The US Army Smashes Through the Karbala Gap to Baghdad, April 2003 - Animated

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  • @TheOperationsRoom
    @TheOperationsRoom  7 месяцев назад +43

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    • @الصمتالمطلق
      @الصمتالمطلق 7 месяцев назад

      No one care about iraq war

    • @bronson4574
      @bronson4574 7 месяцев назад +5

      This is the best series currently on RUclips military channels, Thanks for all the work!

    • @KieferSmokerland
      @KieferSmokerland 7 месяцев назад +1

      Around 16 min in you say southern span when the graphic shows the northern span.

    • @theredbaron5117
      @theredbaron5117 7 месяцев назад

      Why are you making videos featuring battles from a War That Was Launched BY LIES???? Why not make videos condemning ALL THE LIES that led up to this PHONY, ONE-SIDED af WAR?! Too much critical thinking involved eh?!

    • @mrroger-t6m
      @mrroger-t6m 7 месяцев назад +4

      Don't sign up , heritage has been compromised , and the data and your family data's could be at risk

  • @Hunter57588
    @Hunter57588 7 месяцев назад +1427

    The sniper had the once in a lifetime videogame npc-propane tank placement.

    • @ydk1k253
      @ydk1k253 7 месяцев назад +17

      😂😂😂

    • @clement28300yip
      @clement28300yip 7 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/LMYEE8lvlvA/видео.htmlsi=6-JHc4mpT_Dh6xv_

    • @yancieb
      @yancieb 6 месяцев назад +8

      Forreal! And Mythbusters tried saying propane tanks didnt explode when shot

    • @1987MartinT
      @1987MartinT 6 месяцев назад +1

      It was like something out of a Command & Conquer game.

    • @kekistanimememan170
      @kekistanimememan170 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@yanciebit doesn’t but if something ignited the escaped gas it does.

  • @Deathissweet
    @Deathissweet 7 месяцев назад +1297

    "After quickly exhausting their breach charges and shotgun shells, one ranger later recalled; We turned to have a couple of guys throw a fully loaded ranger with body armor against the doors..."
    I only imagine,
    " Dude we're out of equipment, what should we do?"
    "Throw me through it."
    "WHAT??"
    "I KNOW WHAT I SAID."

    • @panzermuffin4611
      @panzermuffin4611 7 месяцев назад +123

      Don‘t tell the elf!

    • @williamt.sherman2573
      @williamt.sherman2573 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@panzermuffin4611 nothin "badass" bout that when you look at the context tbh. we were being lied to and invading a country for no reason but oil. WMD my a$$. thanks Bush

    • @JeepWranglerIslander
      @JeepWranglerIslander 7 месяцев назад +99

      "You'll have to toss me!"

    • @barleysixseventwo6665
      @barleysixseventwo6665 7 месяцев назад +36

      Toy Story 2 moment. "Use your head" indeed.

    • @Redneck2393
      @Redneck2393 7 месяцев назад +18

      @@barleysixseventwo6665 "But I don't wanna use my head!"

  • @pjf674
    @pjf674 7 месяцев назад +702

    3:37 He then rocket jumped across the river and tea bagged them.
    He was subsequently awarded the Killtastrophe medal for valor.

    • @bigchill123a
      @bigchill123a 7 месяцев назад +49

      All the guys saw it and just said "Hell yeah 😎"

    • @Neockoen
      @Neockoen 6 месяцев назад +13

      @@bigchill123aeven the A-10 Warthogs saluted in recognition of such a pro gamer move

    • @demonicspire1345
      @demonicspire1345 Месяц назад

      I was about to ask if there's any sources confirming this. Its not technically *impossible* if he used an incendiary round, but it does seem kind of like a soldier's tall tale, or even just possible confusion like a mortar round or something happened to hit at that exact moment and the guy thought it was his bullet that was responsible for the boom.

    • @pjf674
      @pjf674 Месяц назад

      ​@@demonicspire1345 The source appears to be articles from Athlon Outdoors and/or Defense Media Network. Search for the "we turned to having a couple of guys throw..." quote and you'll find it.

  • @Xeonerable
    @Xeonerable 7 месяцев назад +795

    15:10 god bless that reporter for being at the right place at the right time to save Sgt Stevens from drowning under the weight of his gear.

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 7 месяцев назад +90

      Absolutely Goddamn right. That seems to be an added advantage of having reporters on site, cause their job is to look & film, they may be more observant &, like in this case, their eyes & ears save lives. God bless the reporters & the soldiers who risk their lives for our freedoms & way of life & those that save the enemy when he has surrendered and/or wounded.

    • @ChuntyCops
      @ChuntyCops 7 месяцев назад +52

      @@CubeInspectorno

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 7 месяцев назад +55

      @@CubeInspectorI ain't a Christian (and not every Christian has the same interpretation of their religion as you do - morality is a personal thing, it's subjective and changes over time). I'm an atheist. And I'm Australian. No luck here, mate.

    • @joost00555
      @joost00555 7 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@skullsaintdeadand presumably they are less weighted down by gear. Sure, cameras and recording equipment doesnt float, but no weapons and such...

    • @acem82
      @acem82 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@skullsaintdead Well, yes, Christians can't hold unbelievers to Christians standards.
      But morality isn't subjective. It's either objective or it doesn't exist. Belief in subjective morality means believing morality is nothing more than a letter to Santa. There is nothing that holds someone to subjective morality.
      But, regardless, cheers!

  • @b.elzebub9252
    @b.elzebub9252 7 месяцев назад +244

    7:08 You know you've been watching every Operations Room video to date when the appearance of two A10's makes you a little nervous.. Lol.

    • @rednax6955
      @rednax6955 7 месяцев назад +29

      either they obliterate the enemy, or their friends.

    • @me2tal
      @me2tal 6 месяцев назад +64

      The A10's primary objective is to destroy its target. Its secondary objective is to target the enemy.

    • @Rookie-2552
      @Rookie-2552 4 месяца назад

      Lol same

    • @thedyingmeme6
      @thedyingmeme6 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@rednax6955 well, they obliterated something

  • @MihzvolWuriar
    @MihzvolWuriar 7 месяцев назад +120

    What I most like to see in these battles are the acts of valor and respect for human lives, saving wounded Iraqi soldiers, the reporter jumping in the water, US and Iraqi personnel working together to prevent a catastrophic dam breach, in all that destruction, it's nice to see humanity in those people, these are the true war heroes.

    • @navyseal1689
      @navyseal1689 7 месяцев назад +3

      Im honestly surprised the iraqi didnt try to sabotage

    • @sntslilhlpr6601
      @sntslilhlpr6601 7 месяцев назад +9

      That's honestly my favorite part. War is hell, but it's nothing if not good at showing the good of humanity, even in all its futility. We are slaves to irony.

  • @cs3473
    @cs3473 7 месяцев назад +288

    "Close only counts in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Propane Tanks."

    • @NorthForkFisherman
      @NorthForkFisherman 7 месяцев назад +8

      He was a SERIOUS GAMER!

    • @edl4220
      @edl4220 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@NorthForkFisherman my first thought was 'do i remember blowing up any propane tanks in video games before 2003?'

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@edl4220 In the early 90s there were explosive barrels in Doom.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@RCAvhstape*WHEN THE DOOM MUSIC KICKS IN!*

  • @DaveSmith-ik6up
    @DaveSmith-ik6up 6 месяцев назад +10

    Great video. I was there 21 years ago with the 101st Airborne Division Artillery. We spent 2 days attached to 3rd Infantry Division shooting missions outside Karbala. Thanks for the great analysis.

  • @ryanilari3537
    @ryanilari3537 7 месяцев назад +47

    Seeing this kind of coordinated fire between artillery, air, and armor is really something else

  • @Red-Magic
    @Red-Magic 7 месяцев назад +631

    RPG guy: Ha! You dumbass! You missed!
    Sniper: I didn't miss.
    RPG guy: Huh? What d- 💥

    • @anthonylombardo1261
      @anthonylombardo1261 7 месяцев назад +7

      Because that’s an easy conversation to have, 1000 yards away.

    • @tfk_001
      @tfk_001 7 месяцев назад +85

      @@anthonylombardo1261 and the bullet also hit the propane tank before RPG guy even noticed a bullet was fired. And there's a language barrier. But disbelief can be suspended as the comment was, in fact, a joke.

    • @89DerChristian
      @89DerChristian 7 месяцев назад +19

      It’s like the red barrels in video games

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 7 месяцев назад +16

      Achievement unlocked: _The red barrel_

    • @GenjiShimada.
      @GenjiShimada. 7 месяцев назад +12

      Announcer: Multi-kill!

  • @primetime3422
    @primetime3422 7 месяцев назад +122

    15:31 that reporter is a goat, like all those who saved ppl. The difference is no one expected them to do so.

    • @Awoo-
      @Awoo- 6 месяцев назад +1

      He saved a jackbooted murderer taking part in an illegal war. Yayyyyy

    • @PrecisaS
      @PrecisaS 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@Awoo- You mean a child, who didn't know any better and wanted a future for themselves, too?

    • @WillS-x9y
      @WillS-x9y 5 месяцев назад +1

      He was a good man. I got to talk with him a few times before he died. I got to work on him as the medic. Nothing we could do for him.

    • @MistaFadora
      @MistaFadora 29 дней назад

      ​@@WillS-x9y more context please?

    • @WillS-x9y
      @WillS-x9y 29 дней назад

      @@MistaFadora how do you mean? He was a good reported. He was embedded with us. Our medical team worked on him. We coluldnt save him

  • @sillygoose5138
    @sillygoose5138 7 месяцев назад +114

    In 2006 three soldiers from the 101st Airborne 1/502IN would be captured and killed just down from this very bridge. Jim Frederick wrote a book called "Black Heats: One Platoon's Decent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death"
    Army PFC Kristian Menchaca
    Army PFC Thomas Tucker
    Army SPC David Babineau

    • @JayBee-cr8jm
      @JayBee-cr8jm 7 месяцев назад

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2006_abduction_of_United_States_soldiers_in_Iraq

    • @CCM1199
      @CCM1199 7 месяцев назад +3

      If Im not mistaken, those were the snipers that got killed and their M40's taken from them

    • @HyzersGR
      @HyzersGR 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@CCM1199 You are mistaken, these were PFCs set up in a checkpoint to monitor traffic over the damn.

    • @matthiasthulman4058
      @matthiasthulman4058 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@CCM1199weren't there some marine snipers that got compromised and looted?

    • @sagebiddi
      @sagebiddi 5 месяцев назад

      I dont think you are wrong per say ​@@matthiasthulman4058I think you have your conflicts muddled Mr Thulman

  • @anthonylombardo1261
    @anthonylombardo1261 7 месяцев назад +194

    Johnson, you missed! You hit a propane tank behi-…. Oh nevermind.

    • @JeepWranglerIslander
      @JeepWranglerIslander 7 месяцев назад +16

      Task failed successfully.

    • @richarddr1234
      @richarddr1234 7 месяцев назад +5

      The sniper was probably surprised it actually worked.

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@richarddr1234 I would be a little surprised, too. I've seen a propane tank (pretty big one) hit with several .50 cal rounds which just caused half inch leaks to appear. The tank finally went up when someone got lucky and... I honestly can't remember which, caused a spark, fired a tracer or fired an incendiary round. I don't remember or really didn't know as I was just a spectator and it was more than 25 years ago. Of course in a real battle, there could be all kinds of hot debris and flaming wreckage flying about to ignite the escaping gas.
      A Mythbusters segment debuked James Bond easily turning a propane tank into a bomb with his 9mm pistol. Just doesn't happen.

  • @None-lh5mx
    @None-lh5mx 7 месяцев назад +54

    No one:
    Operations Room: Just before dawn...

  • @jwdickinson1
    @jwdickinson1 7 месяцев назад +1163

    um…I don’t think that propane tank was hit by accident…

    • @janitorizamped
      @janitorizamped 7 месяцев назад +215

      I dont think anyone with experience would intentionally shoot a propane tank expecting it to stop someone from shooting back at them. Thats like aiming for the hand to stop the bad guy from shooting you, nobody would intentionally do that.

    • @drksideofthewal
      @drksideofthewal 7 месяцев назад +155

      Probably not. It’s not like video games where you aim for the red barrels. But, reality is unrealistic sometimes.

    • @gladlawson61
      @gladlawson61 7 месяцев назад +64

      Based on war footage I've seen both fps and from various filming angles. most of the time they aim towards the enemy. Not expecting to hit anyone. Suppress suppress wait for the air strike.

    • @darkjudge8786
      @darkjudge8786 7 месяцев назад

      Propane tanks do not explode due to rifle fire. Even with tracer rounds. Physically impossible. This story is bullshit as are all the armchair warriors pretending they know how it happened. It didn't. And you are clowns who never served.

    • @Tree457
      @Tree457 7 месяцев назад +36

      @@gladlawson61 A Sniper? Not likely, he was either aiming to kill or maim, either he missed or somehow blew up the tank.

  • @SkylerinAmarillo
    @SkylerinAmarillo 7 месяцев назад +15

    Very well done. I was stationed at the Haditha Dam for 7 months in 2005. I didn't know a lot of that history. Thanks.

  • @gobblox38
    @gobblox38 7 месяцев назад +129

    It’s so weird to watch a historical video about events that played out while I was in Basic Training.

    • @hillogical
      @hillogical 7 месяцев назад +18

      I was at Sill on 9-11. Half of my unit went to 3ID. Half of us went 1-41 (seen in this video) and the other half (my half) 1-9. It still boggles my mind to see people I know (or knew since some of us have passed since then) on a "history" RUclips channel. My brain doesn't feel old, but I did have a lot of confusion as to why my shoulder was KILLING me after my first round of golf for the year this passed weekend.

    • @soup31314
      @soup31314 7 месяцев назад +6

      I was at objective peach and objective Jenkins… 2nd platoon B co 3-7 infantry.

    • @soup31314
      @soup31314 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@hillogical glory’s guns saved our asses at el kief (objective Jenkins), along with our bfist team

    • @ziggamon
      @ziggamon 5 месяцев назад +3

      I'm waiting for them to cover events in Afghanistan in 2011-12 (in which I was in lol)

    • @ziggamon
      @ziggamon 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@soup31314 hell yeah!

  • @laskey2175
    @laskey2175 7 месяцев назад +34

    15:22 Props to the reporter saving Stevens.

  • @janjotat
    @janjotat 7 месяцев назад +159

    When you guys eventually do the Thunder Run into Baghdad, I know the tank commander of the #3 tank in the advancing column!

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 7 месяцев назад +4

      I've read their book!

    • @Hunter57588
      @Hunter57588 7 месяцев назад

      Cool!

    • @TwoFace798
      @TwoFace798 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Skorpychan Can You Please Tell Me What Book ?.

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@TwoFace798 Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Guide To Iraq.

    • @TwoFace798
      @TwoFace798 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Skorpychan Thank You.

  • @chrisbingley
    @chrisbingley 7 месяцев назад +256

    "The Americans are not in Baghdad. The Americans are not in Baghdad." - Comically Ali, as an Abrams drives past in the background.

    • @shockershooter
      @shockershooter 7 месяцев назад +16

      Mostly peaceful invasions.

    • @xahmadx6442
      @xahmadx6442 7 месяцев назад +6

      Comically ?
      His actual nickname is Chemical Ali

    • @chrisbingley
      @chrisbingley 7 месяцев назад +44

      @@xahmadx6442 Different person.
      Comically Ali was the nickname given to Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. Sadaam's Minister of Information and spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

    • @xahmadx6442
      @xahmadx6442 7 месяцев назад +19

      @@chrisbingley oh
      Sorry I was wrong
      Honestly they should have nicknamed him copium Ali

    • @chrisbingley
      @chrisbingley 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@xahmadx6442 It's an easy mistake to make.

  • @Just_A_Random_Desk
    @Just_A_Random_Desk 7 месяцев назад +172

    15:21 gigachad reporter

    • @SlaughterhouseDb
      @SlaughterhouseDb 4 месяца назад +3

      If more embedded reporters were like that, maybe we wouldn't lie to them so much.

  • @davepeterson3146
    @davepeterson3146 7 месяцев назад +7

    This is literally the only channel I never skip the ads on, purely out of respect. Even learning about Albert and Robert through the spot for my heritage was cool. Love this channel.

  • @tunanocrustgarage
    @tunanocrustgarage 6 месяцев назад +20

    As a Vet of this ACTUAL event. Was part of Task Force 3-15 (A Co 3-15 INF) and ran the Thunder Runs to the airport and all the way to Objective Moe where we held the highway junction area for several days.
    However several days before reaching Baghdad was the route through Al Hilah and the Karbala Gap area. Video I shot with my Sony Hi8 camcorder is on my channel.

    • @ME911119
      @ME911119 5 месяцев назад

      Why were you there? How do you feel about the fact that the US government has now admitted that there were in fact no weapons of mass destruction? How do you feel about part of the murder (directly or indirectly) of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. Destabilizing an entire region, and sowing the seeds of failure.

    • @StephenOConnell-tz5zw
      @StephenOConnell-tz5zw 5 месяцев назад +2

      No one is replying to you because your understanding of world events is limited. VERY limited. So its not worth anyones time at this point in history, with the gift of hindsight, to engage someone like you.

    • @ME911119
      @ME911119 5 месяцев назад

      @@StephenOConnell-tz5zw pathetic. "I have a great answer but I wont just because I am sad".

    • @noco7243
      @noco7243 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ME911119And Aloha Snackbar to you Mohammed.

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@ME911119 Unlike Stephen, I do have some time to waste on explaining why you're flat out wrong.
      The Kurds know very intimately that Saddam DID have WMDs, considering he used WMDs, most well known being Sarin gas, against the Kurdish people. Saddam also used WMDs against the Iranians in his war with Iran, killing or wounding more than 100,000 Iranians.
      The only reason no noteworthy stockpiles were captured is because, like how he had much of his air force sent to Iran for "safekeeping", Saddam had them shipped to Syria for "safekeeping". Once he was ousted from power, the Syrian kept them and some were eventually used in the still ongoing civil war there before being destroyed under UN supervision.
      Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives? Nice exaggeration. The Iraq War claimed the lives of a little over 100,000 Iraqi civilians. A large portion were the result of fanatical and extremist insurgents while far fewer were due to the Coalition. Roughly the same number of civilians died due to the Iran-Iraq war, which was started by Saddam. Let's not forget the rape and pillage of Kuwait due to Saddam's greed.
      You think America destabilized the Middle East? Then you know nothing about the history of the Middle East. The British and French are responsible for destabilizing the region by arbitrarily dividing up their imperial colonies without care for ethnic, religious, or cultural worries.
      Seeds of Failure? That's why Iraq is the third most electoral democratic country in the Middle East, right? Because the US "failed" in its objective on ousting Saddam and installing a democratic government.
      Clearly, your grasp on history is, to use your own word, pathetic. Now then, I've expended what time I had to waste on you so I bid you good day.

  • @soup31314
    @soup31314 7 месяцев назад +21

    There were not engineers that were in the boats, it was the dismounts from 3rd platoon 3/7 infantry.
    B co 3/7 infantry dismounts did not move that far away from the bridge we were at the canal. Where we cleared the median hq.
    The Iraqis on the north had no idea that our thermals could see them.
    After we captured the bridge we found a copy of the battle plans, and the defensive positions. It was these plans that change the plan from encircling Baghdad to the thunder runs.
    Object saints is where sfc smith was killed, along with our embedded reporter.

  • @codyschaffer7788
    @codyschaffer7788 7 месяцев назад +58

    "The demoralized commandos are easily beaten off" oh okay well that's nice for them isn't it I didn't get that kind of service when I was in

    • @JoeTheis
      @JoeTheis 7 месяцев назад +11

      "69th armored regiment moves towards objective peach" 🤔

    • @FOXTR0T1
      @FOXTR0T1 6 месяцев назад

      Shane Gillis shaking his fist in the air: “You make me do cum!!”

    • @JDotS.
      @JDotS. 5 месяцев назад

      @@JoeTheis 69th Regiment is supposed to penetrate obj peach?🤨

  • @phillipstrait9387
    @phillipstrait9387 7 месяцев назад +36

    Every video you've made should be in History classes across the U.S.

    • @atomf9143
      @atomf9143 7 месяцев назад +2

      Unironically this is extremely educational content for any US History class.

    • @lightningstrike5024
      @lightningstrike5024 7 месяцев назад +2

      problem is they do tend to be abit bias towards in us in these vids without appearing like it

    • @carloscampo9119
      @carloscampo9119 7 месяцев назад

      Not just the US.

    • @greyfells2829
      @greyfells2829 7 месяцев назад +1

      I like this type of stuff, but the average person doesn't need to know any of this. There's much more important events to learn.

    • @atomf9143
      @atomf9143 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@greyfells2829 Exactly, it's at the level of detail where it's perfect for enthusiasts and horrible for the average classroom.

  • @KombatKochPartDeux
    @KombatKochPartDeux 7 месяцев назад +23

    Rock of The Marne, Raiders First, Speed and Power! Enjoyed watching my old unit in this.

  • @johnnyartillery
    @johnnyartillery 7 месяцев назад +11

    THATS MY UNIT! @11:25 !! 1-41 Fiend Artillery 💥

  • @Macto5
    @Macto5 7 месяцев назад +4

    This channel produces the best depictions of military battles on the internet. Thanks for another excellent video!

  • @Ethanpariz
    @Ethanpariz 7 месяцев назад +33

    21:05 I love the history side of RUclips the WW2 channel just covered the bridge of Remagen the other week!

    • @ablackghostmyguy3741
      @ablackghostmyguy3741 7 месяцев назад +1

      Now they just posted the weekly episode today showing the break out

    • @akshittripathi5403
      @akshittripathi5403 7 месяцев назад

      My reaction too lol

    • @JoshuaC923
      @JoshuaC923 7 месяцев назад +1

      We are quite fortunate to live in such times we can watch and learn these things for free

  • @CMDRFandragon
    @CMDRFandragon 7 месяцев назад +49

    In the Japanese Army, when you run out of ammo, you ARE the ammo
    In the US Army, when you run out of breaching charges, you ARE the breaching charge.
    Love it.
    And that Haditha counterattack. And here I was thinking the yolo into gun fire like a buncha dingos was only something you saw from video game AI.......yikes.

  • @chrisblack6258
    @chrisblack6258 7 месяцев назад +56

    How the hell could someone come up with an idea of fighting American armors in the darkness without thermals?! My eyebrow raised when I heard that.

    • @StevenKeery
      @StevenKeery 7 месяцев назад +6

      Chrisblack: Parachute flares perhaps. The old-fashioned way.

    • @Cucker_Tarlson56
      @Cucker_Tarlson56 7 месяцев назад +12

      This was the United States first major action after Vietnam. That’s 20 years difference. Nobody had the shit we had at this point. GPS is why US armor was able to outflank the Iraqis at the battle of 73 Eastings. Nobody could comprehend the technology we were bringing to bare at that point.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 7 месяцев назад +37

      @@Cucker_Tarlson56 No, the Battle of 73 Easting was the Gulf War, the first major action since Vietnam and 10 years before the battle in this video. The Iraqis should've remembered what happened to them in 1990. I give them props for being brave though. And at this point they were defending their capitol, so it makes sense they'd fight harder and take more risks.

    • @joost00555
      @joost00555 7 месяцев назад +16

      And this was after losing hard during Desert Storm under similar conditions. They had a decade to improve on this

    • @Genessyss
      @Genessyss 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@joost00555their mistake was trusting that the Americans will not invade on a bullshit lie

  • @MrUnl33t
    @MrUnl33t 7 месяцев назад +32

    12:45 what do you mean overrun the tank? What was their plan? 1) Bum-rush damaged tank while it is covered by 8 more fully functional tanks 2) ??? 3) Profit ?

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 7 месяцев назад +9

      4. Don't get shot in the back by your de-humanised CO?

    • @MrUnl33t
      @MrUnl33t 7 месяцев назад +3

      Totally forgot that was a thing

  • @Dehavilland2000
    @Dehavilland2000 7 месяцев назад +8

    I haven't gotten to the end yet but I sure hope to get that reporter's name that jumped in the water. Great presentation as always.

  • @hoplophobia7014
    @hoplophobia7014 7 месяцев назад +5

    I remember being there, I feel old now, thanks

  • @josephahner3031
    @josephahner3031 7 месяцев назад +7

    Using a fully armored Ranger as a battering ram is the most D&D thing I've ever heard of IRL.

  • @importantname
    @importantname 7 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for another excellently researched and presented - Documentary. True unbiased, honest historical battle reporting.

  • @davidcraft4636
    @davidcraft4636 7 месяцев назад +4

    I remember my unit crossing that bridge. They were still fighting at Objective Peach. Fun day.

    • @soup31314
      @soup31314 7 месяцев назад

      I remeber the traffic jam on the west side of the bridge as we waited for the boats to cross, then we had to clear spider holes on the side of the road, we finally stopped after our co’s track killed 3 bmp along the canal

  • @Superstinger992
    @Superstinger992 7 месяцев назад +3

    Hey there, i really appreciate the time you put into making each of these videos and I recommend this channel to friends. Have you considered releasing a version of these videos that do not have background music? the horn sound has become quite distracting since the track is a short loop that repeats many times per episode.

  • @chronicles7899
    @chronicles7899 7 месяцев назад +193

    The courage of the Iraqi soldiers is commendable, it is a tragedy that so many were deceived into readily giving their lives for a tyrant.

    • @shitoryu8
      @shitoryu8 7 месяцев назад +9

      They never stood a chance.

    • @hekasdqwe
      @hekasdqwe 7 месяцев назад +9

      NO respect for the enemy !

    • @Bcovax
      @Bcovax 7 месяцев назад +15

      Their tactics are laughable, though.

    • @xahmadx6442
      @xahmadx6442 7 месяцев назад +13

      Many of them didn't have a choice
      When they did they surrendered

    • @Xazv-iv1jw
      @Xazv-iv1jw 7 месяцев назад +1

      Sand people are known for many things. Brains is not one of them.

  • @javidaderson
    @javidaderson 7 месяцев назад +18

    This was a combat engineers battle, saving bridges and dams one mouthful of chewing tobacco at a time.

  • @jeffreydennis3267
    @jeffreydennis3267 6 месяцев назад +3

    I was with 2nd Battalion - 7th Infantry Regiment (Cottonbalers)- 3rd Infantry Division. (2-7). I was in the 2nd Bradley to reach Peach.

  • @Sapper21b10
    @Sapper21b10 7 месяцев назад +9

    Man. Its hard to believe that the stuff i was doing in my 20's is now making it legitimately into the history books.

    • @soup31314
      @soup31314 7 месяцев назад +3

      No shit right… crazy i remeber my platoon sgt saying it would be part of history…

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 7 месяцев назад +3

    Can't wait to hear what you have to say about "The Thunder Runs."

  • @Herb...StateChamps
    @Herb...StateChamps 7 месяцев назад +7

    Top notch content 👊🏼

  • @TorricRoma
    @TorricRoma 7 месяцев назад +3

    16:30 first time I've ever heard my MOS be mention at all

  • @Adombom
    @Adombom 7 месяцев назад +31

    Wow, are we related?! Anthony is my dad, too!

    • @TheOperationsRoom
      @TheOperationsRoom  7 месяцев назад +36

      Yes brother

    • @ericsilver9401
      @ericsilver9401 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@TheOperationsRoomcan I be your brother pretty please?!

    • @Adombom
      @Adombom 7 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@TheOperationsRoom Funnily enough, both our parent's birth years match! We might not be related but I'd hazard a guess you may have a sibling born in the 70s..

    • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
      @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat 7 месяцев назад +5

      Hey man, genetically we’re all distant cousins anyways

    • @anthonylombardo1261
      @anthonylombardo1261 7 месяцев назад +5

      Luke, I am your father.

  • @Arete1
    @Arete1 7 месяцев назад +22

    I am just lost for words at the total incapability of the Iraqi army. Comparing the casualty rates makes me think of the conquistadors or other colonial wars where the natives had mass casualties against a smaller western army.

    • @user-vp9lc9up6v
      @user-vp9lc9up6v 7 месяцев назад +11

      The conquistadors were not the only ones engaged in the fighting, they had armies of Tlaxcalan men who did a good portion of the lifting for them.

    • @xahmadx6442
      @xahmadx6442 7 месяцев назад +14

      The Iraqi army was in a pretty bad posture
      Not only was it starved for 13 years
      It was suprise attacked with overwhelming power and had a huge technological disadvantage on top of that they had a brutal dictator breathing down their neck with many of them not wanting to die for him

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc 7 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@xahmadx6442"surprise attack"
      6 months of build up and a huge airbombment and an ultimatum before invading is not surprise in any way.

    • @Arete1
      @Arete1 7 месяцев назад

      @@user-vp9lc9up6v that wasn't always the case

    • @Nathan-Roman
      @Nathan-Roman 7 месяцев назад +13

      ​@RK-cj4oc The coalition forces made progress significantly faster than the Iraqi command expected them to, which led to surprised Iraqi units in 1991, as many formations weren't prepared to fight as they believed they were safe in the far rear
      In 2003, the Iraqis expected another air campaign that would last for weeks before ground forces moved into Iraq, but this didn't happen. That's how the US achieved surprise in both campaigns in different ways

  • @williamgironda4456
    @williamgironda4456 7 месяцев назад +4

    I later lived at a future platoon patrol base on the west side of the bridge at Obj Peach in 2007-2008.

  • @carloscampo9119
    @carloscampo9119 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome as always. That push through the desert done by the 3rd’s Armored Divisions was something to behold.

  • @mitchelldavis5564
    @mitchelldavis5564 7 месяцев назад +4

    Love your work TOR. Would you ever consider covering a pre-WWII conflict, maybe WWI, the U.S. Civil War, or the U.S.-Mexican War?

  • @_Lazy_bones
    @_Lazy_bones 7 месяцев назад +13

    I really respect the hustle and I get that Sponsorships are super important to YTer's income, but I would rather fight the Coalition forces with a rock than willingly give my DNA to a private company. They'll have to come and get it themselves.
    Anyway, great video! Keep up the awesome content.

  • @afriyam3228
    @afriyam3228 7 месяцев назад +5

    Make a video game with this kinda art. Would buy.

  • @megladon6
    @megladon6 6 месяцев назад +2

    Just realized the forces for the assault on Debecka Pass are seen in the North west portion of the battle map. I knew I recognized that lineup of forces.

  • @DBCooper82
    @DBCooper82 6 месяцев назад +1

    I remember crossing that bridge during the invasion, it was wild. Sgt stevens of a1-30 attached to 3-7 took out an artillery piece during the counter attack. He blasted that thing with a tow missile from his Bradley. Saved a bunch of lives that day patiently waiting in the rear until all units have crossed. They thought they were sneaky but not as sneaky as sgt Stevens Bradley and crew!

  • @benjamin112
    @benjamin112 7 месяцев назад

    The best part of this retelling is the tiny bit about the reporter diving In to save a man.

  • @Occasion77
    @Occasion77 7 месяцев назад +4

    Would love to a series on the Iran-Iraq war for sure!

  • @ANXIE7Y
    @ANXIE7Y 7 месяцев назад +1

    As always amazing work. Thanks!

  • @OvertimeSlopper
    @OvertimeSlopper 7 месяцев назад +14

    Would you ever consider doing videos on the Chechen wars or other post soviet conflicts?

    • @matthiasthulman4058
      @matthiasthulman4058 7 месяцев назад

      This would be great. There are a few videos but they're heavily skewed against Russia, and it destroys the history aspect of the events.

    • @matthiasthulman4058
      @matthiasthulman4058 7 месяцев назад +1

      Disturban just did a video on Beslan, if you're interested.
      Kings and Generals has one on the Chechen wars I think.
      Invicta has done some Chechen videos as well.

  • @Horsicorn
    @Horsicorn 2 месяца назад +1

    22:05 this part of the story stuck out to me and made me read up on SFC Kevin Camp: the guy was unexpectedly briefly put in charge of the 5th largest dam in the Middle East because, even though he was an army engineer, his only experience working at a dam was a 3-month internship he did after high school. He and the other engineers worked around the clock to repair the dam even though he knew it could flood at any minute and kill everybody inside. When his Major thought he heard the dam collapsing and made a run for the stairs, SFC Camp just replied, "No sense in running; you can die tired or just die." He understood the strategic importance of keeping the dam operational because not only would it flood the Euphrates if it broke--flooding an active warzone and likely killing thousands of civilians and possibly U.S. military--he knew that the Iraqi civilians were still on the fence about the U.S. invasion, and if the dam broke the public might assume that the U.S. military intentionally destroyed it, thus shifting public opinion and likely the large-scale outcome of the war.

  • @vatodanelia5411
    @vatodanelia5411 7 месяцев назад +5

    The whole project and every video is pretty cool but plz show mechinized warfare and breaching operations in more details

  • @clarkl1209
    @clarkl1209 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great content as usual 👏

  • @rydillo
    @rydillo 7 месяцев назад +5

    Being an engineer flying into active war zones to repair critical infrastructure has to be one of the most bad ass jobs ever.

  • @Jim-vp1nq
    @Jim-vp1nq 7 месяцев назад +4

    In an old saying: if you dont control the air, you are fighting in the dark.

  • @CCM1199
    @CCM1199 7 месяцев назад +4

    To think that I joined 3-69 AR after the push....I PCS'ed from Iraq in 2003. Originally I was supposed to be with 3rd ID before the war kicked off only to have a stop movement imposed on all troops that were going to have a change of station. on 16SEP03, I moved to 3rd ID and the very unit that conducted attacks on both the Karbala Gap and Objective peach. the unit I was in was located 1500M from the Iranian border in the town of Mandali and we conducted operations with the PUK. 1-41 FA is also known as "Glory's guns"

  • @chrishansen9088
    @chrishansen9088 7 месяцев назад +3

    Hold on honey…. new Operation Room video just dropped

  • @patrickforrest3109
    @patrickforrest3109 7 месяцев назад

    Objective Peach ,was indeed quite a battle for the bridge, as he had put it ,it goes back to the bridge at Remagen in WW2, Great vid 👍😊

  • @Sailor_Greg
    @Sailor_Greg 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome! This is what the history channel should be!

  • @rgriffinRETIRED_SHEEPDOG
    @rgriffinRETIRED_SHEEPDOG 7 месяцев назад

    Excellent video!

  • @noconsent
    @noconsent 7 месяцев назад +2

    I bet halfway across that river at least one of the engineers was thinking it was better to wait and install the engines.

    • @soup31314
      @soup31314 7 месяцев назад +1

      It was infantry in the boats with paddles. It was 3rd platoon from my company B co 3-7 infantry.
      And yes they were pissed they didn’t have motors and a couple of the boats actually deflated and almost sunk

  • @henriyoung3895
    @henriyoung3895 6 месяцев назад

    Great video thanks

  • @stardekk1461
    @stardekk1461 7 месяцев назад +5

    Iraqi T-72 Brigade commander leading from the front is not something you hear a lot of from.

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 5 месяцев назад

    "One of the sappers dead pans, 'Oh we're dead.'" XD It's things like this that make comfortable with putting humorous lines in serious situations in my fiction books.

  • @kevinhurley6919
    @kevinhurley6919 7 месяцев назад +1

    On google maps you can still see the footprints of the buildings that were dropped and the bridge is still destroyed

  • @penthyn
    @penthyn 4 месяца назад

    awesome video as always but at 15:59 you accidentally said southern while you clearly meant northern.

  • @1stbn8thmar
    @1stbn8thmar 7 месяцев назад +6

    I cant wait till you publish what we in 1st Battalion 8th Marines did when leaving Haditha Dam!

  • @landshark000068
    @landshark000068 6 месяцев назад +2

    14:25 The 92nd Chemical company, or as we called ourselves, the 92nd Criminal company. I was with them.

  • @ShasOSwoll
    @ShasOSwoll 3 месяца назад

    "We're out of breaching charges! What should we do?"
    "YEET!"

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 7 месяцев назад

    This is the most detailed look at the Gulf War I've ever seen! 🔥⚔😎

  • @heinedenmark
    @heinedenmark 7 месяцев назад +2

    M1064 heavy mortar carriers, played a huge role in this invasion.

  • @batboylives
    @batboylives 7 месяцев назад +3

    4:00 armoured escort, I mean body escorts armoured tanks.

    • @batboylives
      @batboylives 7 месяцев назад

      securing the other side of the bridge for the tanks didn't work out as planned im guessing

  • @kiearnhorne9382
    @kiearnhorne9382 5 месяцев назад +1

    sniper "accidentally" hit the propane tank. yeah right, he's waited his whole life for a group of enemy soldiers to be standing around a propane tank

  • @michael7v6
    @michael7v6 7 месяцев назад

    Be cool if you had a key to describe the icons you use on the maps. Love the channel. For the large scale forces I mean.

  • @ethanvistal5559
    @ethanvistal5559 7 месяцев назад

    Sgt Stevens: "I guess I'll drown now."
    A random reporter with balls of steel: "Not in my headlines, Sgt!"

  • @VenomPulse
    @VenomPulse 7 месяцев назад +1

    That reporter, has got free beers for life.

  • @ziggamon
    @ziggamon 5 месяцев назад +1

    5:50 Jesus. They were just stacking bodies, literally!

  • @aviationrambler
    @aviationrambler 7 месяцев назад +1

    3:33 Wow that guy had an IRL gamer moment.

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome thanks

  • @bassett_green
    @bassett_green 2 месяца назад

    4:18 big props to these two men for rescuing the wounded enemy soldiers

  • @mr.martyr8573
    @mr.martyr8573 6 месяцев назад

    A fucking 1000 yard shot that hits a propane tank. Lol
    Iconic shit.

  • @Syntax.error.
    @Syntax.error. 7 месяцев назад +1

    If you go to google maps you can see the bridge is still damaged and never fixed.

    • @akshittripathi5403
      @akshittripathi5403 7 месяцев назад

      I saw the same on Google Maps and was wondering why?? It has been more than 20 years and there doesn't seem to be any other river crossing nearby. Glad to see someone else who keeps google maps open during these videos :P

  • @TheHoldenmcgroin
    @TheHoldenmcgroin 7 месяцев назад +8

    So, pretty much went all "Leeeeeroy Jeeeeenkins" when they needed to breach doors then...

  • @simisg2121
    @simisg2121 6 месяцев назад

    Crazy thing, both sides were fighting over the dam for the same reason.. they both thought the other side was going to destroy it when neither were or wanted to…

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli 7 месяцев назад

    It's amazing how close to a catastrophic dam breach they came from just losing turbines. Hydro power is terrifying.

    • @carloscampo9119
      @carloscampo9119 7 месяцев назад +1

      Look at what happened in Ukraine. A collosal dam breach. It would have been the same or worse.

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 7 месяцев назад

      @@carloscampo9119 I was more shocked that just losing the turbines instead of catastrophic structural damage like there.
      But, yeah. It's insane how much damage they do when they fail. Banqiao in China, for example.

  • @chubbypanda1263
    @chubbypanda1263 7 месяцев назад

    I can’t tell you why exactly but that snap transition to the surrendered solider animation from the holding their gun one is hilarious.
    Not in a, it’s bad way though so please don’t think that.

  • @ericbrumley9026
    @ericbrumley9026 7 месяцев назад

    C Btry, 1st BN, 41st FA "Glory's Guns" was the direct support unit for 3/69 Armor. Will there be another video showing the occupation of Baghdad including the thunder runs?

  • @karellen4913
    @karellen4913 6 месяцев назад +1

    Need to take a bridge, best way would be to take both ends at the same time, and they did river crossing with inflatable boats at 13:37? Even doing suppressing fire and with smoke cover?
    This guy most definitely have watched A Bridge Too Far lol.
    Or was that kind of operation based on the standard US guideline for taking control of a bridge? Idk.

  • @Joseplh
    @Joseplh 7 месяцев назад +1

    The frankly amazing thing is the low casualties the US and allies had. It goes to show the power of good training, organization, and overwhelming firepower.

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 7 месяцев назад +2

    3:34 This guy got an explosive object kill in real life. What are the odds?