrics7482]

Real action wow best ever soldier is american soldiers ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-vr3wx1ou6e]

الجبان طلع بوخه بطل الحفره أدخلنا في حرب الخليج الأولى والثانيه بقرارات فاشله وارجعنا الى المربع الأول

[@angelosathog1124]

If I'm on of the Pilot who attacked this troops on this road , I'll go home with a smile n Satisfy ...

[@iainmcmillan616]

Allister and Dawn mcmillan jail them

[@EdGungorsWifeGailandMeXXX]

Nobody cares about us anymore except the Angels

[@freshfrozen3035]

Persian gulf

[@freshfrozen3035]

Sippy Sip okay boomer

[@eiliakashkoli2348]

@Sippy Sip Persian Gulf

[@ovvsterancebaileysr3221]

Arabian gulf

[@Xzibit9]

good old times when soldiers werent attention seeking internet models like today

[@mr.anengyst]

My dad fought here...

[@harrylightfoot2004]

props to him looked horrible out there

[@nicolahasson9636]

And mine im still looking for him, he is alive.

[@erlokhan4144]

just waste of bullets

[@maddogmattis5314]

They go out of date so they have to use it

[@marklloyd4087]

Rounds is the word I think 🤔 your looking for!!! 😂 😂 😂 🇬🇧

[@mrg4847]

Finally got the oil.

[@bilalkhalid266]

First View, First Like, First Comment 👌 sorry I hate people that do this. I guess I hate myself 🙃 this is so depressing 😭😂

[@ancientmachine9070]

Shut up

[@matjov]

Don't do it then.

[@bilalkhalid266]

Putrid Pundit I’m sorry

[@bilalkhalid266]

Matjov once again I’m sorry

[@z941273]

Why are the Brits stationed in Germany? Why is US in Germany?

[@stevenhenry7862]

Cold War

[@hebdschnure]

Well after starting two world wars...

[@FHIPrincePeter]

Why did they not teach you modern history in school?

[@tomsoki5738]

They did training there and this was 1991 just after the iron curtain collapsed to tensions were still relatively high

[@bestamerica]

hi M P... ' because of NATO / OTAN militarys teams together... why england and france in channel tunnel

[@user-cl9mo9gz3g]

The day of judgment has come, and Russia will hold all the countries that struck Iraq to account. This is God's justice

[@ovvsterancebaileysr3221]

But don't you think what saddam did to kuwait was wrong?

[@Imkillar75]

True Britons back then not anymore

[@nsms1297]

Cause of liberals

[@fariborzjamaspesfandiary2998]

Persian gulf War not gulf war educate yourself

[@Perfection212]

The BLACK GOLD...That was all about it!!!

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