Operation Iraqi Freedom - The Ground War, Day 1 - Animated

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G-Day, the ground offensive, begins. Special Forces have been pouring in to Iraq for several days, and it is now time for the might of the coalition ground forces to move into Iraq, taking on Saddam Hussein's defending Iraqi Army.
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[@sh0wt1me_unc]

Babe, wake up Operations Room posted

[@johnanton2100]

Real

[@johnfyten3392]

You're a lucky guy! Mine would throw something at me

[@Ducaso]

I was about to say the same thing 😂

[@kingcrabbrc]

And why are you sleeping in the late afternoon anyway...

[@steadyjumper3547]

@@kingcrabbrcI’ve been up

[@spirz4557]

"This sucks. We were on point of the whole invasion, now we're back in the traffic jam." "Trombley, how dare you questioning the strategic plan ?"

[@martinondrus6344]

Nah sergeant major, it's crewby

[@ISawABear]

"Dont tread on me? Man i hate that dumb motto bullshit"

[@lukesmith1003]

USMC Officer: “Why does your facility look so crappy? Iraqi Oil Worker: “Funny, I was thinking the same thing.”

[@Crimethoughtfull]

14% of the WORLD's oil supply goes through there, and they can't be bothered to keep it up to scratch?? Just insane!

[@amounifnd]

Amazing they kept these things running after 10 years of sanctions. Maybe the French smuggled parts in for them.

[@chacdogful]

It’s so funny 😂

[@merucrypoison296]

That was the exact moment the Americans knew this was going to be a easy war

[@SafetyBriefer]

I love the commando captain's logic: 'We're outnumbered. Better attack so they don't think we're weak.'

[@fakecubed]

When ambushed at close range, the only way to survive is generally to attack through it. What the captain did is basic military doctrine. You never want to get ambushed, but staying exactly where the enemy has laid a trap for you is always a bad idea. You immediately lay down as much fire as you possibly can and then start a bounding advance ASAP. Either you defeat them outright and take their position, or you break through, past the ambush position and keep going, essentially retreating in the opposite direction as the enemy has their weapons pointing, breaking contact in the safest direction after throwing the enemy's lines into chaos. If you're ambushed from a distant position (out of range of grenade throws and other explosive weapons) you want to immediately break contact. Open fire with everything you got, and then retreat out of their range. But what's true in all cases is you don't want to stay put.

[@cptTK421]

It's straight outta Sun Tzu tho: When weak, appear strong When few, appear many Not to mention the modern doctrine the other guy mentioned.

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

Reminds me of Easy Company's assault on the crossroads where they routed an entire SS battalion.

[@nedkelly9688]

@@fakecubed Australia SASR used to do it in Vietnam war either went silent and undetected getting them named Phantoms of the jungles or went in blasting making enemy think was way more of them then was.

[@user_____M]

​@@cptTK421there's a special place in hell for people that quote that bad is bad and good is good maxims. 😂

[@manuelacosta9463]

The Abram crews firing upon and them realizing they were blasting wrecks from the 1991 war is amusing and a call back to past campaign videos from this channel.

[@topman7952]

Why are you deleting comments on your channel? What are you afraid of?

[@manuelacosta9463]

@@topman7952 What do you mean? I have not deleted anything.

[@topman7952]

@@manuelacosta9463 The creator of this channel is.

[@manuelacosta9463]

@@topman7952 ah I see sorry. I noticed I tried to post one too and it vanished.

[@PaulJohnson-vn7eh]

Did they find rotting onions among the wreckage?

[@wafu6058]

The craziest part of a lot of these skirmishes is how often the allies get out with ZERO casualties... It's mind blowing.

[@user-tf1rq9vg1j]

Most of the time the Iraqis just stuck their weapons over the parapets or ditches and fired blindly. None of them really wanted to die for Saddam.

[@locusf2]

The discrepancy of firepower does that.

[@Revy8]

America wildly under reported casualties

[@2x2is22]

​@@Revy8Whose? Their own? Or the enemy's?

[@rickjames18]

@@Revy8 Which casualties? if you are talking about American troops you are dead wrong. The US government may lie about many things but military casualties is not one of them. As for reporting enemy dead, the US is also not known for exaggerating kills or damage. They may get it wrong from time to time but that is different.

[@carlosboozer6017]

The part about the destroyed tanks from the Gulf War was so interesting

[@ijnyamato643]

I thought so too. Tanks just left at the spot where they were destroyed for 12 years. Wild stuff

[@stormlordeternal7663]

Trying to recreate Desert Storm so much you double tap the same tanks you destroyed last time the exact same way.

[@tadferd4340]

Last minute training.

[@asoru5573]

it gives me like a horror moment when seeing a tanks that you just shot and realize it was a wreckages of tanks that got busted up since the gulf war

[@canaanclb]

"Can you believe this shit? These people still haven't picked up the trash from the last war."

[@DustinBKerensky97]

It's great seeing how all this played out. When we were in Kuwait we didn't know what was happening outside our own actions. My group didn't cross the border until day two on the push up to Tallil, it will be interesting to see all of what happened. I remember it all moving so fast, we came in late, but in 1 day of driving was already upto the front lines. It was weird driving on highway 1 with dug in positions on our left and no-mans land leading to the enemy on our right. It's like the battles were going so well we were all moving up twice as fast as expected.

[@mdstate829]

You seem very proud of yourself for invading a sovereign nation unprovoked. I bet you also support the Russians in their illegal invasion too. The only group you served was making more money for defence contractors.

[@oliverbayley5995]

Thank you for your service. Who did serve with?

[@DustinBKerensky97]

@@oliverbayley5995 I was attached to Third Army / ARCENT

[@PotatoSolutions]

16:18 LOL “We didn’t break it. Everything just sucks around here.”

[@richardmcgowan1651]

You would be amazed how much of this war wasn't reported on in the media. Despite an army of media in the country at the time. Even when the war was over there are battles just never talked about in the news. Being a person that got up early everyday and watched it on the 24 hours news.

[@westrim]

Even though they want to present themselves as "in the know" the media doesn't actually get a lot of details on what operations are being done where, just broad strokes stuff that might not even be accurate (see: Force Recon being presented as gunning for Baghdad even to their own Marines, when they were actually a decoy force). This is way more granular than even commanders would know at the time, the type of information that can only be presented once after action reports start getting filed and compared.

[@posthumousc4913]

Individual soldiers rarely get the big picture of what's going on in a war. They only see what they see. News is usually weeks late if you even get news from the outside. Having embedded reporters meant they only saw that small sliver where they were. I got to Kuwait two days after the war started and while waiting on our equipment to reach us we watched the war live on CNN as reporters were riding in Strykers and APCs showing combat actually happening. So they were reporting, they were just limited in scope to what they themselves were experiencing.

[@czwitek1995]

Democracies are lied into a war.

[@SoloRenegade]

sometimes the news outright lied. My unit had to call Congress from Iraq to get certain articles retracted.

[@RCAvhstape]

The American media sold out their independence when they agreed to the whole "embedded journalism" thing.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

HMAS Anzacs' "Five Inch Friday" is an under looked part of history. She bottomed herself several times in closing to shore give support to the USMC. The entire class were considered "over gunned" when they were ordered but the little ships today still pose a huge presence in any theater.

[@wolftamer5463]

Fitting for a ship of her name

[@josephradley3160]

"The Royal Marines improvised" = Something gets blown up.

[@CubeInspector]

This is the case across all militaries across the world. You're always looking for an excuse to use explosives. It's like 80% of why you enlisted

[@SuicidePar]

Thank you for your in-depth presentation of this video. I was a Marine Assaultman with RCT-7 when we crossed the L.O.D. into Iraq. We were so focused on taking an oil pumping station that we were largely unaware of the tasks and missions of the other units we invaded with. So, it's nice to see how the rest of the Initial Push went down. In those first 72 hours, we were so wired with adrenaline that none of us could sleep, while our Amtraks pushed towards our objectives and a potential showdown with the Iraqi's 51st Mechanized Division. At only 19 years old, I didn't think I'd be making history. It was a helluva time to be alive. :)

[@lahma69]

Thank you for your service! I can only imagine how exciting such a thing must have been, especially if you were only 19 at the time! I bet you had lots of stories to tell when you got home.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@DUSTKILLL]

Yea I wouldn't be proud to be part of modern day barbarians invading other countries for their resources then bugging out after 20 years of occupation 😂

[@Ureconstructed]

@@DUSTKILLL 🥱 ok, sport.

[@jrod68947]

Do your parents know you're gay? @@DUSTKILLL

[@b.elzebub9252]

Man, that must have been weird for those Polish GROM commando's. Some of their more senior members would have been part of the communist armed forces and been trained to fight against NATO forces. Bet they'd never imagined invading Iraq alongside navy SEALS and Royal Marines.

[@augustvonmackensen2102]

Not really. They were trained by Delta Force in the 90's.

[@rubiconnn]

And they were there to "prevent an ecological disaster" from burning the oil wells. They totally weren't there to plunder oil reserves for the US...

[@noinfo5630]

​@@augustvonmackensen2102 the first commander ("founder") of GROM was literally a former Communist secret agent.

[@lowellstewart335]

They hate the Russians. They were victimized equally by the Russia/USSR and Germany

[@josephradley3160]

The impact of HMAS ANZACs 5" gun in that engagement vs the impact of the RN 4.5" had the RN seriously considering a 6" gun for the type 26 frigate.

[@VainerCactus0]

Did they change calibre in the end?

[@josephradley3160]

@VainerCactus0 yes. But not to thw 6" (despite the proposal that interoperability with the army 155mm artillery might have been possible) the Type 26 will carry the 5" Mk45 naval gun.

[@tanyard]

is there really that much difference in half an inch? I guess different types of shells have different effects tho

[@FergieThunder]

​@kingtanyard3700 the increase of surface area means an increased volume comparatively.

[@josephradley3160]

@kingtanyard3700 sure it's a bigger bang. Especially when you think of the difference in volume of an 18 inch long round. But there are also factors like range and ability to resupply from allied stocks. As Australia's ANZAC and F-100 frigates, the USNs Ticonderoga class cruisers and some of the Burke class destroyers all run 5" that gives the AUKUS countries a common supply chain.

[@glennheth3472]

"Another coalition intelligence failure in a growing list." That could be the tag line for the entire campaign.

[@mzaite]

It's looking like the tagline for the entire 21st century.

[@Charles-pf7zy]

Thank you for not forgetting Poland 🙏🏼

[@Charles-pf7zy]

You win if you get the reference

[@eetenn]

Thank you guys for uploading this series despite youtube’s policies

[@francoisvandermerwe5103]

Could there perhaps be a video on the Battle of the Lomba? The total destruction of one brigade and the crippling of another in the largest tank battle on the African continent since the second world war, and an incredible insight into the mobile warfare style of South Africa

[@pja6476]

Got any links for it?

[@clevtrog]

Damn that would be good. Never heard of this battle before despite all my research into foreign conflict. Would be great to see.

[@ttrestle]

I’ve been watching your vids since day one. Happy that you continue to grow. Outstanding work as always.

[@kalashnikovdevil]

Just a reminder that General Mattis' call sign stands for Colonel Has Another Outstanding Suggestion, bestowed on him the last time he was fighting in this region with Task Force Ripper when he was commanding 1/7 Marines.

[@JM-wf2to]

I got to meet general Mattis while in. He had a level of respect and clout I had not seen anyone get prior or after. He was a throwback to the old colonels and generals who made great movie heroes.

[@anthonydinardo345]

Been waiting for this since the Gulf war video. Keep up the great work TOR

[@aapje]

Been waiting for this since the Gulf war. Keep up the great work TOR

[@reyvan3806]

Amazing video, thank you so much for a blast from my past. I was in 40 Commando at the time. Only slight correction I have is that MSG did not have Grenade Machine Guns at the time. No British forces had recived them yet.

[@minimoose2290]

I would be amazing to see some content on WWI battles

[@SteveJB]

I think the Operations Room did a video as part of a series in conjunction with the Australian Army. I can't remember if the Operations Room were involved with the one on the Gallipoli Campaign (WW1) or the Kokoda Campaign (WW2)

[@SoloRenegade]

could you imagine an Operations Room big picture view of some of the big trench battels like Verdun? I would love to see that.

[@SoloRenegade]

War of 1812

[@carrott36]

@@SteveJBThey were definitely in for Gallipoli, they might’ve done Kokoda too.

[@NoOne42]

@@SteveJB Both I believe: I just watched Kokoda (didn't realise that'd been published, thanks for that) and it definitely looks the same animation style, and I'm pretty sure that the Operations Room said they'd be doing another after the Gallipoli one.

[@HeyCupertino]

I'm glad the Iraqis received Freedom from their oil. Great video, as per usual.

[@MM22966]

Dude, the Coalition turned the oil facilities & fields over to the Iraqis as soon as we could get a replacement government together. How do you think they were going to pay for things so we could get out of there? (though that didn't happen as fast as people were hoping)

[@taiwandxt6493]

@@MM22966 Well, yeah, after a replacement government was established. The purpose of conquering a nation for their resources is to install a friendly government that'll give you said resources at fairer prices than the previously conquered government.

[@flyoptimum]

It's a lot easier and cheaper to buy oil from the global market we control than it is to invade countries for it. Our reasons for invading Iraq were indeed misguided and faulty, but they had nothing to do with oil. It would have been better had they been. We wouldn't have bothered with the fools errand of trying to turn Iraq into a Western democracy then.

[@ahnadm]

@@MM22966 you guys control Iraq's resources to this very day.

[@gabriel.b9036]

​@@MM22966Quite. I get it's kind of a joke, but we really don't just do things simply for oil.

[@MegamindtheGOAT]

2nd Lieutenant Therrel Shane Childers. You were my fathers best friend, and had it not been for you, he would be dead. You danced with my mother at her and my father’s wedding. You were there for both my parents when they needed you. My mom told me the story of her watching the news and seeing the casualty report. She saw your name and was in disbelief. She called my father and told him and he couldn’t believe it either. I never got to meet you, and I’m very disappointed that I never got to. From everything I’ve heard of you, you seemed like the best of us. Thank you for everything. -Tristan Shane Thibodeau

[@FergieThunder]

I remember my mom was dployed to Iraq during OIF at the same time my dad was deployed for OEF in 2003-2004. This war made 3-4 year old me live without my parents for a year

[@Atlas531]

I would say your parents decisions to be in the military and have children is what caused you to live without parents for a year. Decisions have consequences, both at the national and personal level.

[@sparklight5317]

Young lady, young man...I am a GW1 vet. I have 3 children. I thought about, wondered what they were doing, wished I could hold them every day I was deployed. I KNOW I did the right thing doing what I did. I missed you and them terribly. I loved you then and do now. They are 30, 29, 27 and have 8, 4, and 3 yr olds of ther own now. They have that in part because what I did. Same as your Mom and your Dad. Go hug them. Love them.

[@sparklight5317]

​@@Atlas531kindly go fuck yourself. You would be a Xianjiang internee, or a Yuagaslav sniper target, or a Khmer Rouge victim, or maybe a Holocaust victim if not for the absolute luck of your birth and the efforts of this child's parents.

[@mzaite]

@@Atlas531 Thing is 4 years prior, it was just a job with a lot of relocations and a good means of paying for college. Then things took a turn in 2001.

[@Ureconstructed]

@@Atlas531some people are willing to give up their time for a cause greater than themselves. You obviously don’t understand what selfless service means and that’s ok. Not everyone has what it takes to serve. Unfortunately for us, we were a part of a bullshit war even though we didn’t realize it at the time. That doesn’t change the magnitude of service and you owe your freedom to those who have given up their own. Enjoy being a piece of excrement.

[@Docsully]

I was in Task Force Viking CJSOTF North. SF Medic & Sniper. ODA 056 B Co 2nd BN 10th SFG(A) We infilled via the MC-130 "Ugly Baby" (Bird #1 of 6) mission to Bashur and then posted on Hill Top 722 on March 23 2003. Attacked with the Peshmerga in Ayn Sifni on April 6th pushed south to Mosul first ODA or any Americans in there to the Airport by the evening of the 11th of April 2003. Fought tanks on foot and had never received as much machine-gun / ZPU 14.5, ZSU 23mm, mortar and artillery fire in my life before or since and I have dozens of deployments. Those opening weeks of Iraqi Freedom were nothing like Afghanistan I went through all my 9 lives in days. Semper Fi to the Marines and a big AIRBORNE to the 101st ABN who reinforced us at the Airport in Mosul. Damn glad to see you boys flying and rolling in. Finished off the deployment doing SSE for WMD and HVT Kill / Capture raids for the "The deck of cards". This was the most do it all (SF Mission Set) deployment you could have had as an SF guy. We did it all in one deployment. FID UW CT DA SR and some more shit we just thought up out of the blue:) De Opresso Liber Docsully Cardinal 1-6

[@LateNightRewrites]

Wow thank you for spelling that out. It's crazy getting a boots on the ground perspective of the wars that defined my childhood and teen years

[@mikethorson4031]

De Opresso Liber. If only one day the efforts of CAG in that theater could be told. '03-'08 CAG had legends of '93 Mog as well as forging the future of Unit/JTF men, all conducting the epitome of premier military force in stories fit for the dinner hall of Valhalla.

[@lahma69]

Man I LOVE these videos! The excellent maps, animation, and visual display/interplay of friendly and enemy units is so helpful in actually understanding how many of these battles played out from a bird's eye perspective. Not only that but it also allows one to understand how the different units of soldiers and battles fit together and affect one another in the larger operation. Making such content available to all of us for free is simply fantastic and I can't thank you all enough for all the hard work you put into making these videos.. especially when KZbin is constantly doing everything they can to make life as difficult as possible for channels making content such as yours. We greatly appreciate all the hard work and research that goes into producing such excellent content!

[@paulgorhamiii9926]

Always an awesome day when TOR post new videos. Been looking forward to this series since you announced it. War on Terror defined my generation, thanks for putting this together and all your hard work. Cheers. 🍻

[@miszczmateusz]

the amount of research done to made just one episode is enormous, amazing job! Thank you!

[@traysonlandenberger3531]

Thanks for these videos very fun learning deeper into all these operations.

[@RedentSC]

loving this series so far man. the detail is great and I'm learning with every video. Thanks!

[@oogityboogity6644]

Awesome how many vids are coming for this series I’ve been reading about this recently and these vids help with the chronology a lot

[@brettmay2859]

Its different watching media coverage in 2003 and watching video such as this in 2024. Very insightful!!!

[@disturbed15141]

There are so many videos on the First Gulf War and yours was spectacular! But so little on the second Gulf War. I hope you do Afghanistan next! I love these videos keep it up!

[@mlassz009]

I stayed at Talill Airbase ( Imam Ali Airbase ) in 2007 on my second deployment ( Australian Army ).....The thing that stood out were the insanely thick concrete / steel aircraft hangers that the Iraqi's used to store their aircraft and the even more insane holes that were in the top of each one. Clearly the JDAM's were effective..😂

[@jeffblacky]

I was there in 07 national guard

[@mlassz009]

@@jeffblackyNice....

[@guillaumelalonde7945]

You can still see them on google earth.

[@donbrearley3148]

Absolutely love Operations Room videos... thank you!!!

[@Arbiter22J]

I’m always blown away by the production value of your videos

[@kylemen7862]

Always a good day when Operations Room posts

[@idiot_guy_person420]

I'm so glad that Goat Guns is getting more recognition it deserves! Their models rock!!😁

[@williammorris3334]

The details put into this are amazing! I love the animation visualizing the battle! Great works guys!

[@bubbles190]

How quickly this channel uploads is really impressive.

[@carytaylor1415]

Wow this brings back many surreal memories. I was with V-Corp's push up through the desert, running FARP hops for the Apaches. I appreciate your detailed play-by-play format. Looking forward to the next episodes.

[@MZ-bl6wg]

As a Polish American Patriot I wish there was more on the Polish Special Operations warriors that took on the offshore oil rigs assaults/capturing . What a wild assignment! Man I love you videos !!! So accurate, clear and relaxing! Your videos are actual history , not made up woke BS , I love that it’s on here for people to see the amazing work done by the coalition of nations ! I can’t imagine the amount of planning and Intelegance work that preceded! Your videos are very valued by me so Thankyou for you amazing amount of time you put in!

[@jackland3387]

Outstanding work, I appreciate all you do

[@flyingcod14]

Your graphics just get better, great video as usual.

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Operations Room bringing the heat! 👍

[@steves1371]

I love the little details, like the helicopters continuing to move as the forces and plans are explained

[@bretth4135]

Loving this series (and every other one of your videos) - thank you for all you do!

[@scottwilliamsgsd]

Whoop. Love The Operations Room release day!

[@rcherie3]

I’m loving this series already!! At some point, you should do the battles for fallujah. Like as a mini series.

[@Ryan_isnt_tryin]

Very useful channel for students of tactics and strategy!

[@zillsburyy1]

great as always!

[@orlyjeanneandreijoromat5916]

I literally just woke up. Thanks for giving a great start to my day, Operations Room.

[@BountyFlamor]

Wake up, orlyjeanneandreijoromat5916. You're missing the invasion.

[@WeeabooShipPoster]

Wondering if there was a video about the Battle of Baghdad or, the 2004 Battle of BIAP. Ive always been intrigued by airport assaults. I enjoyed the video War Archive did on the Hostomel assault.

[@aydanthelegend5827]

It’s crazy seeing history videos about the Iraq war. My dad fought in that war. I was born a couple months after the war started.

[@Dickie72002]

TOR, keep fighting the good fight on YT. Your channel is one I always am excited to see a post!

[@coastiespeed]

Excellent production. I’m subscribed.

[@derrickstorm6976]

I thought we'd get one video every two weeks in the series! A surpirise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@alanaldpal950]

I hope all these unit commanders that you keep naming thru out are or will watch this video or their kids are hearing their dads names. I would be stoked watching one of your videos covering the WW2 pacific island campaign against Japan and to hear you name my Marine father during a video like this.

[@mrlodwick]

Outstanding Content - Thank you.

[@bikenavbm1229]

excellent work .thank you

[@keysontrains538]

“did you sabotage these” “no they just look like that normally” 😭

[@floopyF]

I’m glad I subscribed

[@Littlespree5302]

Oh what a Christmas present. Operations room upload

[@dwarfie24]

Soldier: Did you guys sabotage this? Iraqis: Yeah by taking proper care of it.

[@waveygravey9347]

I learned the other day while listening to an interview with General Mattis that his call sign actually means "Colonel Has Another Outstanding Solution"

[@benjaminlynch9958]

LOL I’m sure that’s what his men think.

[@waveygravey9347]

@@benjaminlynch9958 What I do know it's what his superiors thought when they jokingly gave him that name.

[@Nmille98]

​​@@waveygravey9347not his superiors, his Ops staff, who were in charge of figuring out HOW the orders he gave would be carried out when he was a Colonel. I think the call sign shows how they felt about that. He took it as a call sign to remind himself that good ideas don't always translate smoothly to reality, (and maybe to remind himself he isn't as smart as he might think- Mattis was a lot more grounded than some flag officers of his era.)

[@waveygravey9347]

@@Nmille98 Whatever, I just thought it was funny.

[@Nmille98]

@@waveygravey9347 it is. 👍

[@kambhamra2324]

Thanks! You have great videos 🇬🇧

[@Neryz92]

this was so cool. please never stop

[@eternalspring1034]

I was in task force Tarawa as a 240g gunner and didn't shower for 5 months. Our sock would dry solid and stand up straight. I had to dig a little hole and use my etool in an L shape to poop, the mosquitoes would bite my butt at night and the flies would try to land on my hole in the day. Most nights when our convoy stopped i had to dig an L shape hole up to my armpits. Sometimes a sandstorms would kick up bad and then rain at the same time making all of us look like we got in the ocean and then rolled around on dry sand. I never seen such large convoys, as far as i could see in clear flat desert. Air power did the majority of work, we would call in cobras on a guy with an ak held up in a building if mortars and artillery didn't shut em up. When we first went in we fired at anyone suspicious, if they had notebooks binoculars,and radios. Half-way thru our ROE changed to where we had to be fired on to fire due to so many civilian accidents. My unit was the first since the 70s to get a presidential unit Citation.....all the ribbons they sold at the store looked and smelled like it too haha. My unit 3/2 was supposed to go into nasariya first but a hummer drive fell asleep and crashed to death so we let the unit behind go first which proceeded to get ambushed.

[@mdstate829]

You're no different from those criminal Russians invading Ukraine unprovoked right now.

[@CubeInspector]

They gave my company a PUC in 2006-2007 and to this day I still don't know why. I never saw the orders it just appeared on my ERB like 2 years after I'd PCSd to Germany 😂

[@roberttetreault6508]

If you get a chance can you please do a video on the Chosin Reservoir battle? It was a combined operation with US, UK, and South Korean forces. Against North Korean, and Mainly Chinese communist Forces in 1950. The Korean War/ THE FORGOTTEN WAR!😢

[@SoloRenegade]

Not forgotten, ignored. And it's still ongoing.

[@roberttetreault6508]

@@SoloRenegade I disagree about the not forgotten. 90% of young adult Americans, teenagers,and children have no clue about the Korean "conflict" in my opinion. I try and do my best so they are not "forgotten".

[@SoloRenegade]

@@roberttetreault6508 If you think Korea is forgotten, then ask them about the Mexican American War, or the Spanish American War, or the French and Indian War, or the war with the Barbary Pirates, etc. People in general are well aware enough of Korea, they just don't like discussing it. Thus they don't understand it, don't know much about it. History enthusiasts care though, and know, and haven't forgotten it.

[@userequaltoNull]

​@@SoloRenegade You're forgetting the *real* forgotten war, King Philips War, where roughly 1/3 of the polulation of Massachusetts was exterminated by Wampanoag warbands, leading to the expelling of most of the native villages in Massachusetts, and thereby sealing the fate of the tribes of southern New England, and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere nearby.

[@carrott36]

I’d call it more of a precursor, proving grounds war. Sino-Russian war was precursor for WW1, Spanish Civil war was a precursor for WW2, Korea was a precursor for Vietnam, and I sincerely hope Ukraine isn’t a precursor for anything.

[@arbimoradian]

Can’t wait for the next episode to drop

[@Soysauce_Soaked_Saltine]

I love these types of videos. I feel like im watching a RTS replay.

[@user-bv7zo6vd4m]

Respect to those few Iraqi soldiers who had the courage to stand against overwhelming odds

[@thimble347]

The Iraqi military was following a Soviet strategic doctrine meant specifically to counter the technological superiority of NATO forces, primarily through greater manpower and therefore greater firepower. The problem is that Iraqi command & control rapidly collapsed during the invasion due to very foolish decision-making on behalf of Saddam's forces that over-estimated their own capability to maintain unit cohesion under complete Coalition air superiority. This proved to be a fatal mistake and despite whatever bravery the Iraqi rifleman may have had it was exercised completely in vain, the most effective fighting forces of Saddams army were the irregulars of the Fedayeen who didn't completely rely on the organizational structure of the regular military, however these units were also eventually neutralized through protracted fighting.

[@Heywoodthepeckerwood]

I always look forward to your videos sir. As an aside, being a gun nut myself, I love those model guns you advertised. I have a couple and you reminded me of perfect stocking stuffers for my sons.

[@ddaniels]

100% must watch as soon as it comes out 💪❤️🔥

[@Pete_Finch]

This is a masterpiece, T.O.R. I mean, all your stuff is, but this especially

[@Calico_Jack_]

I think of those Marines lost, often. RIP Brothers.

[@terrencehopkins5752]

I think its hilarious they were ordered to take down the American flag because they didn't want to appear like an occupying force.

[@mstevens113]

Sensible rather than hilarious...

[@SoloRenegade]

Because that was the objective (regardless of the real motivations behind it), "liberating" Iraq from Saddam, not conquering it. Planting your flag means you claim the ground as American Territory.

[@Bcovax]

Flag or not the intention was the same

[@SoloRenegade]

@@Bcovax we were not there to conquer.

[@Bcovax]

@@SoloRenegade you guys hold all the cards to this very day, Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq's case has not concluded.

[@tommybahammy]

Your content is top tier 💪

[@jess500texas]

I was 7 when this happened and I was glued to the TV with the advance being show live. 24/7.

[@paulleach3612]

I was 24 and wondering how the f*ck I'd ended up there. When I joined the British army back in the '90s it had been little more than a men's drinking club - offering travel to Hong Kong, Cyprus, Belize, Canada, Germany, and the Falklands. (With a little bit of U.N. humanitarian / security work here and there to keep us busy.)

[@kobeh6185]

I better see that super silly Sadam Hussein spiderhole meme in this series

[@mzaite]

Or the way South Park had spider hole Sadam on the show like 3 days after they found him!

[@ionicabanea6025]

man i wish you d make these videos longer, i could watch for an hour or 2 easily, but i get why you dont, algorithm heavily against long videos and such. But a man can dream

[@hafhgh6177]

incredible work

[@BossFunk]

love the series so far man, just a couple things, a marine medic is called a corpsman and a meu is pronounced mew, keep up the good work

[@greghanson5696]

@10:49 Major General Chaos? Is he related to Captain Chaos?

[@rickflash448]

I refuse to believe that all the heli-transports weren't blaring "Fortunate Son" on a loop, at least on the non-stealth insertions.

[@johnhickman106]

No reason to, it was streaming in our heads the whole time.

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

"That's Vietnam music man cant we get our own f**king music?"

[@johnhickman106]

@@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground I like that era as well as the new stuff. However, there is nothing quite like being down at 20 feet over the Tigris with Hendrix or CCR playing. It's iconic.

[@vike50brian]

Awesome, thanks!

[@Occasion77]

Would love to see an Iran - Iraq war series as well!! Thanks again!!

[@ymanfrenchie6569]

Good stuff! Just correction, The MEU is not called a M-E-U by alphabet it’s together (MEU) like MU.

[@eburtusmc]

Same with MEF, it’s just Meff

[@geoffhart]

Terrific video as always, but now I'm really curious how the MSG battle at the 9:00 minute mark had no allied casualties? Did the Iraqis shoot back? Is the Spectre that effective/intimidating? If this happened in a movie, I'd be saying how unrealistic it was - but this really happened! ??

[@presleyshand4156]

The Commando's for you 👌

[@paulleach3612]

Yes. The Spectre was that intimidating. Imagine, trying to repel an enemy attack while an aircraft, literally armed with artillery howitzers and miniguns, obliterates everything within 500m of you... Ghost Rider (the modern equivalent) is even more f*cking terrifying.

[@cf-yg4bd]

It's also the state of the Iraqi regular army - the vast majority of them were conscripts who were forced to be there despite having no desire whatsoever to fight against the most powerful militaries in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if many of those shooting back at all were deliberately trying to miss in order to increase the chances of being captured alive when they were able to surrender.

[@b.p.879]

@@cf-yg4bd Also consider the studies done, which determined that only a small percentage of soldiers actually aim to try and kill their enemy, and it's no wonder the Iraqi's were so awful at combat.

[@paulleach3612]

@@cf-yg4bd That only works if the opposition forces are not Canadians...

[@kelmy5433]

great vid keep it up yall

[@faton2966]

Amazing content

[@ianhines2302]

This is what Russia thought they would get in February 2022

[@bogdananghel2498]

Operation Oil Fields Freedom

[@indianajones4321]

Excellent job

[@theheeter9181]

Another quality upload

[@RoydeanEU]

3 minutes in and they are already securing the oil 🤣

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

free them from their addiction to oil