Operation Iraqi Freedom - The Fall of Baghdad & "Victory" - Animated

[@TheOperationsRoom]

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[@beepboop204]

appreciate you and i like your voice

[@jeroylenkins1745]

6:00 minor artillery terminology poinnt. HE point detonating (PD) is a fuze that is set to explode on the ground. Airburst is typically either mechanical time (MT) or variable time (VT) and not a point detonating fuze. HE PD airburst is not something that exists.

[@johnsmith-jq1uc]

sir, are you ever going to look at battles from ukraine, or would these bee to recent?

[@sundoga4961]

@@johnsmith-jq1uc Probably can't touch them due to KZbin restrictions.

[@sharonstanley2396]

us invasion of grenada and us invasion of panama

[@thomaswilliams4543]

If anyone ever doubts the detail that goes into these videos, they animate shepherds dragging individual sheep away in the middle of a heavily animated battle

[@migol15-21]

Best respect for the shepherds... and she sheeps too.

[@thatAC130]

Yeah seriously. I even noticed a detail in 11:48, where an Iraqi car drives up to a humvee, until it stops right next to it and is ignited on fire. The Humvee then backs up and tries to get away from it. Like bro, It's such a small detail, they didn't even have to do that 😭

[@Taima]

@@djsi38t The thing about that though is that they have no obligation whatsoever to go beyond a certain level of quality and detail. Some might have expectations of steady improvement, but that's not something that is actually owed to those people - except maybe patreon backers if they're told to expect such things. Otherwise this channel could have stopped iterating on their already fantastic process and stayed the same for years to come and they'd be just as popular. It's real hard work with or without the promises of fat KZbin revenue.

[@mduff94]

Still makes you feel bad for the sheep...poor animals...

[@thomaswilliams4543]

@@mduff94 it's a baaaaa-d situation all around

[@Sapper21b10]

Its crazy. The stuff I did when I was a 19 year old private is now making it into history vids. Freakin crazy. SGM Galligher was an absolute bad ass at Objective Moe. Those were a seriously wild few days. My unit, A Co. 10th Engineers, was attached to 3-15 Infantry. We built a bunch of fighting positions and roadblocks those few days. We were told that Baghdad was a free fire zone, and boy was it. I dont know how many cars, trucks and busses we shot up. But it got to the point that the Bradley's would light em up, and before they really even stopped rolling, they got stuck into the roadblocks. Theyd also let all the animals loose in the Baghdad Zoo, which was just off the parade grounds. I remember a lot of guys saying they had to put most of the animals down. Little did we know the can of worms we opened we opened, or the knock on impact that it would have. My platoon stayed there for about 4 month, then moved up to Fallujah to clean up munitions caches until October when we finally came home. It still feels wild the stuff we did back then is now being covered by historians and history teachers.

[@mcgibblets78]

Amen to that brother!

[@gobblox38]

I was in basic during all of this. We couldn't get enough news on the action. A year later, my unit would rotate in and take over. The marines would clear what would become my FOB. Their graffiti marked the area.

[@allanfoster6965]

I'm glad to see you returned home safe to bear witness to what happened. Thanks.

[@Kaiquintos]

What's surreal to me is that I am not an American and yet I remember that there were always news reports about this conflict as I grew up. I live in a fairly rural part of Sweden and being a young kid of 13-14 years. None of this was really explained either to us kids. So it essentially just left us kids to conjure up some crazy ideas and jokes. So being a man in his early 30's now and watching events I remember watching on the news as history and finally learning the truth behind all of this. It's just a bizarre feeling. And I feel like the adults that invested so much time into telling us kids that "it's important for you kids to remember this conflict." But never really telling us why it's relevant to us. Especially since Sweden didn't have any active roles in this whatsoever. I just feel that they should have explained things a bit more to us because I lived a large portion of my life with some odd views. I'm glad that over the years I came to enjoy learning about history and eventually started learning about both the events leading up to the Desert Storm and later Iraqi Freedom. Anyway, it's just weird to realize that this conflict occurred only 20 years ago and we can look at it like we used to look at the Korean War and Vietnam. And it'll be even more bizarre that 20 years from now. I'll be able to tell people about the war in Ukraine the same way we can talk about the invasion of Iraq. I'll probably never stop being surprised that there's so much going on in the world. Things I thought I'd never live through to witness. Guess it's true with the old saying of "history repeats itself". The only difference seems to be the names and locations.

[@Arnechk]

And I was playing military games of all sorts with a very close thematic dring that time. News on war did not interest me, despite the conflict being covered quite regularly, but it was a part of news everyday for years prior and years to come. Result of living in the balkans.

[@desmond-hawkins]

Wow! This is probably the most detailed Operations Room video I've ever seen. The attention to detail is amazing, between the 3D animations in many scenes, the motorbikes rushing the intersection, the shepherds grabbing their sheep… incredible work.

[@Barwasser]

The shepherds are the real MVPs if you ask me :D Absolute Chads. Someone should make a war movie - "Saving Private Dolly" or "Black Sheep down"

[@Dan19870]

@@Barwasser CASEVACing Lamb Chops 😂

[@kenevans938]

I question the accuracy of the details. Much of it cannot be verified at all so it simply reads as a movie/documentary

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

​@@kenevans938 Evidently he has a fairly good source. Just because you did a Google search or tried to look for these details on Wikipedia doesn't mean it didn't happen like he said it did. I'm sure the soldiers that lived through it would be kicking up a big fuss in the comments section if any of it was false.

[@MrBboy95]

Guess it's time to rewatch Generation Kill again

[@jensendkmg7209]

Loooooovin yOUUUUUU

[@vitosalmeri326]

​@@jensendkmg7209 Is all I Want to Dooooo

[@ItsLuckNotSkill]

AT LEAST MY MOM TOOK ME TO NASCAR!

[@Hairylegz3000]

"He's a little belt fed today isn't he"

[@tedarcher9120]

I bet Person is in these comments

[@corvanphoenix]

The shepherd trying to save his sheep is a perfect metaphor for the horror of war.

[@SlaughterhouseDb]

More like the absurdity of war: that during a major engagement the civilians are more concerned with surviving tomorrow than today.

[@jr8260]

​@SlaughterhouseDb without his sheep will he be able to survive tomorrow?

[@fakecubed]

@@jr8260 The coalition would have paid them restitution. There were pallets of cash being flown in to do just that.

[@informitas0117]

​@fakecubed "Trust the Americans" is probably not near the top of a farmers priorities.

[@andrewharvey2326]

The evolution of the animation for this channel has been truly incredible.

[@battlefield_hackers_exposed]

The last time I was this early, ...the Iraqi Propagandaminister still claimed there are no American tanks in Bagdad.

[@sergeant6103]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Xazv-iv1jw]

What did you expect ? They are Arabs LOL

[@Bcovax]

Lol Arabs

[@louiss2441]

There was no propaganda minister in Iraq at any point in time.

[@GorFrag]

he still claims that

[@Dmooreslotreviews]

I literally thought to myself, I've not watched an Operation Room video in a while. And then this has been posted for 8 minutes!

[@AnyProofOfTheseClaims]

Cool beans!

[@HalfLifeExpert1]

Every episode of this series keeps bringing one thought to my mind: "These advances seem recklessly fast. The coalition was very fortunate that the regular Iraqi forces were not putting up that much of a fight"

[@QemeH]

I think they had good intelligence rather than being lucky.

[@JackDrewitt]

@@QemeH intelligence seems shody from what operations room says about it in their other videos

[@andrewallason4530]

I think the main differences being: total air supremacy,, using helicopter gunships and attack aircraft, advanced communications to coordinate including the use of close artillery support, advanced fighting vehicles (we’ve seen recently in Ukraine how effective a Bradley can be against Soviet era equipment) and very capable personal weapons like Javelins. This, combined with a fighting force with advanced training, especially in the mixed use of predictable and unpredictable actions ( we do a thunder run, then three days later we start what looks to be another run, but switch to a penetration of the central city). The Iraqi army had little capability, beyond their outdated equipment, other than individual bravery and blind obedience to the regime.

[@druid4243]

Advances were fast because of a massive talent overmatch plus air superiority.

[@ericsilver9401]

@@JackDrewittthe missions that had great intelligence are much less dramatic. You are going to see bad intelligence in videos since they focus on more dramatic events.

[@dug117]

Thanks!😀 Love the content! Keep it up!

[@Coinz8]

"Abdel! Arnt the land mines supposed to go underground?" "What? First I'm hearing about it. It says LAND MINE on the box, they go on the land"

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

It's a common slow down tactic on roads where you can't really bury them I suggest you study it before commenting such rubbish.

[@AnyProofOfTheseClaims]

Dang how was that dunk on your head, junior?

[@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG]

​@@gae_wead_dad_6914 he was making a pretty funny joke. Geeze 🙄

[@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG]

​@@AnyProofOfTheseClaims what😂. That was a pretty funny joke . I can actually picture the scene in my head , and you guys are busting his balls 🥴

[@Arrows_Of_Doom]

@@gae_wead_dad_6914 I think everyone here knows that (I hope). Coinz was just making a joke that was taken too seriously

[@adayuanelivlogs]

Saddam hussein has been real quiet when this dropped

[@btratemylegs.6342]

He’s been silent since he dropped.

[@TarisTheSinger]

He's just hanging around

[@muhammaddanishbinramizi2052]

He turns red

[@amanhossain3462]

im here in his behalf lol

[@TaigaShaman]

He’s leaving us all hanging…

[@87MasterJ]

This was the best excample how vulnerable the supply lines are. This could have gone really really bad... Thank you so much for this series. Thats definitely my favourite !

[@xwhite2020]

yeah bad like dragged on for ten years with millions of deaths.

[@dirus3142]

It was a dumb plan. No infantry protecting the flanks on either side. Just an armored push deep into a city. Creating a situation were they had to run supply trucks up a narrow road taking fire the whole time.

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

@@dirus3142 "Dumb" is not really applicable considering how successful the entire operation was. Could it have gone better? WIth hindsight - EVERYTHING could have gone better everywhere in the world in every battle in history

[@jonathansibrian695]

@@gae_wead_dad_6914 they got lucky , its still dumb , the situation remenbers me of the drive to grozny and it could had ended that way too

[@Chiberia]

@@gae_wead_dad_6914it was supremely stupid, against orders, lucky, and also successful. the US military is a logistics company that dabbles in combat - the only reason this wasn't a massacre and embarrassment was the Iraqis were disorganized and not really fighting back.

[@JoRoWi83]

Always a treat reliving battles I was eventually involved in Good stuff my dude

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Did you leave the oven on and have to go back? 😉

[@libnicerdenio7851]

What’s up? Who were you with? I was in RCT1 to Baghdad, then my Company made up part of Task Force Tripoli. Task Force Tripoli captured Tikrit and rescued some of the POWs. We were relieved by the Army’s 4th Infantry Division.

[@rubiconnn]

The shepherd dragging his injured sheep to safety in middle of a battle is depressing.

[@chazzbranigaan9354]

U know sheep are not real right?

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Reporter: You've now taken Baghdad, now what? Tommy Franks: *fades into the bushes like Homer Simpson.* I'm retired now. Rumsfeld: Not my problem. Cheney: *message read* Bush: I dunno. Paul Bremer: Now I make two of the worst decisions possible to create a massive insurgency.

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

"What did you do today?" "Oh, you know, lassoed some anti-tank mines and stuff"

[@robertburik6960]

Some of them had turds on them.

[@smudgekenobi7126]

The fact your organisation hasn’t been featured on TV yet is kind of insulting… structured, accurate and animated this is some of the best educational material on these topics! 👍🏼

[@jdh8727]

I was a Naval Aviator 2002-2012. I have the utmost respect for Sappers and all EOD folks. Clearing mines in the middle of the night by hand?… impressive.

[@BoyGeorgestrait]

Essayons!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

The most terrifying military job I've ever heard of were the sappers at second battle of el Alamein during the second world war. Crawling through a minefield from 22:00 for 4 hours to create four safe passages for the following 4 infantry divisions. The bagpipers then played as they led their respective division through their individual safe passages. Dust thrown up but the tanks reduced visibility to zero. It breaks my brain thinking about that

[@PersonalityMalfunction]

Brilliant! Additional information for the curious: the mines mentioned at 4:36 were not laid in the "open". Instead, the talented men of the Iraqi Army engineers placed the mines directly on the tarmac and then camouflaged them by pouring a small mound of sand on top! It looked like mole infested lawn. Full marks for trying, I guess.

[@Gool349]

always a great day when the Oproom posts something new!

[@PilotGrapefruit]

Excellent series! Thank you Ops Room for making this 🙌

[@Cpt_Birch]

This series has been incredible! all the little details and amazing animations bring it to life!

[@carn1vore]

Amazing video! I can only imagine the time invested here. Easily my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@Mark-th1gn]

Loved the episodes from start to end, thanks so much!

[@duncanmacfarlane7103]

This channel is just too damn good, the animation is also getting better and better. Great work!

[@Dockie27]

Thank you for this series! This war defined the zeitgeist of my childhood. I am thankful that you have supplied context to so many of the images from this conflict that I have burned into my core memories. I'm also thankful for the Intel Report episode in which you explained the nuance of the politics surrounding the invasion.

[@ghostface1304]

Another outstanding series! I applaud you and your patrons and look eagerly forward to the next masterpiece!

[@profit_5416]

Another Outstanding job, please never change the music

[@rosemarybrockman7204]

Bravo, what a great series. Easily some of the best quality on KZbin

[@DeaconBlu]

I absolutely love your work here. The format is fantastic imo and it’s easy to see. Thank you for what you do! 😎👍❤

[@Lazuli2-6]

Congraduation on finishing this huge project! This was such an eduacational bit for me to learn about the tactics uses by the US to overwelm the Iraqis. I hope your next series is on Rommel's earlier stint in Africa and why he earned his nickname the Desert Fox. Until your next project, rest well Operations Room Team!

[@samwill7259]

"Victory" is a loaded word in this case We may have won the war but by god in heaven did we fumble the peace about as hard as possible

[@drksideofthewal]

I wonder how that happened. The US and allies were quite successful at “nation building” when it came to Japan and West Germany.

[@Xiahoud]

germany and Japan turned out to be economic powerhouses that started to compete with the US economy in several aspects, leading the US to media war and tariffs against the Japanese automotive until they hit a recession in the 90’s. The least American wants is a new economic competitor in the Middle East; Iraq under Saddam with all his flaws, focused deeply on education and science and philosophers and architects. One of the most educated countries (then) in the area. The intentional failure of Iraq and targeting of factories (including a children food factory) is the perfect economic storm that led to a massive brain drain, most Iraqi left to the US (Detroit) or scattered, those educated who remained in Iraq were left on the streets by a new shiite-led-government, only earning money from private teaching new students, whom themselves focused on leaving Iraq in any chance. It was a “victory” for the US.

[@Abe_Simpson-y4j]

@@drksideofthewal The corruption of the Bush administration and its orbiters.

[@thebeardeddog8904]

@@Xiahoud Very heavily skewed take, with multiple willful omissions (at best). The entire crux behind the Casus Belli for the invasion of Iraq was Saddam's intent to disrupt oil market shares. If you don't know what I'm referring to, please don't bother responding. Your implication that the U.S. caused Japanese economic stagnation is an outright lie. You have absolutely no knowledge pertaining to the economics of Japan. You intentionally omitted the German economic model, probably because it's been successful, and without adverse U.S. economic intervention (there goes your entire point). In any event, just to educate you, Saddam's main goal in invading Kuwait (a sovereign nation), was to usurp its energy footprint. When the Iraqis retreated from Kuwait, they willfully caused the most heinous and destructive oil spill in human history by sabotaging hundreds of pumps. If they couldn't have them, they'd be sure to destroy Kuwaiti supply, thereby driving up energy costs. Saddam knew that was the only way to hurt the U.S., and we were never going to let him do it any more than China would permit a blockade of the Straight of Hormuz. Learn to think critically, and don't be intellectually dishonest.

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

​@@drksideofthewalJapan is buddhist,Germany christian and Iraq muslim.The first two religions are compatible with modern life,the third is stuck in the 7th century.

[@happybunny1329]

Thanks for another excellent series. I'm really glad I found your channel. Your detailed animations and clear dialogue make these military analyses interesting and understandable for a non-military person like me. Many thanks to all your team. :)

[@outofturn331]

Why would a non military person be watching this 😉 edit: kidding, I don't know the business end of a gun

[@happybunny1329]

@@outofturn331 I know, I stick out like a sore thumb on this channel lol. I guess us bunnies just have to stay civvies as we can't get uniform to fit our ears and tails... ;)

[@nekomakhea9440]

> enemy infantry hugging their position to prevent calling in artillery or air support That's a Maxim 20 Moment: If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win.

[@flopus7]

*Ominous hum*

[@Romez27]

Friday night and an operations room video drops. What a day

[@jonathanfairchild]

This is a mindblowing level of detail 😳 you have the actual turrets on the vehicles turning and shepherds moving sheep. Like dude what are you doing?! This is amazing!

[@ameerkhusro777]

I was waiting for this series from 2020 and here it is with so much detail, Thank you so much ❤

[@ihdiadgdhwbad1]

can you explain your pfp?

[@mandough]

These videos are so cool

[@danniserendret4301]

Watching this video is extremely fun, could hardly look away fearing the part that i might miss. Keep up the good work Operation Room!

[@crysistec]

another amazing video !!!! , Falujah next ?

[@JSaysHey]

Such a perfect Friday night. Currently I’m watching this episode from the exact same region of “Objective Curly” @ 6:11

[@timmccarthy9917]

So the guy who disobeyed orders and took downtown, leading to several near-catastrophes, was court-martialled, right? Right?

[@richardfrancis578]

I was just thinking the same!

[@robertburik6960]

The plan was to go Downtown all along. Only if resistance was too stiff would they go to the airport. The whole plan involved a supply train of HEMTTs because they meant to stay downtown and thus would need supplies. There was no disobeying orders. It was the intention with a back up plan if things got too difficult.

[@clydedopheide1033]

Nope. He made general.

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

Dude, only like - 2 people died because of this That's less deaths than you would get from American gun violence

[@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG]

I think he said I would have disobeyed the order in retrospect. Quoted him saying if I could go back and disobey.

[@jackthedragon612]

And so the story comes full circle once ag ain. Great work as always!

[@TJ24050]

My AO from October 06 - Nov 07 was SW Baghdad. Been up and down that highway at least 100 times and going to the green zone and the cross sabers was a semi-regular thing. Thanks for the in-depth animations.

[@Canis_Lupus_Rex]

Was at camp Liberty 05-06, sometimes it seems like it was only yesterday.

[@Genessyss]

how do you feel as being an agressor basd on a lie?

[@Canis_Lupus_Rex]

@@Genessyss I feel fine. How does it feel being a weak ass troll with no real purpose in life?

[@Canis_Lupus_Rex]

@@Genessyss I feel fine. How does it feel to be a weak ass troll with no real purpose in life?

[@Teaamery]

Im from baghdad , these cross sabers It is called an arc victory .

[@mat7966]

Hope to see an Operations Room on the hunt for Qusay and Uday. This has been such a fantastic series.

[@Taima]

This might be my all time favorite video of yours, which is crazy considering how fucking good they all are. I think the incredible detail and quality of this one, plus the recency of the event plus the nature of said event - one of the few times in recent history we can say the military both did its thing of tomfoolery and badassery against pretty damn legitimate enemies - just too good.

[@arc6563]

I am the one that actually found uda hussein and saddam! October November 2003! I used over-head images 6 years apart to see how that hid their weapons! I found 36 grid locations of significant openings!

[@bigsarge2085]

Incredible series, thank you!

[@dylandarnell3657]

_sees new Operations Room video_ Oh, it's good to be back!

[@carloscampo9119]

Thank you again for such magnificent work !

[@Im_Aeros]

the video of them pulling down a statue with a front end loader and then everyone charges at the rubble with bats to beat the rubble has me dying

[@Meatful]

Glad to see the wrap of this series. Can't wait to see what's next!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Falklands would be good. Or the Yugoslav wars, or have they already done that?

[@bredsheeran2897]

I can’t help but feel bad for those poor farmers and sheep. They never asked to be in the middle of a battle, but still risked their lives to save their livelihoods

[@jaja2753]

I absolutely hate comments like this or comments crying about "innocents". These people allowed their county to be a safe haven for terrorists. If they are innocent why did they allow terrorists to be safe in their country? If they fought for their country like Americans have throughout history there would be no reason for us to be there. Civilians who cry about these things are supporting terrorism.

[@HammerSandwich9]

This series combines all my favourite books/references for the invasion. It’s awesome to see everything presented in a great cohesive manner like this.

[@Skorpychan]

The jury is out on whether the American government or generals will ever learn to sort their shit out before rushing in.

[@JRyan-lu5im]

I'd say that's a negative seeing how Afghanistan went which was capped off by the Kabul fiasco. A large fraction of the F-35 is defunct, and the USMC no longer has *any* combat armor. It is shocking what a powerful weapon the US military is, and the misuse of its strength that it endures.

[@claytonkickflip7595]

​@@JRyan-lu5imYour comment leads me to believe you have no idea what's actually happening. The USMC is losing its armor because they are being developed into company sized assets that are self sufficient. A company armed with 4 JVLTs instead of one Abrams is much more a force multiplier. This isn't WW2 anymore. Tanks don't win wars, as seen currently with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[@JRyan-lu5im]

​@@claytonkickflip7595 If you watched the war in Ukraine and compared it to armored warfare in any near-peer conventional war, the attrition now is not different from the attrition then. Tanks losing tracks to mines isn't new. Tanks destroyed by infantry anti-tank arms is not new. A JLTV can be disabled by infantry small arms, and it cannot strike hardened targets. It cannot engage targets 2000m away. It doesn't have thermal optics or computerized tracking. That you think a light infantry company can do the job of a tank indicates you dont understand the roles, capabilities, or limits of either asset/arms. Wars are won by a combination of manpower, equipment, and the ability to use them effectively over the opponent. The USMC no longer has self sufficient hardened combat vehicles. That is a incredible vulnerability.

[@fkUTube449]

​@@JRyan-lu5im You're oblivious to the conflict in Ukraine, aren't you? Its not just tanks gettings tracked, no, they are being obliterated. Drones, atgms, drone assisted artillery has all but made tanks obsulete.

[@JRyan-lu5im]

@@fkUTube449 A country using a majority of old tanks with the economy size of BRAZIL lol. They aren't setting benchmarks for modern combined arms. The Royal Navy's naval task force sent to Argentina was almost crippled by dumb-bombs strapped to old jets and a handful of ASM's. An incredible amount of luck and pre-existing material advantage saved the brits who had a neglected underfunded navy. Wait, just like the Russian military. Underfunded, outdated, and vulnerable. In WWII between the Soviets and Germans, each respective tank model lost in excess 70% of the total production to combat losses. Again, tanks being destroyed isn't a new thing, its only new in a modern perspective because no modern forces have fought in multiple decades. Tell me, what will replace a the capabilities offered by tank on the battlefield?

[@fresquez]

The operations room is an amazing channel

[@eds556]

Great job Ops room! Plz do Afghanistan next

[@j.danaiken2651]

I love your videos. Thank you for all of the work that you do.

[@chillpotato7239]

I’m actually amazed at how recklessly the coalition won this war. We basically just fucked up constantly and our strategy was awful (driving down a road with a bunch of vehicles lined up which you know is a kill zone is not good strategy) but we won because we just had sheer fire power. I guess that’s the American spirit.

[@oliverhughes610]

Great series lads, really enjoyed learning more about the details of this one.

[@RussianBot-kp8wn]

And then they all lived happily ever after...

[@soarabove337]

Great vid, per normal TOR! The conclusion of this take is exactly why we need a Sadr City video too. Might be hard because not so much 1:1 force:force action, but if anyone can do some guerilla illustrations, I imagine it'd be you.

[@StephenLuke]

RIP To the 34 US and British troops, and 2,320 Ba'ath Iraqi troops who were killed in the Battle of Baghdad

[@ihdiadgdhwbad1]

most troops in baghdad were dumb lunatics from other countries (jordan palastine yemen) who in their mind would fight and die for "allah" they saw the invasion as a fight against islam LMAO

[@sunlight9056]

this series was amazing. i've really enjoyed it. thank you.

[@jagx234]

Came to see if the plank over the bridge into Baghdad was mentioned. Edit, I didn't see it here. Very sad that this armored(AMTRACs count!) push that was relegated to an infantry push because a bridge was blown out over the Tigris was left completely out. Those were the first Marines into Baghdad, but no mention at all. 3/4 crossed that bridge and another with infantry to allow follow on forces, including 3d ID across that bridge and one other as well.

[@kyle99223]

Hell yeah boys I don’t think I’ve ever been this early to a video. Love the content and when can we get some Korea content?

[@OttoMiller-vd7ib]

Thank you for including the part where they didnt find wmds

[@mondoseguendo6113]

Wait! What? There weren’t any WMD? Damn it, they lied to us 😢

[@Germain-ys8zz]

They found all of the materials needed to make weapons of mass destruction ( the chemical weapons variety) in one complex

[@magistrate3343]

@@Germain-ys8zz Damn that's the smoking gun needed to justify the invasion for sure, especially when the WMDs emphasized by Bush Jr. were nukes and already assembled chemical weapons. You know it's not hard to admit that Bush Jr. lied.

[@asdf-sr1ny]

@@Germain-ys8zz Yeah man and the fifth city Israel demolished this week had khamas tunnels under. Poor Israelis and Americans 😢

[@zachjordan7608]

@@Germain-ys8zz they found trace amounts from stockpiles dating to the iran-iraq war, no current program or evidence of completed weapons

[@Booze_Rooster]

When I was in OSUT at Fort Knox back in 2010, I ended up at the front of the column one day next to our senior drill sergeant. I hadn't really dealt with him so far and was surprised when he was talking to the few of us in the front ranks while the other drill sergeants bawled out everybody to the rear of us. I distinctly remember him telling me he was in the "third tank into Baghdad back in '03 and that was the kind of thing no recruiter could ever promise you and something you'd never want to forget"

[@javierramirez9476]

I was with 3/4 when they went on the third tour to Iraq, I was fortunate enough to work alongside senior Marines who were actually there to bring down Suddam statue. Proud of my unit and our called sign "Darkside"

[@tahah7520]

They lied to you, you fought for greed

[@javierramirez9476]

Cool story let me know your off mommy tities

[@DaveSCameron]

I’d dearly like to support you and your channel financially but I say without shame that I’m struggling to maintain our home so I wish you the very best and encourage others who are in a better financial position to do what they can.😊

[@galidroo]

20:35 Love the animations of the guys helping their sheep. Great stuff man!

[@nydajackmccoy]

The lack of WMDs is what we in the American diplomatic corp call a "Whoopsiedaisies". As in, "Sorry we dragged you into a war under less than truthful circumstances".

[@ismaeljimenez6562]

We found chemical weapons

[@nydajackmccoy]

@@ismaeljimenez6562 We found remnants of WMD's dated to the previous asskicking, not an active program or stockpile. Nothing even remotely close to the stated casus belli. This famously made several western partners in NATO a wee bit ticked off.

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

The WMD hoax was initiated by Saddam, himself. THIS is why every last intel agency on the planet accepted it. Absolutely no-one doubted it. And, of course, the US Army was finding state-of-the-art binary nerve gas shells all over Iraq for years in IED stashes. Properly rigged, a single shell could kill 5,000 commuters during rush hour -- something tried in Tokyo a few years back. The NY Times published all of the gritty details after Obama pulled the US Army out of Iraq. It took a full page.

[@Germain-ys8zz]

@@nydajackmccoythey found all of the materials needed in order to produce chemical weapons in the same place that’s like dis assembling a gun and then claiming that you don’t have a gun

[@AK4SHGaming]

​​@@nydajackmccoy don't you mean the programs they supplied them years earlier in iraq iran conflict? search kurds chemical on KZbin you'll find what usa supplied to saddam

[@JagdPanther101]

Tremendous series. Thanks for all the effort.

[@carjac820]

this wouldn’t happen if they didn’t allow those onions to fall to the enemy’s hands

[@azure664]

That was a great series, can't wait for more to come.

[@danieltsiprun8080]

I kinda hoped you would use the saddam Hussein meme when you were talking about his capture.

[@Omar-hs9hy]

Thanks

[@prestonchrisman7382]

Great series!! Excited to see what’s next!

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

Plz do videos about the 2001 US Invasion of Afghanistan.

[@Hubcityhap]

I loved the series! Great job on a very detailed account of the war.

[@Waltham1892]

"Victory" is not the word I would have selected.

[@lightningstrike5024]

"Mission Accomplished!"

[@flopus7]

What other word would you use? All objectives were accomplished for the invasion. Its the occupation that went sideways

[@andreaholcock8992]

You weren’t there so it really doesn’t matter

[@AB0VETHALAW]

This is bluddy fantastic. Subbed

[@MikaTheAboveAverageDog]

Can you make a $1/month patreon level that offers nothing other than generic thanks... thanks

[@THE-X-Force]

I never get notified .. so frustrating .. I've missed so many of your videos. Only came across this because I was blessed with a recommendation.

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

Or Operation Desert Fox in mid December 1998 when the USA and the UK bombed Iraq for four days to make Iraq comply with UN weapons inspectors.

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

Or the 2011 Libya Civil War.

[@damiensadventure]

This series was really good!

[@sharonstanley2396]

us invasion of grenada and us invasion of panama

[@StephenLuke]

We like The Operations Room to make those!

[@Cynd3r_]

I absolutely loved this series. Your WWII videos are great, but I much prefer the more modern conflicts. I hope that next you might do operation Allied Force

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

And then 20 years of pain and suffering began, nothing changed, it only changed hands.

[@n0visual541]

I disagree. I'd argue that for Afghanistan, but Iraq definitely improved.

[@Genessyss]

​@@n0visual541you can disageree all you want, you arestill wrong. USA leveled Iraq based o lies i order to steal their oil Deal with it!

[@guardiadecivil6777]

@@n0visual541 lol yeah no thanks, I'd rather get an Iraqi's input if things "improved"

[@ismaeljimenez6562]

​@@guardiadecivil6777 they repelled isis almost completely by themselves and are almost done rebuilding

[@venoltar]

The most frustrating thing about this whole situation, is that it was both completely avoidable and inevitable. The day the UK changed the borders to suffocate Iraq after they left, the time bomb had been set. What I don't understand is if it was intentional or just plain idiocy on their part.

[@brannonlittle718]

Amazing series, great work!

[@neilreynolds3858]

Well, no, you don't have victory until you have a peaceful, stable, and friendly country when you're gone. That's where we keep losing wars. We're good at conquest but not much else.

[@whiterabit09]

The reason US keeps losing wars is..... They win them, then stick around to lose. Its not the responsibility of an invasion force to rebuild the country.

[@MLGPRO-dx8fg]

Victory has nothing to do with peace and happiness afterwards. They got their asses kicked, but the US really screwed up the occupation to where it was pointless.

[@lukalekov1530]

Amazing video as always bravo!

[@marcofilippini4235]

babe wake up, the Operations Room just posted a new video

[@XiangYu94]

Sometimes when I’m doing stressful shit in life I imagine The Operations Room guy narrating my little circle ⭕️ as I try to survive the onslaught that is commuting in my city. And of course, the background music too

[@Victor-g]

8:07 that's not abrams, that's mirage tank.

[@tomcatbombcat4467]

Uh, no?

[@Victor-g]

@@tomcatbombcat4467 i was referencing how they disapeared.

[@derrickstorm6976]

​@@Victor-git'd be funny if there was a tank named mirage or a phenomenon called 'mirage tank'

[@Victor-g]

@@derrickstorm6976 google red alert 2 mirage tank

[@littledoglooney]

Great video! I hope you can do a video on the battle of stalingrad at some point!

[@DanH-u3f]

Bagdad never really fell. Iraqi soldiers just changed into civilian clothes and kept fighting.

[@Germain-ys8zz]

They did that from the start

[@shawnbradshaw9842]

Another great show guys. Great job!!!