Modern Trench Warfare: Iran-Iraq War | Animated History

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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[@SteveInLava]

I wonder what would happen if either side decisively won this war.

[@Zayn32wwwww]

Hey griffin,I reccomened you make a video on the Mahdist war It’s a piece of hidden history more people should know about

[@agorriazfan3238]

For the love of god, don't advertise any AI software ever again.

[@mondodimotori]

UUUH, Some people are gonna be pissed about this sponsor. Not one of them.

[@miguelongoortega]

Ok

[@mosii_97ahmadi38]

Im a arab from southern Iran , ahwaz my father was 15 and he and 3 of my uncles fight against sadam in the war! we are proud Iranian and we always portect our borders

[@henrycivili7959]

زنده باد همه وطن پرستان، سلام از ترک ارومیه به عرب اهواز🖐🖐❤❤

[@Imortalcat]

درود به هموطن❤

[@sajadfadhil8893]

ايراني مجوسي قذر غير بالفاو سويناكم مثل الجلاب تركضون بايديكم ورجليكم

[@sajadfadhil8893]

اسال ابوك شسوينة بيكم بالفاو

[@Fredrick129]

كأميركي، أنا أحترم وطنيتك واعتزازك ببلدك

[@mosesmm5473]

Saddam being animated like his South Park portrayal is just comedy gold

[@legomydjay6306]

😂😂

[@powerist209]

Not sure why they have A and H on the shirt. Trademark or nods to his advisors?

[@feoffery]

​@@powerist209 Armchair Historian

[@Robot_GEANT]

Austria-Hungary of course

[@itsblitz4437]

@feoffery oh yeah that make sense...

[@Kelqanus8]

Iran-Iraq war is very underrated and not talked about/studied extensively enough.

[@conserva-chan2735]

Very. It shaped the history of the Middle East to this day. Also, it's one of the few events that makes me reel back in awe at the sheer capability of evil man has.

[@balabanasireti]

By the love of... stop using the word underrated unironically

[@maximilianodelrio]

How the hell do you call a war "underrated", it's a war, not a goddamn videogame or tv show

[@noahw8523]

correct me if I’m wrong, but not much changed. It was basically all for nothing. I don’t understand why anyone would want to talk about it.

[@conserva-chan2735]

@noahw8523 it led directly to the Gulf War, had it never happened neither would the Gulf War.

[@amacoder7778]

great video. my grand father is a Iran Iraq war veteran (actually volunteer and never employed in army or IRGC )(Iranian) and my great-grand father which is still alive and has seen the ww1 and occupation of iran in ww2 also participated in iran-iraq war. the victory card of iran was mass conscription of volunteer and revolutionary morale which is like the way of USSR and the french in coalition wars.

[@alibabaei5968]

Volunteers were recruited by the IRGC and were actually a division of it.

[@article1372]

No it wasn't. What are you smoking? Iran's modernized military, and the main army that HRH Mohammad Reza Shah procured was the reason Iran not only held, but pushed Saddam back and threatened the fall of Iraq. The mullahs, in particular that butcher khomeini, did not want to accept the UN resolution 514 with VERY favorable terms to Iran. Then you had the butcher's vision of conquering Iraq which lasted another 5.5 years which resulted in child soldiers and human wave tactics.

[@arminirman]

Nuh uh iran better

[@oakoakoak2219]

Extremely important to note that the United Stats and Germany supply unimaginable quantities of chemical precursors to Iraq for its chemical weapon production. These were used against Iranian troop in this war as well as an attempt ethnic cleaning of the Kurds in Iraq.

[@OrasAltaee]

كلامك غير صحيح لأن أمريكا زودت ايران بالأسلحة والذخائر لقتال العراق وفضيحه ايران كيت معروفه للعالم العراق لم يستورد الأسلحة من أمريكا بل من روسيا والصين وفرنسا وأمريكا كانت تزود ايران بالأسلحة فضيحه ايران كيت معروفه للعالم هل سمعت بها 😈

[@onetruesavior69]

​@@OrasAltaeeYet Iraqi government massacred Kurds and Shia Muslims which led to 1991 revolution.

[@MahmoodDarayi]

لابد میخوای بگی اونی که باشیمایی کردهار رانسل کشی کرد عراق نبوده😅😅😅😅درضما کل دنیا میدونند که درزمان جنگ ایران ازطرف آمریکا وتمام دنیا تحریم بود وهمین حالا هم تحریمه،همه شاهد هستند که درآن زمان ایران وآمریکا درحال جنگ نفتکشها بودن ،پس لطفا حقیقت راانکار نکن​@@OrasAltaee

[@SinaBaratzadeh]

شما نمی تونید حمله شیمایی به حبلچه رو نادیده بگیرید ، چون تا الان هم همنوز اثرات اون بمب های شیمیایی توی برخی از رزمنده های اون منطقه هست

[@SinaBaratzadeh]

ایران متحد داشت اما عراق از ایران متحدان بیشتر و قوی تری داشت ، و اینکه میگین آمریکا به ایران کمک میکرد یه شوخیه مسخرست

[@vazeyo]

My father fought in this war. He was stationed in Kurdistan and was assigned to operate an artillery unit. He told me it was the scariest time of his life. He not only feared the hostile Iraqis but also the Kurds, who saw an opportunity for an uprising. Basically you never knew who was friend or foe, even within Iranian borders. He told me he was always keen hearing enemy shells coming in and getting into cover in time. His unit reinforced huts with more stones (and sometimes metal, if they got something) to get into them in case they were getting bombed back. It was a (most of the time) stationary artillery unit so this was just a matter of time if they get hit or not. Moving the artillery took time so eventually they were found by the Iraqis. They heared the sounds of incoming shells and got to cover quickly. Fortunate enough to have reinforced the huts *hours earlier*. He told me if they haven't done that in time, he wouldn't be alive today. Eventually though, he got hit after just days of employment. His brother meanwhile, my uncle, thought in the trenches and lost an eye by a sniper. Both of them had severe war injuries and were treated in Germany. They recovered, my uncle having lost one of his eyes forever but there lives were safed. The iranian authorities mailed them to come back after there recovery, but they refused and seeked asylum in Germany living here now for more than 40 years. My father hasn't talked about this time until recently after I found some photos and asking him about it. It was quite interesting, but he only told me what I've shared here. There is definetly more to it, I know it, he was hesitant to talk about it and stopped mentioning it since then. My uncle is different in that regard and more open about it, plans to even write a book about it, but I doubt it will ever finish. He is a bit lazy with writing :D

[@Dijdndnxnznskskkd3983]

I bet he was a good man, he probably thought hard

[@tiagodecastro2929]

I'm glad that your family was able to find asylum in a country that has come to greatly value peace and human rights. Germany seems like a very good place & people nowadays. Love from the United States

[@doujinflip]

It would be good to more of those stories, as the veteran trauma that hinders sharing them really only causes us to forget as we send another young ignorant soldier into the same cycle of violence. I wish my own late grandparents had been able to talk more about their experiences resisting the Japanese occupation in the Philippines ⚔️🇵🇭

[@ragnakok7973]

Damn my uncle and cousin on my mom’s side fought in that war in the Iraqi side. They were infantry and took part and witnessed some of the most bloodiest and gruesome aspects of that war.

[@HamedJafary-r4y]

Germany ,the one that gave chemical bombs to saddam

[@asgharkheshtak8276]

One of my uncles fought in this war. One of my memories of him is that he said we used G3 which Iraqis were afraid of and called it hand canon because of how powerful it was.but the Iraqis used ak 47 which was more reliable and it could fire in water and mud. God bless his soul

[@italoinacio4901]

Thanks for sharing

[@cbeaudry4646]

Iran used the G3? That's surprising

[@hashimalsmael3396]

lmaoo "afraid of" yeah right

[@ulacylon-timetrio9664]

@@hashimalsmael3396One Tomcat could gain air superiority in minutes if not seconds. This was because Iraqi pilots got tf outta the airspace since they were the best fighters besides the F-15 at the time.

[@GUNROCKS1990]

I like your story.

[@akend4426]

Wow, I never thought I’d see a South Park reference in one of your videos. And as a major fan of Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, I really appreciate it!

[@christerry1773]

When cartman goes to iraq lol

[@PaulRudd1941]

Quite an old reference too! As that episode came out in 2000!

[@thomas_asunto]

Eh, relax guy

[@doujinflip]

Does that mean we should "Blame Canada" for the Iran-Iraq War? 🇮🇷🦫🇮🇶

[@PaulRudd1941]

@@doujinflip as a Canadian, I'm sure Pierre was up to something. So that's an affirmative.

[@JohnnyRico118]

The wildest thing I've heard about the Iran-Iraq war was that young men would willingly charge into minefields yelling "shahid!" to clear the mines for the tanks.

[@sinabarzyar5766]

As an Iranian, yes it's true, my father even witnessed it, even a book was read about one, I forgot the name, but I think it was a 14 year old boy who went under a T55 with 3 grenades to blow it up...

[@Masoud520]

Yes , Iranian are crazy for Iran

[@samblu9772]

@@sinabarzyar5766hosseineh fahmideh

[@seyedkhashayartaghavirad8909]

@@sinabarzyar5766 the name of the boy is Hussain fahmideh…

[@user-ip2bm6us7i]

​@@sinabarzyar5766اون را هل داده بودند 😂😂😂😂

[@gilbertzan]

Many other countries had profited in this conflict. Sad to say that Brazil was among them. Brazilian company Engesa sold a vast supply of Urutu armored personnel carriers (APCs) and Cascavel armored cars to Iraq both directly and indirectly through Libya. The Iran-Iraq war also became the major market for another Brazilian company, Avibras, with its Astros II multiple launch rocket system. Remember this while me and other Brazilian country mates were getting diverted with World Cup Soccer games. Something else was goes on behind the curtains. Incredible as the History of Civilization keeps repeating itself. By the way, animation gets better and better, keep up the good work. Also, asking not to drop that little AH guy popping up to left bottom of screen. That very same one, describing few more details of the subject being covered. Love that!

[@gazwanalikhamees3429]

This is very true. My father was an officer in the Iran-Iraq war. The army gave him a Volkswagen Passat car. It was made in Brazil. It was an imposed part of an armored vehicle deal. Volkswagen’s factories in Brazil were about to... Bankruptcy, so an agreement was made with Iraq to buy cars in exchange for allowing weapons deals to be completed. The car was very reliable and efficient. In return, the price of the deal was paid by supplying oil to the Brazilian company Petrobras... which in turn pays the money to Volkswagen, the Brazilian branch... in In Iraq, this car is called (Brazilian). My father kept the car from 1985 until 2010 and it worked very efficiently. I personally learned to drive cars through it. We loved it very much and it was linked to my memories and the memories of my family 💔💔...... Returning to The issue of war was that it represented a deep wound in the body of humanity. The Iraqi person no longer has the same moral system that he had before the war, unfortunately, very unfortunately 💔💔 K.. This tragedy could have been avoided, but the governments in Iran and Iraq made agreements with Western powers to fragment societies. In both countries and weakening them for the sake of Israel's interests in exchange for allowing both regimes (Iranian and Iraqi) to remain and exercise power, which is what actually happened... (Note: Both regimes took over power in 1979, and within a year the war began!!!)

[@Twiggo_The_Foxxo]

Did not expect a south park reference in a armchair historian video

[@itz_ic21gaming97]

Neither am I. As a South park fan I mean.

[@Abigzerolol]

Same

[@tomassiqueira5172]

😂

[@michaelk4896]

the streets won't forget Saddam's love affair with Satan

[@giorgikibabidze]

At what minute?

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“You want a war George? Welcome to Shire-raq!” JRR Tolkien

[@hagrid1123]

“In book sales you got nothing to say! I’m number one and two, you’re under fifty shades of grey!”

[@ConquerousAzeez]

Nice yappery

[@TAYKONG]

EPICCC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORYYYY

[@thegreendragoninn8730]

​@@hagrid1123 "I got the prose of a poet, your sh*t's subpar You damn pirate, you even stole my R.R.!"

[@beans00001]

chiraq

[@pokegan52]

As an Iranian, the war described by my father was as this: it proved to us that no matter who is attacking, and what is going on inside, Iranians from ALL parts of the world received the call to the homeland. Former loyalists to the shah including many escaped generals came back and took up arms to defeat the threat. It proved that Iran, when in dire straights, has a global hand that goes beyond ideology. And even if you’re a loyalist to the shah, or a regime supporter, one thing always remains: your respect for the lives lost to protect the country.

[@doujinflip]

Hate is stronger than love. Nothing unites people faster than a common visible threat.

[@sinabarzyar5766]

I'm also Iranian, my father also told me this, he was about 13 when the war happened, he told me they would flood trenches with mustard gas, VX gas..

[@saeeddookat2330]

I'm not even Iranian but I've born in Iran I also would fight for my motherland Iran 🇮🇷

[@diackoakafrankie3151]

@@doujinflip hate is the love, seek help from demiurge and dont fall for sophias propaganda, rookie

[@Vaezquezz]

We will eat soil but we will never give up soil - Sattar Khan @@saeeddookat2330

[@lorraine40t59]

My grandfather was a tank driver on the Iraqi side, a T-72 driver. He joined the war since it started, but in 1981 he got captured as a POW by Iranians. In 1990, after the war he got released. He said he was treated good.

[@pooladjohnmoore9642]

yeah but you guys didnt treat our POW good bro as an iranian we never forgive you because of strating war using chmeical gases on civils and bad treating of POW s

[@issaabdulsada4267]

@@pooladjohnmoore9642 stfu, we will never forget the fact that nomadic Persians destroyed Babylon and colonized it for centuries. now go fight the us and isreael because they coming for you lol

[@mehdirahnama414]

but on the other hand my father was an inraniran pow in iraq and he wasnt treated good

[@lorraine40t59]

oh wow@@mehdirahnama414

[@lorraine40t59]

as an Iraqi, might sound harsh but same thing. Iran today tries to harm Iraq.@@pooladjohnmoore9642

[@Caesar_Himself]

The US heavily supported Iraq during this war... just before they flattened the Iraqi Army in 91 and Iraq itself in 2003

[@gazwanalikhamees3429]

The United States of America also supported Iran indirectly through its agent in the Middle East (Israel)... to ensure the balance of power between the combatants and thus prolong the war and eliminate both peoples (Iraqi and Iranian) because they have reached stages of development such that they pose a threat to the American project. The Israelis in the region.. Thus, the world powers brought Khomeini from the Emirate of Monte Carlo to rule Iran and brought Saddam Hussein from the Iraqi countryside to rule Iraq, and within one year the tragedy began and the war began 💔

[@صحّح_إملاءَك]

Evil USA

[@bigpapi6688]

Yeah for a while American leadership viewed Saddam as an important counterweight to Iran in the region, sort of how they viewed someone like Pakistan in the Cold War era. Definitely not friends, but better than the other guy. I don’t specifically remember when they stopped liking him, I’ve heard some say it was when it was confirmed he was using chemical wmd’s, but it was more than likely when he invaded Kuwait who is a U.S. ally, and the Saudi royal family, also a good U.S. ally, called Bush and asked for help against Saddam. Such a pointless war that had so many negative effects down the line.

[@bi_idee]

​@@gazwanalikhamees3429they brought Khomeini from Monte Carlo? What are you yapping about?

[@indianajones4321]

Great video, the Iran-Iraq War deserves more recognition

[@USAshouldbetrayNATO]

By far one of the most interesting wars in the middle east area.

[@omskc_gb4728]

My father told me growing up in the 80s there were so many big conflicts everywhere on the news and radio, Iran-Iraq War, Falklands War, Lebanese Civil War, Soviet Afghan War etc. and so many others I haven't even listed

[@doujinflip]

Ironically the 80s were a time where the US tactically sat out the main battles, its only direct operations being raids overthrowing the unpopular dictators in Grenada and Panama.

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

Yea the globe is never quite peaceful, small and big fires all over the place, isn’t new. My gramps was telling the same thing not long ago, while we had a discussion about the current global conflicts going on now.

[@doujinflip]

Ironically the 80s was the time when America was hardly engaged in direct combat anywhere, the only notable ones being the raids to overthrow unpopular dictators in Grenada and Panama.

[@jmsgridiron5628]

​@@doujinflipmy uncle was a door gunner on a helicopter in panama. He ended up retiring last year as a full bird from the army. He's a man I look up to. Even gave me his bronze star he got in Kabul. (Got it for logistics not valor but still)

[@Mohamedali558]

The Falkland war was nothing compared to the other three

[@neilhannan5112]

The Worse Thing about this War 8 Years 500'000 Lose their lives and more lives ruined no one won in the end 😢

[@alexissvetrev]

In war there are only losers

[@hawk7181]

Very stupid and useless war

[@Luna-rj1bb]

@@alexissvetrevunless your in the Defense procurement industry ofc 😅

[@rightfeelI]

yup and it helped the islamic republic to secure the regime for itself as Khomeini the leader of revolution said: "this war was a blessing for us without it we would've perish", Iranians paid a very hefty price

[@Heysaveva]

​@@hawk7181I do not understand When a country attacks you, What should you do? Why did UK, America and other countries fight in World WarII? All wars are useless, but this question must be answered by the attacking countries (Hitler, Saddam, and now Netanyahu).

[@mostafaalimohammadi700]

Iran in the Iran-Iraq war, even though there was an embargo and 72 countries supported Iraq, we were still able to stand in front of Iraq. We had an F14 plane, which was a nightmare for Iraqi pilots. We carried out the largest air operation called H3 against Iraqi bases.

[@identity2257]

Iran was supported by both the US and Israel, they were supporting both sides at the same time

[@7N_GA]

​​@@identity2257 all they want is to destabilise the middle-east and people still talk about who won the war...no one did both lost.

[@dysprosiumdead5078]

​@@identity2257 only israel.

[@moahaimen]

Israel supported iran with weapons and parts, usa support iran with weapons known as Amerca get scandal, north korea, soviet union, Pakistan, china, finally ur country lost the becuase of heavy human losses while ur people were 50 million we were only 10 millions,

[@dysprosiumdead5078]

@@moahaimen lol no no one gave iran weapons. israel supported iran with info. cope. iran lost lmfao. sure buddy sure you invade and get shat all over back and call that a win. u talk a lot for someone who's yk, size and importance of a province

[@pouyaasefinia]

I am Iranian, and I just want to say that the color of Iranian soldiers' uniforms was brown, not green. The green color belonged to Iraqi soldiers. Thanks for making this video

[@GreyWasteTim]

"Never sell arms to a side you don't personally want to win." "But during Iran-Iraq, you sold weapons to both sides." "Did you ever consider that I wanted them both to lose?" Lord of War

[@mohamadreza6934]

​@Sina-ru3vnUS did

[@GreyWasteTim]

The Iran-Contra Scandal - the US sold BGM-71 TOW and MIM-23 Hawk missiles to Iran, then used the profits to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. Ollie North was indicted. George Bush had to be pardoned by Reagan who made a nationally televised speech taking responsibility for it, though he lied and called it "trading arms for hostages." This was a 5 year long affair with weapons regularly being sold under the table to Iran by US government officials. While Libya and Syria were their only open allies providing support, Iran also was sold arms, anti-ship missiles like the Silverworm and scud missiles by South Yemen, Pakistan, North Korea, China, Argentina and even Israel. Argentina also trained Iranians on how to build their own BGMs. Then there were the sales made by third-party free agent gun runners like Viktor Bout, the man who inspired the story behind the movie I quoted. Iran-Contra alone is openly verifiable history and went on from 1981 to 86. Reagan made his speech in 87 admitting to bits of it.

[@GreyWasteTim]

​@Sina-ru3vnlol. lmao even. I guess Iran-Contra was just a 5 year long fever dream. Good luck with the propaganda.

[@ashspeaks1]

Yes he understands what he is saying, do you understand how naive you are kid? Iran even bought weapons from Israel there is vast documentations on buying from Israel and US.

[@GreyWasteTim]

lol. lmao even. I guess Iran-Contra was a 5 year long fever dream. Good luck with the propaganda.

[@johnathanadams6378]

I met a guy in Iraq that was a raging alcoholic, which was unusual because of the religious ban on drinking. He was a machine gunner during the Iran-Iraq War, and he told me that of all the terrible things he saw and endured, the worst was the few times when waves of unarmed Basij Army kids would charge their lines. Waves of propagandized young teens would be sent in massive charges to clear minefields or just soak up and deplete ammunition. So he mowed down a bunch of kids as he said he had no choice. And that, for him, was worse than any artillery, bombings, chemical attacks or combat in general.

[@rohamsr9935]

Unfortunately, due to the spirit of nationalism that had arisen in our youth at that time, people younger than sixteen manipulated their birth certificates and pretended to be older than they were to participate in the war. My grandfather was against the Islamic regime, but for me. He explained that children were never forced to go to war, but went voluntarily

[@skyhappy]

Just when I thought I had known it all. Goddamn. I read an old journalist's story who had visited during the war. From the LA Times iirc. He mentioned how the Iraqis electrified swamps which Iranians would motorboat into and the Iraqis would turn on the generators and fry them like fish. They then took their bodies and stacked them row by row to create a human road for armored vehicles to cross the swamps.

[@GUNROCKS1990]

That very dark man. Thanking for sharing your story.

[@rightfeelI]

@@rohamsr9935 my father was in the war he used to say there were orphan teens in the fronts and strap a bomb to them and giving them a plastic key and telling them this is the key to heaven it doesn't matter if you die, they also used soldiers, both underage and normal basiji soldier to clear a minefield in matter of seconds I don't know if this was forced or not but either way it is very inhumane and uncivilized, may their souls be in peace Edit: it's sad how many Iranians don't know about this and when the government is asked about this they justify with saying they were soldiers and that was their duty.

[@sinabarzyar5766]

​@@rohamsr9935 my father and me, mostly my entire family is against the regime, my father also told me about the things he saw, everything this man stated is true, the gases they used..

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Animations just get better and better

[@tomassiqueira5172]

The south park reference 😂

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Its the obsessive attention to detail with things like flags and uniforms that I love. And yes I loved the south park reference too lol. @@tomassiqueira5172

[@itz_ic21gaming97]

​@@tomassiqueira5172Yeah that one caught me of guard for sure. Man Bigger longer and uncut was a masterpiece.

[@sdabes6922]

Correction. Iran never had and used chemical weapons in the war with Iraq. in fact in documents released by the UN, Iraq was named as the aggressor in that war and had used chemical gas against Iranian forces and Iraq's Kurds who were against him.

[@Fadaeis]

I agree

[@MOHSEN.A77]

exactly, they used mustard gas 😒

[@ShaktiChaturvedi]

One of the bloodiest conflicts in the region post WW2. Iran Iraq war has always fascinated me as it saw a weird mix of both old and new tactics and weaponry. Thanks for the video !

[@Warmaster_24]

I remember a similliar video you guys made a few years earlier. Glad that you all made another video on this topic of Iraq and Iran.

[@tng2057]

When that war happened in the 80s, I was already thinking this war was like WW1 in nearly every aspect - why the war, the war progress, and the way the war was conducted etc.

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

I read they used chemical attacks, human wave attacks, etc. quite sad the scars of that war are still evident.

[@draco84oz]

You only have to look at Ukraine today to see it hasn't really changed that much since then - trenches, heavy use of artillery, actions to storm fortified positions... I guess its only luck that chemical weapons haven't been used so far.

[@Owen-C1997]

South park references were hilarious. Awesome video as always. Thank you so much for the detail and work you put into these history videos.

[@shadiafifi54]

I remember the time of this war, even though I was a child at the time. We lived in Kuwait, pretty much in the shadow of the war, though the results of the war certainly changed our lives. We left Kuwait a month before the invasion on vacation, and we've been living in Jordan ever since.

[@lastmanstanding-xp3ub]

Wow, you guys got lucky then. We're there signs of an imminent invasion? My dad remembers watching on the news Desert Storm and what not but ive never really heard from the perspective of a Kuwaiti (Kuwaiti? Kuwaitish?) before, I love history and the different perspectives about different historical events.

[@Tam_mor]

من اهل دزفول هستم و هنوز کنار جاده تانک‌های سوخته عراقی هست ...که برای نمایش عموم جمع آوری نشده اند❤️🇮🇷❤️

[@redjaypictures4528]

I read about this conflict in a graphic memoir called “persepolis” its more than a little eye-opening how different the 1980s were for other parts of the world that weren’t at the forefront of the cold war

[@ignaciorequena9182]

My school made me read the book. Bloody hated it.

[@strayadoesgames]

Great remake of an old video! I'm down to see more of this! also suprisingly I'm the 160th view, my reaction speed is most impressive

[@HaiderAl_Ameed]

As an Iraqi, it was so interesting to see the history of my nation. That war was pointless and cost too many lives for what it was worth. Keep up the great work!

[@Cynthia_Blackraven_666]

Russians will say the same about their Ukrainian adventure in a few decades.

[@rohamsr9935]

As an iranian I also agree with him

[@profinneupane6883]

@@Cynthia_Blackraven_666ukraine u mean? Cuz the war is taking place in Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of men have died since Boris visited Kiev

[@Cynthia_Blackraven_666]

@@profinneupane6883 200K russians died and 100k got crippled, with zero strategic goals accomplished after only 2 years of fighting.

[@Mogadam-jl6gi]

Iraq is Iran 🇮🇷

[@MohammadReza_Ariaii]

The holy defense showed the enemies of Iran that you can start the war but you will not end it.

[@Morton90]

EYE RAN - EYE RAK! Amazing video as always

[@enzorezaian9311]

My father fought in this war, he was in a unit similar to americas cavalry scout unit. Basically advance and clear a path for armored vehicles. He was in the front of the front, crazy stories.

[@sumerianfarmer5363]

Khomeini

[@familygash7500]

04:43 "'Eeeeeyyyyy! You need to relax there, fella! Take a load off, guy! Don't think aboot it!"

[@itz_ic21gaming97]

Oh this is one of the conversations with Satan from Bigger longer and uncut.

[@torpschez2724]

Its nice to see armchair historian revisiting old video topics

[@amirnajafe4346]

In this war, Iran fought with the whole world, not with Iraq, only a number of countries helped Iran, but the whole world helped Iraq. Iran gave only 300 thousand young martyrs in this war

[@erickam6733]

I'm not sure how I feel about this sponsor this time, I like the art your channel offers on addition to your historical expertise and information, I hope that AI created art never replaces your artists that help this channel grow and inform people for many more years.

[@Milroe4]

This was my favorite video, thanks for the remake

[@JackCupcake]

I've been waiting a long time for this one. Cheers to another great video!

[@LaCoalicion.]

5:08 TOP NOTCH REFERENCE!!! Well done!

[@itz_ic21gaming97]

The fans of South park would know

[@mahdiazadinejad8135]

تا همیشه نام و یاد رشادت های شهدای دلیر ایران زمین در دل مردم ایران زنده خواهد ماند 🇮🇷

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

It’s interesting to note, that some of the members of Iraqi leadership were on the receiving end of Saddams brutal regime now currently rule Iraq. Iran has major influence there as well, crazy how everything ends up.

[@DRSmithCreations]

When thinking about it, the Iraq War/Iraqi Freedom certainly benefited Iran and increased its regional power. Saddam Hussein was kind of a bulwark to Iran's influence but with Saddam being overthrown, Iran's old nemesis is now its pal.

[@djack1170]

Trippy, I was just researching this yesterday and its comparison to WW1. Happy to have a video from you on it to get a little more context!

[@TheJeeghe]

Can you please explain on their similarities?

[@yeriyark6678]

​@@TheJeeghe Chemical weapons were widely used by Iraqis

[@djack1170]

@@TheJeeghe Sorry for the very Late reply, I don't often check my KZbin comments. However, as already stated the wide use of chemical weapons and the prevalence of trench and child warfare. Were two despicable facts of life for both veterans of the Iran Iraq war and ww1

[@amir-ng6jv]

Your old video on this topic was amazing I'm sure this one will still top it!

[@13twoo]

My father fought in the Iraq war/Operation iraqi freedom. He was a combat medic, he made great friends with an older man whose son was killed by a minfield in the iraq iran war. The only thing left of him was a ruby ring, which he gave to my father because he had a son (me), i think about it alot. Being a soldier in the us army as well. Its been all over the world on multiple deployments, weird that i have it, even weirder is that im wearing the legacy of a bloodline that perished in that war. Kinda feels taboo.

[@vain2521]

My uncle, who was drafted into this war, never returned. From what we know, he was doing hard labor on the USSR-Iranian border, and his whereabouts are still unknown to our entire family. My grandmother's final wish was to see her eldest son, but war took that away from her. From letters we knew it was dirty trenches and said he was "breathing death". Saddam drafted his entire classroom. The war was useless, both us and our Iranian brethren lost too many people.

[@Jinx-n4b]

As an Iranian, the nation of Iraq and my nation did many dirty things in the war, such as the chemical attacks of Saddam Hussein's forces or the air attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran's army on Baghdad.

[@jump_kid]

As an Iraqi, I agree with this

[@Hawagh78]

Hopefully things will develop in good way between the people of Iraqi and Iranian people no hate much love

[@shogun_939]

جالبه که به حمله هوایی اونا به تهران اشاره ای نمیکنی اما به حمله هوایی ایران به بغداد اره

[@alphamh6327]

And what was the targets of iran air force? Never hit civils! Close your damn mouth next time when you don't know anything

[@andylopez6145]

4:56 nice southpark refrance !!

[@aviationguy1337]

In Iran, you can see these large pictures of the martyrs that died in this war on partment buildings all the time.

[@Fockan]

babe a new Armchair Historian video just dropped

[@Light-at-Dawn]

Another video on the Iran-Iraq War? that is already a lot more than what the big tv corruptions who cover history content had ever given us. Thank you, Armchair Historian🙏

[@roozbeh1227]

thanks for the video,7:34 correction here,people didn't rally to khomeini to defend the revolution or Islam,they did it to protect their country and nation against an enemy that threatened her nationality,I know hundreds of veterans of this war that have nothing but hate for khomeini and his thugs and his revolution,he knew very well that people's love for their nation exceeded their hate for him and he used it to instigate the war and strengthen his position

[@omarjocelyn]

Lmao, love the south park reference, especially with Hussein in south park style

[@itz_ic21gaming97]

A lot of people did not expect that am I right?

[@doujinflip]

Do we also "Blame Canada" for the Iran-Iraq War? 🇮🇷🦫🇮🇶

[@alirezajahanbakhsh7890]

Nice video! Super tiny unimportant note: I think you used the soldier figure art for iran and iraq kinda reversed, iraqi soldiers uniform was closer to the green theme and they had mustache without the beard, the Iranians had the mustache and beard and their uniform was khaki.

[@Dangle147]

Easily one of the most metal wars, especially hearing what happened to the Iranians who tried to cross the marshlands

[@nishantverma9169]

"Iran discreetly obtained supplies from Israel and usa" 💀💀

[@darzhanacf8983]

They say that the truth is stranger than fiction

[@Zoro-hn1jv]

This story is told for uneducated people

[@abolMT]

Let me tell you something No one helped Iran is what we learned Iran was fighting 70+ country's that supplied Iraq Children at the age of 13 change their identity to be older than 18 to fight I liked to share this information that we learned from parents,grandparents,teachers and the web(Persian site's)

[@NeostormXLMAX]

I doubt israel but i believe the usa sold to both sides

[@womsky4537]

@@abolMT Look at them now, give the people a little push and they will take down the current regime.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Reportedly, partway through the war, Saddam held a cabinet meeting to discuss strategy. One of his ministers suggested negotiating a surrender with the Iranians. Saddam took that minister into the next room and shot him, and then came back and asked if anyone else was thinking of surrender (nobody did).

[@lolzers7986]

Its nice to see the AK rifles not depicted with their safety on while firing for once lol

[@luhso7552]

The "Lions Led by Donkeys" podcast summed up the war strategy on both sides as "A chess match between two idiots who only know how to play checkers."

[@Darrow97]

never thought i would find a fellow listener here

[@sadsovietspy]

5:00 love the south park refrence

[@SoldierofChrist97]

I was hoping this would turn into an episodic series. My dad and uncles fought in the war, and they suffer in silence from the memories.

[@176zombie3]

I'm loving your channel TAH !

[@aidendegenhardt9242]

Love the videos, I think a video about the Czech point of view in ww2 would be a very cool video. Just wanted to share the idea

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

Yeah the AI ad is Not good, given the conversation around it now. Especially given how much businesses want to replace people with this stuff

[@bman6065]

It's happening regardless. Use it or don't, but in the end it won't matter. It's just how you feel it affects you. That's why I'm not a user.

[@IronDragon-2143]

Please, please, please do a video on the English Civil Wars. I'd love to see in detail how the Parliamentary Round Heads defeated the Royalist Cavaliers.

[@gtaddict3666]

6:42 Iraqi soldiers do not grow a beard.

[@chasekemmerling1676]

love the south park reference 4:44

[@Luke_the_Luk]

Nobody talking about him promoting AI? Thats crazzy man!

[@checodelwrestling2421]

This war is a clear antecedent of what would be the Gulf War, to understand many things you have to know history.Friend, could you make the evolution of the Mexican army uniform please 🙏🏼

[@2dhistory197]

this remake is underrated

[@AhmedALA-i7k]

Heyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@nameman7936]

It just came out bro

[@AhmedALA-i7k]

wdym there was an original this is a remake of the original which was released a couple years ago @@nameman7936

[@hasangarmarudi2178]

10:11 Iraq never captured abbadan. It was surrounded and blockaded. But not captured.

[@mooqer]

4:44 bro got that block 13 ahh animation

[@quincymitchell160]

The main reason why I gained interest in the Iran-Iraq conflict is on how the F-14 Tomcats served the Iranian Air Force, though it has conflicting or limited precise information regarding the Iranian F-14 throughout the conflict. Unlike to the service of the Tomcats with the US Navy is perhaps well known.😅

[@aliw.kh.8223]

When F14 was locking on Iraqi planes, the Iraqi pilot ejected because of the Sparrow missiles, which was the main reason for Iran's range of American equipment. Cobra helicopters were hunting Iraqi tanks

[@christopherlesage5995]

The south park reference just made me laugh!!! Well done.

[@sword_of_sanghelios]

8:06 wrong t72 wrong color it should be tan and it and reactive armor was used in 1980 it was frist used by isreal in 1983 and soviets frist used it in 1984 and iraq didn't have reactive armor in 1980 or even in 2003!

[@louddog962]

Best History lessons I've ever had...and nice South Park tie in...Good Stuff!!

[@claudiovillani5538]

Great video. Epic when people understand that "South Park" is a loved movie.

[@GoofusPlays]

You didn't talk enough about the armed groups. The Kurds in Iraq rose up during this war and fought Saddam and some Iranian armed groups (PMOI) actually switched sides and fought Iran to bring down Khomeini.

[@xd.gamers5670]

Your videos are great and your doing a lot of work and research on history

[@battlecross8540]

5:00 "Just call me your old pal, Saddam Hussein!" 😂😂😂

[@MusabTheMachine]

AMAZING Editing Bro

[@PeESH_WA]

You explained the history of my country very beautifully

[@soloc83]

Upon agreeing to end the war in ‘88, Ayatollah Khomeini apparently said he had to drink “a poisoned chalice.” Glad to see some more non-Western conflicts covered here. Great animation as always. My Iraqi coworker was a Shia Muslim living in southern Iraq in the 90s. He told me about how he hid a copy of the book 1984 in a plastic bag in the river since it was banned by the Ba’athist government. Regarding life under Saddam’s dictatorship, he said it was “unreal.”

[@Election_History]

Nice video Bro ❤

[@binxballstudio446]

Great video❤

[@kokutai3331]

It’s cool to see you guys remake an old video with your current animation and presentation style

[@ripgang-j6b]

In this war, everyone like America, Russia, etc. supported Iraq, but the Iranians defended themselves without any help and the Iranians became much more powerful than the Iraqis.

[@SniperFallen06]

If i remenber correctly this is the only war in history that attack helis were fighting 1v1 in duels

[@thatlastsam5234]

I can already hear the south park tomfoolery at 4:59 XD. Also great video!

[@tomaslopez2940]

Neat video! When can we see a similar video on the Soviet Afghan War?

[@darksoldier9773]

I'm iranian, and my uncle died in this war he is only 17 years old and fights for us Rest in peace ❤💪🇮🇷

[@RyanNightmare-w2x]

I'm from iran and it was a miracle that a few people and 50 men hold a city for 35 days

[@CrisisMoon7]

You know this war isn’t talked about that much

[@michaellynes3540]

Skip to 4:13

[@F324.]

Can you make a India-Pakistan war video they are 3 really short wars and would fit into one video not much people have covered it would love to see it in more detail especially with your channels animations and detail

[@Zoro-hn1jv]

India-pakistan war is in tiktok 😂 dancing at the border. It's just for making muslims busy. Nothing important.

[@shahroozeden8431]

Great effort man💥✨