How to win a war in 100 hours

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In 1991 the Persian Gulf was the site of a new kind of war. With the latest warfighting technology at their disposal, a US led coalition dismantled the world’s 4th largest army within a matter of days. A feat that, if recent wars are anything to go by, was harder than it looks. So how did they do it?
In this video, IWM curator Megan Joyce takes an in depth look at one history's most one-sided conflicts.
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[@54032Zepol]

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

[@verrico7536]

So original

[@pjotrtje0NL]

@@verrico7536and incorrect, too.

[@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy]

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

[@jamesdrummond7684]

@@pjotrtje0NL How is it incorrect, exactly?

[@john_in_phoenix]

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

[@damocles8417]

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

[@mattblom3990]

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

[@mho...]

🤣 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]

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

[@Brae2468]

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

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

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

[@toiletpapermerchant9310]

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]

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]

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 KZbin. I didn’t know what to think about all this. I don’t think they knew, either.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Quite Humanistic

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

best seiko ad ever.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

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

[@shamrock141]

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]

Is this a satirical post?

[@ReySchultz121]

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

[@kilowhiskey7973]

@@Splozyno and he’s 100% correct.

[@2hotflavored666]

@@Splozy Why do you think so?

[@geoplane3799]

@@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?

[@tdawg5742]

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]

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

[@user-sy7cn4cu8s]

Uh I was there, and so was the rg

[@omran2507]

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]

GPS has been operational since 1978.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

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

[@DuwMinh]

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]

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

[@loganamurray64]

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

[@Lucyhehe_]

@@loganamurray64sand people dont know compass

[@CrossOfBayonne]

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

[@tylerclayton6081]

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]

@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]

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

[@sumerianfarmer5363]

😂😂😂

[@manwithnoname8229]

@@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.

[@MarijnRoorda]

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]

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

[@nevarius9010]

what a gread dt

[@xBluesy]

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

[@abhilashsharma9]

Are you a veteran, brother?

[@gofoats]

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.

[@jackjones9460]

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

[@elmono558]

😆

[@THE-X-Force]

Time is just a runaway freight train

[@AdamBechtol]

;p

[@livethefuture2492]

Congratulations, You've earned your place in history.

[@notmanciv5016]

Time flies

[@WeirdSeagul]

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

[@Royal_Swordfish]

Link to the operation rooms playlist on desert storm - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKm1mJl4jdNpg8k

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@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]

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

[@toastermon2272]

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]

Great channel. Also recommend to people

[@therealhotdog]

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]

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

[@kutter_ttl6786]

​@@colingoldthorpe5918What kind of bs story is that.

[@evanroberts2771]

They did. They got paid for doing their job.

[@LexlutherVII]

couldn't the Americans do it by themselves??

[@ryang3709]

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

[@stc3145]

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

[@Crashed131963]

Need a army that looks good not only on paper .

[@stolek6908]

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]

@@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]

Ukriane isnt iraq my guy

[@stc3145]

@@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

[@jimmyz9666]

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]

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]

@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]

@@hockema56 true, same with Afghanistan’s.

[@Ganiscol]

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]

The Texas watching: 🫡

[@spiritofthetime]

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

[@jackjones9460]

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]

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]

​@@Silver_PrussianYou're delusional.

[@koharumi1]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@obamos3838]

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

[@notmanciv5016]

Way better than desert shield

[@redsalt00]

You might like macvsog missions vietnam war

[@crumbopulis]

Operation OVERLORD

[@this_is_patrick]

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

[@armoredlumberjack1999]

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

[@this_is_patrick]

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

[@bigt6665]

@@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]

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

[@WizardOz-qt9tw]

@@armoredlumberjack1999US AND Russia, don’t forget.

[@johnh2410]

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]

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]

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

[@chris52209]

@@Crashed131963 no the USN does

[@murphy7801]

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

[@Crashed131963]

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

[@thekinginyellow1744]

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. :)

[@yanniammari1491]

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]

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]

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]

​@@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]

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

[@tylerclayton6081]

@@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

[@whbrown1862]

Another outstanding video production. Extremely informative. Thank you!

[@idontknow14672]

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]

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]

@@mattbowdenuh same 😭👴💀

[@giokun100]

And your point is?

[@idontknow14672]

@@giokun100 Thought it was relevant to the video?

[@randomhumanbeing4182]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@specialist4566]

@@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]

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

[@hughbarton5743]

A very good presentation. Thank you.

[@54mgtf22]

Hey IWM. Love your work 👍

[@Yakomoe]

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

[@DSS-jj2cw]

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.

[@CoachKen10]

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

[@SGT_SOCKEM]

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

[@karimhabsi6508]

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.

[@oneshotme]

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

[@66gtb]

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

[@tsrwakemaster]

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

[@Fast85FoxGT]

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

[@Jack00Hamer]

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]

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

[@Silver_Prussian]

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]

@@Silver_Prussian It was trained by the Soviets copelord.

[@Silver_Prussian]

@@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]

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

[@Souls_29]

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

[@notmanciv5016]

Millennium dawn

[@bathvader]

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

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

The Kind of Documentary that I liked Thumbs Up

[@ComfortsSpecter]

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

[@spanionneo]

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]

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]

Wow, incredible story

[@elxse4478]

Source ?

[@Im_oofman232]

@@elxse4478 the source, is him

[@mars5549]

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

[@douggaskell4586]

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

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

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]

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

[@repuIsive]

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

[@jaredharris1970]

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

[@SkyAIChannel]

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.

[@jimmiller1686]

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]

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

[@David-nr8hu]

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

[@mr.nemesis6442]

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]

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

[@Busdriver321]

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.

[@ak9989]

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]

Hats off to you, lads!

[@Silver_Prussian]

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]

@@Silver_Prussiancope

[@Silver_Prussian]

@@lukewilliams8835 you are the ones whos coping not me

[@lukewilliams8835]

@@Silver_Prussian fs bro 💀

[@lukefranklin7391]

Cool Video.

[@othosos]

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

[@StealthySpace7]

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.

[@life3600]

the emblem of US tactical air command looks so good

[@Jay-O_Carlow]

#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!!

[@johno9507]

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

[@agenthunk5070]

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.]

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]

@@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]

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

[@Ilikemortar123]

Everything that have tank is blitzkrieg at this point

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

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

[@Mark_Cook]

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

[@Danny15877]

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 :(

[@andrewthompson5728]

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.

[@timgosling6189]

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.

[@lilhayman9934]

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

[@AdamBechtol]

:p

[@bigt6665]

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

[@lilhayman9934]

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

[@BernardTheMandeville]

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.

[@smcarpen]

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]

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

[@sototalyatree]

Mad to think Battleships were used in this war.

[@RoundBoblox]

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

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

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

[@enderwiggen3638]

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

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

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

[@golabdurrahman660]

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

[@jamesjenningsix]

I was there. US 18th Airborne Corp.

[@TrinitysTalons]

Thank you for your service

[@notmanciv5016]

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

[@nathanappleby5342]

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

[@quietus13]

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]

😂

[@Minister1Little]

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

[@codystout5353]

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

[@MiguelAngel-eg6qp]

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

[@LordInter]

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

[@forsaturn4629]

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

[@porkerpete7722]

*Highway of Death

[@RENASK]

@@forsaturn4629 its both but mostly soldiers

[@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION]

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

[@bobbystanley8580]

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

[@grannygrammar6436]

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.

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

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

[@user-mq7sf2cc1e]

how to win a war 39 country vs 1 goddam cowards

[@SuiLagadema]

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.

[@ZakiSalem-zh5gr]

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.

[@koharumi1]

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]

You are mixing Desert Storm with Operation Iraqi Freedom.

[@ak9989]

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]

China and Russia would destroy you guys lol

[@sumerianfarmer5363]

Cool Guy

[@matt.willoughby]

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

[@johnmontecalvo1508]

790,000 were Americans.

[@sev7nnn]

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

[@Anglomachian]

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]

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

[@Anglomachian]

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

[@BuckClucks]

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

[@lonpfrb]

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]

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

[@JoeyP946]

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

[@bestopinion9257]

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

[@Odysseus38]

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

[@UserName-cb6jz]

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

[@urrealdad76]

Great video. Thank you

[@notleviathan855]

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.

[@picholasido155]

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

[@lordcirrhosisofliver]

worlds strongest military: disasembles the 4th largest military at the time within days from the other side of the planet Worlds second strongest military: multi year highly attritional struggle against a much weaker country with which it shares a land border talk about a skill difference

[@Mapster2001]

The US has still technically never lost a war. Even korea ended in a peace treaty, and all Middle East conflicts were designed to build US back governments that would open more favorable trade to the US. Did those governments take or do what they were suppose to? No. Did the US lose even half as many men as any other nation? No

[@hussainalharbi2448]

Did the us take into account how they would fail propping up those governments? No and they lost because of that

[@StealthySpace7]

An argument can be made that the United States lost Vietnam. But that doesn't mean that Vietnam won. When we talk about a country losing a war we are typically referring to them being defeated in a military aspect. Maneuvered, outproduced, killed, bomb out of existence, however you want to phrase it. This is not what happened with America in Vietnam however. We left Vietnam bloodied and bruised, and only when we got bored did we leave. We weren't pushed out of the country, we just decided to stop one day and left

[@gofoats]

This was a warning. Do not provoke NATO.

[@deputybacon8776]

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

[@janoshorvath6676]

1. Have extreme technological and tactical superiority.

[@markjempson6608]

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

[@Brookspirit]

Yep, the wall came down in November 1989.

[@MCCiabattaGrande]

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]

What was the 3rd strongest?

[@MCCiabattaGrande]

@@jaybee9269 UK

[@jaybee9269]

@@MCCiabattaGrande >> I suspected.

[@dennisw64]

In war, the last thing you want, is a fair fight...

[@johndc2998]

Excellent peice.

[@spiritualdilemma1364]

1:45 “Sadam was worried America would become the dominant power in the region” I was under the impression he invaded because he thought America would be on his side, seeing himself as an ally. And then was caught off guard at their response? This part of the video makes it seem to me it could have been a move (maybe directly) against America rather than a move that wouldn’t cause the ire of America but would strengthen Iraqs power in the region. And for me at least that’s a very big difference.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Where the hell did you get that idea?

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

​@@paddyleblancfalse statement. Anyone can easily see what usa does to its enemies and friends. All coups and wars done by usa were to remove their enemies.

[@SamBrickell]

Saddam knew America did NOT want him to invade Kuwait, but he didn't think America would see it as "worthwhile" to go to war because of it. He was diplomatically told America didn't want him to invade Kuwait, and he responded "with respect, yours is not a society which will accept say 10,000 dead in one battle". (Saddam essentially understood that the American People would force the government to go home if we saw Iraq as turning into a quagmire or killing a lot of soldiers.) Saddam's military had faced WWI style atrocities during the recent Iran-Iraq war, and had not broken. I believe Saddam viewed the situation as: "Iraq can probably kill Americans at a rate of 1 dead American:10 dead Iraqi soldiers, and the American army will be forced to leave after losing 10,000 people, but the Iraqi army won't break after losing 100,000" People also forget the there was a 9 month military buildup and coalition building before the ground war. Saddam basically underestimated the fact that America would be able to spend 9 months building up an overwhelming and technologically superior force to crush Iraq's military WITHOUT taking "10,000 dead in one battle". Excellent diplomacy may have saved the situation during the earlier diplomatic talks, but not enough was done to convince Saddam how seriously America would view an invasion of Kuwait, and what capabilities America's military had, and what America would be willing to do to reverse any invasion.

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@paddyleblanc Saddam didn't get any assistance from the USA to lead Iraq

[@spiritualdilemma1364]

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography I couldn’t honestly tell you with the amount of information that I’ve consumed over the years of my life, the amount of times that information was later proven wrong or incorrect, and the amount of new information I’ve then had to consume as a result of new details and such. It’s all just a jumbled mess in my head at this point. But that’s just the rough impression I was left with at this point in time. I will say Saddam viewing America as an “Ally” was poor word choice on my end. I meant more that he didn’t see them as an immediate threat to Iraq or his regime at that time, from my understanding at the time of my posting.