As a veteran of this conflict I know of loss of every American soldier, sailor, airman and marine as it was my job to return their personal effects to their next of kin. To this day I have memory of each and every one.
My brothers would serve with different division's from this conflict years later. 1st Armored Cav. & 101st/555 Engineers... Thank you for bringing the families what you could!
First of all sir thank you very much for your service. Second, thank you for taking on what was I'm sure quite a difficult and trying cashed. Definitely a very important job and duty to perform. But when we perform our jobs like we're doing those tasks for God, amazing things can Blossom from that. God bless my friend. And stay safe.
@@nateclark2731 yes Colin Powell had a lot of strategic lying about the fake WMDs that cost American, British and Australian servicemen their lives along with approximately 1 million Iraqis. President Bush, Prime Ministers Blair and Howard should be charged with Warcrimes against humanity. Coalition forces died and were maimed physically and psychologically so that the Military Industrial Complex,Oil companies and logistical companies could make a killing off of the backs of the dead.
That’s why the US Military is so effective fighting on the other side of the world while most countries can’t fight a war 90 miles past their borders, I believe it’s been said that the US Military can have their ready alert force on the ground anywhere in the world in less than 10 hours notice.
The 3:1 rule of combat states that in order that for the attacker to win the battle, his forces should be at least three times the force of the defender
Absolutely - defensive positions are precarious, check out WW2 and Monte Casino - it was hell. It was not unheard of during the island operations with Japan during WW2 to simply block in caves with equipment and simply bury the enemy. It sounds cruel but the other end of the sword is your unit losing a lot of people trying to take that position.
That's because simply by the nature of being the defender and knowing your terrain you have a 3 times greater chance of victory. Usually those who fight the hardest and to the end are those who are fighting to protect what is behind them, not fighting to kill what's in front of them.
I led my Tank platoon on that US 1st Infantry Division attack of the Iraqi defenses....we worked with your fellow Brits quite a bit leading up to the attack.The video doesn't do it justice My tank company had our 1st re-union last May -- 31 years later...18 of our 62 Tankers participated, many of us have since had multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan in the years since -- what an impressive bunch of warriors
My gramps was over there afterwords putting out the oil fires and burying Sadam's boys. He's got photos of the aftermath, we really kicked the crap out of the Iraqis.
Thank you for your service sir. My brother was in the US Air Force and was about to be deployed to Iraq but was injured before going so he couldn’t go. He was very disappointed. I was happy he didn’t go, we were very close. He passed away in 2009 from cancer just a year after my mother. I miss them both so much.
Also a vet of Desert Shield/Storm (2nd MarDiv). The #1 incident I recall was a Stinger AA missile team that got off track when crossing the minefield and hit a mine. They returned to their unit and got a new HMMWV and weapons. Then had the bad luck to have a mortar round blow up their second vehicle. Once again they returned to their unit and were told, NO! You've used your share of luck, you're not going out again. We did have some artillery land about 500m from us, once. Last Iraqi artillery I saw during the invasion. We spent 2 days of the 4-day "war" stopped waiting for the US Army's to get their big flanking maneuver in motion and to their final attack positions.
I was one of the Marines in a Tank Division that breached the Minefields. Its hard to describe how big and scary those minefields were. The mines were on top and very visable. We were told that crossing through them is a great opportunity for thr enemy to strike and cause a panic. I can still remember being stalled in the middle on the narrow path, and knowing there is nowhere to run to and take cover if attacked. Best of times, worst of times. Semper Fi
My brother in law was a marine recon sniper, and was giving targets while on top of a building in Kuwait city for the battleships... he said it was the most impressive thing he has ever seen
Served with the 403rd Miltary Police Prisoner of War Camp during Desert Storm. Expecting 10,000 POWs and at peak were over 15,000. Took us over 24 hours with everyone working to process the first wave of POWs we received.
You must follow this up by viewing General Norman Schwarzkopf's "mother of all briefings" he delivered four days into the ground war! Amazing. What a leader.
I read Schwarzkopf's autobiography. And as an ex-army sergeant, og course I followed the coverage of the war as it went on. From the autobiography, you really understand that the Iraqis never had a chance. They were just completely overwhelmed, and actually never understood how soundly they were beaten, until the exchange of prisoners at surrender.
I was a tank driver in The 1st Infantry division . My platoon was a breach platoon. 2nd Platoon C Company 3rd Battalion 37th Armored regiment. We were the tip of the spear for 7th Corp.
The international coalition dropped leaflets on the Iraqi troops letting them know if they laid down their weapons and surrendered they would be treated with dignity. I still have one of them somewhere in my stuff.
Unfortunately most of those who surrendered were put on planes and sent back to Iraq to face cruelty for deserting or sent back to fight. Having been there and seeing the malnutrition and terrible conditions of the soldiers it is hard not to be compassionate- yet at the same time you have orders and a mission to accomplish. Balancing your war fighting spirit and your humanity is every soldiers burden.
Just a note on the 101st. It is no longer a paratroop division. It is an air calvary division and uses helicopters for insertion and egress. The 82nd is the only Army paratroop division.
@@kokomo9764 Few do. Did not learn of it till the son of a friend visited and I quizzed him about the shoulder patch. Did some research, sha-bang, the division exist.
Yeah, the 82nd is "Airborne" but they only really practice parachute operations. They do far more helicopter borne than parachuting in actual operations. Also, the Army rarely operates as a whole division, so excluding the Airborne Brigade Combat Teams like those of the 173rd is just plain silly. The 173rd was the last unit to execute a large-scale parachute operation in combat. That was over 20 years ago. Finally, classifying only "parachutists" as "Airborne" is limited and silly - especially when those parachutists only jump for practice.
I can remember the day my dad came to my daycare to let me know he was getting deployed for desert storm. Talked to him through the years and thankfully, his unit never saw actual combat, he was a mechanic, but they did go on patrols and one time accidentally crossed the lines and thankfully stumbled on a friendly base. He said he was there for months with nothing happening, then one morning rockets were flying.
My father was a radar warrant officer, and he was with the first infantry division from Fort Riley, Kansas during desert storm. Crazy time y’all I can remember when the air war started then when the ground war started it got real for us because that’s where my dad was . Y’all keep up the good work.
09:50 the MLRS rocket artillery you saw then is basically today's HIMARS. The major difference being the US used cluster bombs then vs singular warheads they use in Ukraine today. HIMARS is on a Truck with up to 6 rockets, MLRS is on a tank body with up to 12 rockets.
Desert Storm Marine vet (5/11, 1st MarDiv). Just a little basic information about the artillery rounds used. Each 155mm round was a DPICM (Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition) which had 88 sub-munitions (like grenades) inside. So for every round we fired there was 88 smaller detonations vs 1 big one.
I was in 3rd armour div for this mission .. i arrived to the unit ...just in time to leave with the advance party to go over and start staging vehicles for the bulk of 3rd armour and 7th core.
My unit was attached to 18th Airborne Corps and later on permanent attached. 3rd ACR. From the original Opperation order, things moved quite fast. Was surprised how early we were ordered in. Nice to see it all onthe sand board though. Things got bogged up with all the surrenders though. No real will to fight. Nice reaction I think. Puts my head in a totally different place seeing it again. ❤️🌹🤘
This complete and lopsided victory wasn't as much that the Iraqi army sucked, which they did, but it was more because the Americans and coalition partners were so, SO much better. Better training, better equipment, better tactics, better motivation, better everything.
When the military in my town mobilized to go to the Gulf War every citizen turned out to line the streets cheering them on, waving flags and spontaneously singing patriotic songs. Never doubt the US reverence for our military, for our soldiers. ❤ to everyone who has served this blessed & great country,
Dictatorships aren’t worried about preserving their people or their nation, they’re concerned with preserving their power. Giving up would possibly result in them losing their power, even if it would save a lot of their people and be better for their nation on the world stage, so they make other people fight.
As an american i am ashamed of this War. Totally Unnecessary War started by Bush. There was No weapons of mass destruction. "NADA Bakos " Who was Chief CIA analyst who Tracked down Al - Zarqawi ( leader of Al Qaeda) & Countless Al -Qaeda members said this in her book. Whole.Bush administration forced CIA officers to make up evidence to make a fake story & invade iraq. As a result We lost our American brothers in war & Countless Iraqi people died. & thats how ISIS was born after the war. Saddam was monster but atleast People in Iraq was living in certain comfort & protection. Now we all know the situation. Iraq was in far better situation before war. Yes Saddam was dictator but there are many dictators in the world whom we Helped & still helping. Btw.US A also helped.Saddam in the past when he was bombing Children. All US gained from this war was All the Oil Reserves of Iraq was Occupied by American Companies like Exomobil. Avarage american citozen paid for this war, in return our own people died. Nothing better happened. We never Learn. Right?
There is a very important axiom: Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics. Meaning you might have the best of equipment and men, but without food, water, ammo, fuel, spare parts, etc you aren’t going very far and you won’t win.
My brother was in this war, he was in infantry with the Bradley vehicles, i don't remember what division. He said air support did most of the work and most of them surrendered.
Referring the 101st Airborne as "paratroopers" is confusing, due to the fact that they haven't been on jump status since Vietnam. They are what is known as an Air Assualt Division where they transport in mass by use of helicopter.
Hi you two from SoCal... I recently saw a video I thought the two of you might enjoy. The RUclips video name is: "British Highschoolers Try Biscuits and Gravy for the First Time!" :)
After a serious injury in 1982 I had to leave the military my father-in-law finally revealed his part in World War II. He was a pilot he thought the battle of midway he flew over 50 missions. I was shocked you’d never look at this man and see how strong and how brave he was I contacted some friends in the military I decided to return because my specialty was tanks and I ended up in the gulf war and I was proud to serve in the first war and I did that for my father-in-law God bless him.
I am also a veteran of this war. I was an AH-1F Cobra crew chief in the 101st Airborne. While our Cobras were out looking for anything in the area, the crew chiefs ended up going in with the second wave of helicoptors to what we called Phaseline Cobra, but the video called an Objective. It was just a coincidence that the destination had the same name as our AH-1s. We flew into Iraq on a very crowded and seemingly overloaded CH-47 Chinook, filled halfway up (past the seats) with equipment and baggage. Underneath, we had a slingload of ammunition boxes. I seem to recall it taking about an hour or so to get to our destination. When we got there, they had us surround the Chinook with a perimeter while those still aboard threw all of the equipment and baggage out the back. Meanwhile, we had no real idea where we were. The sheltered area where we had landed didn't really allow us to see anything, other than a command and control Black Hawk sitting on a hill a short distance away. When the Chinook was finally unloaded and flew away to go back down to Saudi Arabia, we were pointed in what seemed like a random direction and told it was about three quarters of a mile or so to where our unit (A Troop, 2/17 Cavalry) was mustering. Carrying all of our equipment by hand, it was probably the most physically strenuous thing I had ever done in my life. Dressed in my chemical suit (MOPP suit), with my M16, gas mask, rucksack, kit bag, and my tool box, I had to stop several times along the way (bad back). Finally, we reached the spot where our unit was. The pilots were sitting around on the aircraft (Cobras and OH-58 Kiowas) eating lunch. Shortly thereafter, they headed back out, and we looked around for the various places we were going to set up our sleeping bags. There were no tents. Those were still a day and a half away on their way north to us. The weather was fairly nasty and rainy during this point, so I found myself a small rise of land around which I could dig a rain trench to prevent my little campsite from getting flooded out. The temperature was pretty low, or at least it felt like it. The aircraft eventually came back around sundown, and my pilots informed me that they had killed an ammo truck with the aircraft's 20mm cannon. The aircraft had all been refueled and rearmed at a FARP that had already been set up, so there was nothing else for me to do that day. I crawled into my sleeping bag, wrapped both it and myself in my rain poncho, and ended my first day of the ground war.
Proud Desert Shield Desert Storm Veteran. 12B Combat Engr.. Sappers Forward! 8 months in Saudi Arabia TRNG every day to fight the Elite Iraq Army that put up a fight after being bomb everyday and night, but the ground war was over 100 plus hours later and they gave up, they was defeated and at the ground war cam to an end, my unit was 6 kilometers from Baghdad. My Army Unit was 72nd Engr Co, 197th Infantry that support the 16 Airborne Division that supported the 24th INF Division.
I like the video that tells of a specific crazy tank battle during this invasion. I don't remember the name of the battle or video though. Would be cool to see reactions to that one.
Yes your right but let’s be honest the USA brought the most powerful punch even if u combined the rest of the coutrys rogather and. The USA did most of the work. Usa could of pulled this of by itself it it wanted too
@@rafaelsanchez7095True, but it was extremely beneficial strategically for the US to coordinate extensively with our allies in this case. It allowed greater portions of our military to remain focused on other parts of the world, remember that the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing in 1991. It’s always better to have allies, even if we COULD do it alone.
I worked with two veterans of this war, one was a USAF forward observer who operated 50 kilometers behind enemy lines. A real man. Fortunately dictators aren't very smart.
Related Suggestion: YT channel -- Not What You Think; Video -- "The Bomb That Ended a Wat" It's not the only reason Saddam gave up, but the story of the quickly invented bunker buster is great.
This is the war that Al Murray refers to when he mentions:- America sent Water Soldiers to fight in the desert, The British then had to send in the desert rats to help them, Some 1,800 Marines, 14 pieces of major equipment, and 19 aircraft participated in the Desert Storm National Victory Parade in Washington, D.C. that was led by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander of the U.S. Central Command and Desert Storm forces The British part of Operation Desert Storm was called Operation Granby. The operation began on January 15, 1991 with the first air raids by British Tornado fighter-bombers starting the next day. The Tornados proved their worth during the month that followed as rugged aircraft and achieved great results, but the land phase, which began on February 24, was no less successful. In fact, some of the achievements by the British, such as the longest tank to tank kill to date, are yet to be beat. Within 66 hours of the fighting, the British managed to advance almost 300km across Iraq (a feat almost unheard of) and destroyed no less than three armored Iraqi divisions in the process. Much of this success can be attributed to the Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank, the workhorse of the British Army and one of the best MBTs of its era - if not the best. Of the 420 vehicles built in total, the British deployed 221 during the operations. These vehicles belonged to the following units: 7th Armoured Brigade (the legendary Desert Rats), specifically: The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars (deployed initially) The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (deployed initially) 4th Armoured Brigade (the Black Rats), specifically: 14th/20th King’s Hussars (both regiments merged in India before the Second World War) Life Guard (an elite formation with hundreds of years of tradition) Both brigades had previously been deployed to Germany and were moved to Saudi Arabia from there in November 1990 as a part of a major military buildup. Before the fighting commenced, these vehicles were modified as such: Installed blocks of extra composite armor and ERA, Repainted to desert sand color, Fitted with additional storage for water and other equipment, Fitted with long-range fuel tanks, Fitted with a smoke generator, injecting diesel fuel into the exhaust system, Modifications to the cooling system and other adjustments for the desert environment How the Desert Rats helped to capture Kuwait:- The 7th Armoured Brigade returned to the desert when it arrived in Saudi Arabia in October 1990 as part of Operation Granby, intended to protect Saudi Arabia from invasion by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The brigade, commanded by Brigadier Patrick Cordingley, later took part in the Coalition of the Gulf War ground campaign to liberate Iraqi-occupied Kuwait on 24 February 1991 that began after a sustained air campaign. The Desert Rats, along with the rest of the 1st Armoured Division, carried out a left-hook manoeuvre that swung round the Iraqi Republican Guard. The brigade advanced deep into Iraqi territory, encountering some armour of the Republican Guard. The ground campaign formally ended on 28 February with the liberation of Kuwait achieved. 🇬🇧😎👍🏼
I would serve in 94 with a sailor who was offshore during Desert Storm. He said that he watched a V (Vic to you British) of three B-52's just drop their bombs on The "Goddamn Saddam" line, and you could see another V making a turn towards the line. After the three B-52's dropping bombs were empty, in just a few seconds the next three were dropping their bombs with the first bombs within feet of where the other V dropped their last bombs! Meanwhile, another V of three B-52's were making their approach turn!!! He said you could hear it coming soon after you saw the contrails of the bombers "in dawn's early light", and it would go on all day, from the start of the line, to the sea...
The 101st Airborne Division has been a paratrooper division since Vietnam. During Vietnam, they transitioned to Air Assault. Meaning they enter battle in helicopters. The only paratroopers left in the US Army are the 82nd Airborne, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, US Rangers, US Special Forces, and US Delta Force.
Time stamp 5:46. When Seventh Corp breaced the border I was in a Blackhawk over the FLOT Forward Line of Troops. There was a solid wall of Armor for as far as I could see, in both directions, the Iraqi Army had no chance. It was a tsunami that opened fire on them almost simultaneously across the the Front.
I was in the 101st Airborne back then. Not Paratroopers. (although some of us were jump qualified most were not, rather Air Assault qualified.) Went in the first wave with the 105 howitzers. I never knew until today how many helicopters there were, just that it was the most I had ever seen in one place in my life. Two units in my career that were the absolute best, one being the 101st and the other was the 173rd airborne.
14:16 Infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars. -Army General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I The US fight constant wars since WW2 that are oceans away has made them experts at logistics, which is everything in war. A tank can't move without fuel and a soldier can't fight without food.
When we first landed in Saudi and began digging in on the Iraq border, we brought with us, 10,000 body bags and had every expectation of using most of them. We thought for sure we would be in deep shit when we arrived. We couldn't believe they never attacked us (in force, there were random mortars, but they were ineffective). We only lost one Trooper. It was due to a vehicle accident that was not combat related.
The main criticism of this war was the “highway of death” but I didn’t see anything wrong with it. The Iraqis were told to leave all their military equipment behind, and they didn’t. They also were fighting as they were fleeing. But the optics were pretty bad because we totally decimated them.
Yeah, the optics were bad, but from a military strategic perspective, it only made sense. I believe it was General Colin Powel who approved it (I could be wrong about that). The idea was that the US made a promise to the Arab coalition partners that we would not try to take out the Hussein regime or go after the Iraqi military equipment inside Iraq after Kuwait was liberated, so a decision was made to take out as much of the Iraqi army as possible while they were fleeing Kuwait and before reaching Iraq because the US knew they'd eventually be dealing with them again, but it wasn't a violation of the deal they made to secure the coalition with the other Arab States. I'm sure Saudi Arabia at least tacitly approved of the tactic.
20:38 Casualties in the military does not mean deaths only, it means both wounded and dead, so those two casualties could have just been two people badly wounded
the segment is technically incorrect in the beginning; the 101st Airborne is not Paratroops anylonger, they are Air Assault/Air Mobile, use of helicopters vice paratroop drops. So, they are only historical in terminology from WW-2, for historical value; their concept in battle is much different. just to clarify for you.
My dad was with the 101st during the Gulf War, the only other time I've seen Campbell that empty was when I went for air assault and they were in Afghanistan.
I was a 20 year old with the Third Armored Division, and I still remember crossing the sand berms into Iraq. It was a long haul from there on into Kuwait with a fight with the Republican Guard.
I went to this little barbecue get together as a Marine Corporal, Task Force Ripper... "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st MarDiv. We arrived in Saudi Arabia a few days into August 1990, and when we drove into Kuwait in February of 1991 on Amtracs, we wiped our asses with the Iraqis, which offered little resistance. It was over within a day. By nightfall we were told to stop and dig in just south of Kuwait International Airport because we were moving too fast, even though processing thousands of surrendering Iraqis slowed us down quite a bit. The next morning we discovered many anti-aircraft guns emplaced around the airfield that had been aimed straight at us like regular heavy ground weapons, and we had slept with them pointing at us. The crews had either abandoned their guns and deserted, or had been neutralized the previous day by our artillery and Cobras and Air Force A-10s. Lovely. We departed after 8 months in the desert in April, flew straight back to 29 Palms, put our junk in the barracks, and that was it. No fuss, no muss. Semper Fi.
If you found this interesting you should watch a video on a tank battle in this was called "The Battle of 73 Easting" The American M1A1 Abrams tanks against the Iraqi T-72 was basically like little kids playing army getting in a gun battle with a Navy SEALs platoon.
Keep in mind this wasn't some sand cave, the Republican Guard was the 4th or 5th best military in the world. They were no joke. It's just the US is so extra
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As a veteran of this conflict I know of loss of every American soldier, sailor, airman and marine as it was my job to return their personal effects to their next of kin. To this day I have memory of each and every one.
My brothers would serve with different division's from this conflict years later.
1st Armored Cav. & 101st/555 Engineers...
Thank you for bringing the families what you could!
Thank you for taking care of our Brothers / Sisters.
Oh so happy that I got out in Dec `89 after 13+yrs in the Navy before this came about.
Thank You for your Service.
First of all sir thank you very much for your service. Second, thank you for taking on what was I'm sure quite a difficult and trying cashed. Definitely a very important job and duty to perform. But when we perform our jobs like we're doing those tasks for God, amazing things can Blossom from that. God bless my friend. And stay safe.
Thank you sir! My son currently serves with the 101st Airborne.
General Norman Schwarzkopf was brilliant in commanding Desert Storm plans!!
Stormin Norman 😅
He was such a fantastic leader he should have been an Admiral. 😁 ⚓ 🇺🇲
We can't forget Colin Powell's strategic input. Stormin Normin couldn't have done it without Powell.
@@jimscanlon750 An Army General is equivalent to an Admiral in the U.S command structure one is ground and the other is water.
@@nateclark2731 yes Colin Powell had a lot of strategic lying about the fake WMDs that cost American, British and Australian servicemen their lives along with approximately 1 million Iraqis. President Bush, Prime Ministers Blair and Howard should be charged with Warcrimes against humanity. Coalition forces died and were maimed physically and psychologically so that the Military Industrial Complex,Oil companies and logistical companies could make a killing off of the backs of the dead.
“Soldiers win battles, Logistics win wars” General John J Pershing
The Russians didn’t read his book
Can anyone imagine the logistics to get all of these men, machines, and supplies over there? Impressive.
This war proved the global reach tenant of the USAF and its coalition partners
Apparently the Russian military can’t.
For real. I can only assume that A LOT of people were staying up all night to make sure this would go their way.
I was there and saw part of it. It was impressive.
That’s why the US Military is so effective fighting on the other side of the world while most countries can’t fight a war 90 miles past their borders, I believe it’s been said that the US Military can have their ready alert force on the ground anywhere in the world in less than 10 hours notice.
The 3:1 rule of combat states that in order that for the attacker to win the battle, his forces should be at least three times the force of the defender
Absolutely - defensive positions are precarious, check out WW2 and Monte Casino - it was hell.
It was not unheard of during the island operations with Japan during WW2 to simply block in caves with equipment and simply bury the enemy. It sounds cruel but the other end of the sword is your unit losing a lot of people trying to take that position.
That's because simply by the nature of being the defender and knowing your terrain you have a 3 times greater chance of victory. Usually those who fight the hardest and to the end are those who are fighting to protect what is behind them, not fighting to kill what's in front of them.
Russias current mistake in Ukraine.. or at least one of many
I led my Tank platoon on that US 1st Infantry Division attack of the Iraqi defenses....we worked with your fellow Brits quite a bit leading up to the attack.The video doesn't do it justice My tank company had our 1st re-union last May -- 31 years later...18 of our 62 Tankers participated, many of us have since had multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan in the years since -- what an impressive bunch of warriors
Thank you for your service, from a US Airman.
I served in the generation after you in Afghanistan. You guys were and still are legends to us. Thank you for your service.
My gramps was over there afterwords putting out the oil fires and burying Sadam's boys. He's got photos of the aftermath, we really kicked the crap out of the Iraqis.
Thank you for your service sir. My brother was in the US Air Force and was about to be deployed to Iraq but was injured before going so he couldn’t go. He was very disappointed. I was happy he didn’t go, we were very close. He passed away in 2009 from cancer just a year after my mother. I miss them both so much.
Also a vet of Desert Shield/Storm (2nd MarDiv). The #1 incident I recall was a Stinger AA missile team that got off track when crossing the minefield and hit a mine. They returned to their unit and got a new HMMWV and weapons. Then had the bad luck to have a mortar round blow up their second vehicle. Once again they returned to their unit and were told, NO! You've used your share of luck, you're not going out again.
We did have some artillery land about 500m from us, once. Last Iraqi artillery I saw during the invasion.
We spent 2 days of the 4-day "war" stopped waiting for the US Army's to get their big flanking maneuver in motion and to their final attack positions.
I was one of the Marines in a Tank Division that breached the Minefields. Its hard to describe how big and scary those minefields were. The mines were on top and very visable. We were told that crossing through them is a great opportunity for thr enemy to strike and cause a panic. I can still remember being stalled in the middle on the narrow path, and knowing there is nowhere to run to and take cover if attacked. Best of times, worst of times.
Semper Fi
That MINE CLEARING LINE CHARGE is a beast.. it'll rattle your guts.
The 101st Airborne, mentioned in the beginning.... you guys are watching part of their WW2 story in Band of Brothers right now.🙂
I love listening to yall while i work 😊
Happy St Patrick's Day everyone ☘️🍻🇺🇲❤️🇬🇧
My brother in law was a marine recon sniper, and was giving targets while on top of a building in Kuwait city for the battleships... he said it was the most impressive thing he has ever seen
The 2 BB's with their 16" guns could easily take out a bunker that was so well built most aircraft bombs wouldn't even penetrate!
Served with the 403rd Miltary Police Prisoner of War Camp during Desert Storm. Expecting 10,000 POWs and at peak were over 15,000. Took us over 24 hours with everyone working to process the first wave of POWs we received.
This guy has such a good channel. The videos he creates take a lot of time and painstaking effort.
Yup. And he goes through mostly everything with a nonbiased eye. He doesn't look at it with a "patriotic" eye.
yeah, it's outstanding stuff. I'm glad people are reacting to it.
As a subscriber to both channels, can confirm!
You must follow this up by viewing General Norman Schwarzkopf's "mother of all briefings" he delivered four days into the ground war! Amazing. What a leader.
Also, his lucky truck driver video! (The British (RAF) even had a luckier Iraq truck driver!!!)
I agree!!!
I read Schwarzkopf's autobiography. And as an ex-army sergeant, og course I followed the coverage of the war as it went on.
From the autobiography, you really understand that the Iraqis never had a chance. They were just completely overwhelmed, and actually never understood how soundly they were beaten, until the exchange of prisoners at surrender.
The Battle of 73 Easting, which I do believe was in the second day, was the largest tank battle since WWII. It was a total slaughter.
It was the largest tank battle since Kursk (WW II).
Unlikely. The tank battles of the Yom Kippur war were enormous.
I was a tank driver in The 1st Infantry division . My platoon was a breach platoon. 2nd Platoon C Company 3rd Battalion 37th Armored regiment. We were the tip of the spear for 7th Corp.
I had 3 family members serving in the ground war. One was at a famous tank battle called The Medina Ridge tank battle
the people that gave up knew they wouldnt be treated badly, but would also get food and water and needed supplies.
The international coalition dropped leaflets on the Iraqi troops letting them know if they laid down their weapons and surrendered they would be treated with dignity.
I still have one of them somewhere in my stuff.
Unfortunately most of those who surrendered were put on planes and sent back to Iraq to face cruelty for deserting or sent back to fight. Having been there and seeing the malnutrition and terrible conditions of the soldiers it is hard not to be compassionate- yet at the same time you have orders and a mission to accomplish. Balancing your war fighting spirit and your humanity is every soldiers burden.
i actually haven’t seen this one yet, i’ve seen the air war parts but looking forward to this one with ya guys.
As an 82nd Airborne division veteran of desert shield and storm i can say this video makes me feel old. 😂😂😂
Just a note on the 101st. It is no longer a paratroop division. It is an air calvary division and uses helicopters for insertion and egress. The 82nd is the only Army paratroop division.
There is a second airmobile division (the 101 is the most known).
The Eleventh Air Assault Division is currently stationed in Alaska.
Did not know that.
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Few do.
Did not learn of it till the son of a friend visited and I quizzed him about the shoulder patch. Did some research, sha-bang, the division exist.
Yeah, the 82nd is "Airborne" but they only really practice parachute operations. They do far more helicopter borne than parachuting in actual operations. Also, the Army rarely operates as a whole division, so excluding the Airborne Brigade Combat Teams like those of the 173rd is just plain silly. The 173rd was the last unit to execute a large-scale parachute operation in combat. That was over 20 years ago.
Finally, classifying only "parachutists" as "Airborne" is limited and silly - especially when those parachutists only jump for practice.
There's an old movie called "The Big Red One" with a very young Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) about their role in WW2...
Damn! Millie got that brow game on point!
I can remember the day my dad came to my daycare to let me know he was getting deployed for desert storm. Talked to him through the years and thankfully, his unit never saw actual combat, he was a mechanic, but they did go on patrols and one time accidentally crossed the lines and thankfully stumbled on a friendly base. He said he was there for months with nothing happening, then one morning rockets were flying.
My father was a radar warrant officer, and he was with the first infantry division from Fort Riley, Kansas during desert storm. Crazy time y’all I can remember when the air war started then when the ground war started it got real for us because that’s where my dad was . Y’all keep up the good work.
And at the 12 min mark It was LTC Rich Comer (retired as a major general) that led the AH-64's in with mighty MH-53J Pavlow
Navy vet retired CPO Corpsman and Desert Storm combat medic, I remember this all too well. Lost a classmate in the first barracks SCUD attack.
I was around 8 when this happened, so I never knew too much about it. This video and the last have been amazing to watch and learn from! Thanks!
Easy company from Band of brothers was part of the 101st airborne Division is WW2.
09:50 the MLRS rocket artillery you saw then is basically today's HIMARS. The major difference being the US used cluster bombs then vs singular warheads they use in Ukraine today. HIMARS is on a Truck with up to 6 rockets, MLRS is on a tank body with up to 12 rockets.
Millie hair is on point today 🤌
I wasn't going to say anything, but I mentioned her hair the other day. It is looking really sharp today.
PT2. Thanks great vid
My Dad was one of the 16,000 soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division
More of our soldiers died under friendly fire than from actual combat in Desert Storm
Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE this series by the Operations Room. so detailed and informative!
Desert Storm Marine vet (5/11, 1st MarDiv). Just a little basic information about the artillery rounds used. Each 155mm round was a DPICM (Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition) which had 88 sub-munitions (like grenades) inside. So for every round we fired there was 88 smaller detonations vs 1 big one.
enjoy your videos ty for making them
I was in 3rd armour div for this mission .. i arrived to the unit ...just in time to leave with the advance party to go over and start staging vehicles for the bulk of 3rd armour and 7th core.
I was there. Infantry, 101st Airborne. Thanks for doing these videos about DS/DS
My unit was attached to 18th Airborne Corps and later on permanent attached. 3rd ACR. From the original Opperation order, things moved quite fast. Was surprised how early we were ordered in. Nice to see it all onthe sand board though. Things got bogged up with all the surrenders though. No real will to fight. Nice reaction I think. Puts my head in a totally different place seeing it again. ❤️🌹🤘
This complete and lopsided victory wasn't as much that the Iraqi army sucked, which they did, but it was more because the Americans and coalition partners were so, SO much better. Better training, better equipment, better tactics, better motivation, better everything.
You need part 2 of the air war. The ground war is separate.
Love your usa information keep up the great work and great videos
When the military in my town mobilized to go to the Gulf War every citizen turned out to line the streets cheering them on, waving flags and spontaneously singing patriotic songs. Never doubt the US reverence for our military, for our soldiers. ❤ to everyone who has served this blessed & great country,
Dictatorships aren’t worried about preserving their people or their nation, they’re concerned with preserving their power.
Giving up would possibly result in them losing their power, even if it would save a lot of their people and be better for their nation on the world stage, so they make other people fight.
As an american i am ashamed of this War. Totally Unnecessary War started by Bush. There was No weapons of mass destruction. "NADA Bakos " Who was Chief CIA analyst who Tracked down Al - Zarqawi ( leader of Al Qaeda) & Countless Al -Qaeda members said this in her book. Whole.Bush administration forced CIA officers to make up evidence to make a fake story & invade iraq. As a result We lost our American brothers in war & Countless Iraqi people died. & thats how ISIS was born after the war.
Saddam was monster but atleast People in Iraq was living in certain comfort & protection. Now we all know the situation. Iraq was in far better situation before war. Yes Saddam was dictator but there are many dictators in the world whom we Helped & still helping. Btw.US A also helped.Saddam in the past when he was bombing Children.
All US gained from this war was All the Oil Reserves of Iraq was Occupied by American Companies like Exomobil.
Avarage american citozen paid for this war, in return our own people died. Nothing better happened.
We never Learn. Right?
LTC Cody’s son also happened to become a LTC and was the BC in the same unit as his father. Got to experience that before I left Campbell!
There is a very important axiom: Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics. Meaning you might have the best of equipment and men, but without food, water, ammo, fuel, spare parts, etc you aren’t going very far and you won’t win.
My brother was in this war, he was in infantry with the Bradley vehicles, i don't remember what division. He said air support did most of the work and most of them surrendered.
when attacking an entrenched enemy it is recommended to have a 3 to 1 numbers advantage ...
Referring the 101st Airborne as "paratroopers" is confusing, due to the fact that they haven't been on jump status since Vietnam. They are what is known as an Air Assualt Division where they transport in mass by use of helicopter.
2 Batt, 1st Aviation Regt. 1st Armored. Under operational control of the 2nd ACR. Apache Battalion. A very small cog, in a very big machine.
Hi you two from SoCal... I recently saw a video I thought the two of you might enjoy.
The RUclips video name is: "British Highschoolers Try Biscuits and Gravy for the First Time!"
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1st Cav!!!!! BOOM!!! My brothers!!
And I guess nowadays.. my sisters. Too
After a serious injury in 1982 I had to leave the military my father-in-law finally revealed his part in World War II. He was a pilot he thought the battle of midway he flew over 50 missions. I was shocked you’d never look at this man and see how strong and how brave he was I contacted some friends in the military I decided to return because my specialty was tanks and I ended up in the gulf war and I was proud to serve in the first war and I did that for my father-in-law God bless him.
I am also a veteran of this war. I was an AH-1F Cobra crew chief in the 101st Airborne. While our Cobras were out looking for anything in the area, the crew chiefs ended up going in with the second wave of helicoptors to what we called Phaseline Cobra, but the video called an Objective. It was just a coincidence that the destination had the same name as our AH-1s. We flew into Iraq on a very crowded and seemingly overloaded CH-47 Chinook, filled halfway up (past the seats) with equipment and baggage. Underneath, we had a slingload of ammunition boxes. I seem to recall it taking about an hour or so to get to our destination.
When we got there, they had us surround the Chinook with a perimeter while those still aboard threw all of the equipment and baggage out the back. Meanwhile, we had no real idea where we were. The sheltered area where we had landed didn't really allow us to see anything, other than a command and control Black Hawk sitting on a hill a short distance away. When the Chinook was finally unloaded and flew away to go back down to Saudi Arabia, we were pointed in what seemed like a random direction and told it was about three quarters of a mile or so to where our unit (A Troop, 2/17 Cavalry) was mustering. Carrying all of our equipment by hand, it was probably the most physically strenuous thing I had ever done in my life. Dressed in my chemical suit (MOPP suit), with my M16, gas mask, rucksack, kit bag, and my tool box, I had to stop several times along the way (bad back).
Finally, we reached the spot where our unit was. The pilots were sitting around on the aircraft (Cobras and OH-58 Kiowas) eating lunch. Shortly thereafter, they headed back out, and we looked around for the various places we were going to set up our sleeping bags. There were no tents. Those were still a day and a half away on their way north to us. The weather was fairly nasty and rainy during this point, so I found myself a small rise of land around which I could dig a rain trench to prevent my little campsite from getting flooded out. The temperature was pretty low, or at least it felt like it. The aircraft eventually came back around sundown, and my pilots informed me that they had killed an ammo truck with the aircraft's 20mm cannon. The aircraft had all been refueled and rearmed at a FARP that had already been set up, so there was nothing else for me to do that day. I crawled into my sleeping bag, wrapped both it and myself in my rain poncho, and ended my first day of the ground war.
Proud Desert Shield Desert Storm Veteran. 12B Combat Engr.. Sappers Forward! 8 months in Saudi Arabia TRNG every day to fight the Elite Iraq Army that put up a fight after being bomb everyday and night, but the ground war was over 100 plus hours later and they gave up, they was defeated and at the ground war cam to an end, my unit was 6 kilometers from Baghdad. My Army Unit was 72nd Engr Co, 197th Infantry that support the 16 Airborne Division that supported the 24th INF Division.
I like the video that tells of a specific crazy tank battle during this invasion. I don't remember the name of the battle or video though.
Would be cool to see reactions to that one.
73 Easting or Medina Ridge.
And, they weren't just fighting the U.S., the entire Western world was standing against them. As well as the majority of the Arab world.
True
Perhaps the most one sided war in modern history. Wild!
Yes your right but let’s be honest the USA brought the most powerful punch even if u combined the rest of the coutrys rogather and. The USA did most of the work. Usa could of pulled this of by itself it it wanted too
@@rafaelsanchez7095True, but it was extremely beneficial strategically for the US to coordinate extensively with our allies in this case. It allowed greater portions of our military to remain focused on other parts of the world, remember that the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing in 1991. It’s always better to have allies, even if we COULD do it alone.
Excellent!!
You should watch the press conference General Schwartzkopf gave at the time.
Off topic but The Big Red One is an excellent WW2 movies that I highly recommend for a movie reaction.
These videos are amazing
The mother of all battles ! Sorry I can't say that with a straight face.😂
My roommate in college was a Marine Reserve. He was activated and he was there.
My cousin fought in that War, He made Sgt. He was a Helicopter gunner, he didn't like talking about it
I worked with two veterans of this war, one was a USAF forward observer who operated 50 kilometers behind enemy lines. A real man. Fortunately dictators aren't very smart.
I was one of the first people in IRAQ WITH THE 101ST before the main body went in❤❤❤❤❤
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It's not the only reason Saddam gave up, but the story of the quickly invented bunker buster is great.
This is the war that Al Murray refers to when he mentions:-
America sent Water Soldiers to fight in the desert,
The British then had to send in the desert rats to help them,
Some 1,800 Marines, 14 pieces of major equipment, and 19 aircraft participated in the Desert Storm National Victory Parade in Washington, D.C. that was led by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander of the U.S. Central Command and Desert Storm forces
The British part of Operation Desert Storm was called Operation Granby.
The operation began on January 15, 1991 with the first air raids by British Tornado fighter-bombers starting the next day.
The Tornados proved their worth during the month that followed as rugged aircraft and achieved great results, but the land phase, which began on February 24, was no less successful.
In fact, some of the achievements by the British, such as the longest tank to tank kill to date, are yet to be beat.
Within 66 hours of the fighting, the British managed to advance almost 300km across Iraq (a feat almost unheard of) and destroyed no less than three armored Iraqi divisions in the process.
Much of this success can be attributed to the Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank, the workhorse of the British Army and one of the best MBTs of its era - if not the best.
Of the 420 vehicles built in total, the British deployed 221 during the operations.
These vehicles belonged to the following units:
7th Armoured Brigade (the legendary Desert Rats), specifically:
The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars (deployed initially)
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (deployed initially)
4th Armoured Brigade (the Black Rats), specifically:
14th/20th King’s Hussars (both regiments merged in India before the Second World War)
Life Guard (an elite formation with hundreds of years of tradition)
Both brigades had previously been deployed to Germany and were moved to Saudi Arabia from there in November 1990 as a part of a major military buildup.
Before the fighting commenced, these vehicles were modified as such:
Installed blocks of extra composite armor and ERA,
Repainted to desert sand color,
Fitted with additional storage
for water and other equipment,
Fitted with long-range fuel tanks,
Fitted with a smoke generator, injecting diesel fuel into the exhaust system,
Modifications to the cooling system and other adjustments for the desert environment
How the Desert Rats helped to capture Kuwait:-
The 7th Armoured Brigade returned to the desert when it arrived in Saudi Arabia in October 1990 as part of Operation Granby, intended to protect Saudi Arabia from invasion by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
The brigade, commanded by Brigadier Patrick Cordingley, later took part in the Coalition of the Gulf War ground campaign to liberate Iraqi-occupied Kuwait on 24 February 1991 that began after a sustained air campaign.
The Desert Rats, along with the rest of the 1st Armoured Division, carried out a left-hook manoeuvre that swung round the Iraqi Republican Guard.
The brigade advanced deep into Iraqi territory, encountering some armour of the Republican Guard.
The ground campaign formally ended on 28 February with the liberation of Kuwait achieved.
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My first engagement was the battle of khafji. Served with A battery 1/12
I would serve in 94 with a sailor who was offshore during Desert Storm. He said that he watched a V (Vic to you British) of three B-52's just drop their bombs on The "Goddamn Saddam" line, and you could see another V making a turn towards the line. After the three B-52's dropping bombs were empty, in just a few seconds the next three were dropping their bombs with the first bombs within feet of where the other V dropped their last bombs!
Meanwhile, another V of three B-52's were making their approach turn!!! He said you could hear it coming soon after you saw the contrails of the bombers "in dawn's early light", and it would go on all day, from the start of the line, to the sea...
The 101st Airborne Division has been a paratrooper division since Vietnam. During Vietnam, they transitioned to Air Assault. Meaning they enter battle in helicopters. The only paratroopers left in the US Army are the 82nd Airborne, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, US Rangers, US Special Forces, and US Delta Force.
Looks like Millie's going out out, not just out,lol
Marines US were in Kuwait on February 22nd,Taskforce Grizzly, I was there.
Please do episode 3 soon!
You need to watch the rest of the series of videos.
i was in England when the ground war started. At the time they had 4 tv channels, how did they miss it?
Time stamp 5:46. When Seventh Corp breaced the border I was in a Blackhawk over the FLOT Forward Line of Troops. There was a solid wall of Armor for as far as I could see, in both directions, the Iraqi Army had no chance. It was a tsunami that opened fire on them almost simultaneously across the the Front.
I was in the 101st Airborne back then. Not Paratroopers. (although some of us were jump qualified most were not, rather Air Assault qualified.) Went in the first wave with the 105 howitzers. I never knew until today how many helicopters there were, just that it was the most I had ever seen in one place in my life. Two units in my career that were the absolute best, one being the 101st and the other was the 173rd airborne.
14:16
Infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars.
-Army General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
The US fight constant wars since WW2 that are oceans away has made them experts at logistics, which is everything in war. A tank can't move without fuel and a soldier can't fight without food.
After decades of small operations everywhere it's almost easy to forget that this is what America is truly capable of when it's gloves off
The book, "It doesn't take a hero" by General Schwarzkopf is outstanding. I've read it three times over the years.
2 is absurd. even accidents are more than that
Think of how hard it probably was to feed everyone
When we first landed in Saudi and began digging in on the Iraq border, we brought with us, 10,000 body bags and had every expectation of using most of them. We thought for sure we would be in deep shit when we arrived. We couldn't believe they never attacked us (in force, there were random mortars, but they were ineffective).
We only lost one Trooper. It was due to a vehicle accident that was not combat related.
The main criticism of this war was the “highway of death” but I didn’t see anything wrong with it. The Iraqis were told to leave all their military equipment behind, and they didn’t. They also were fighting as they were fleeing. But the optics were pretty bad because we totally decimated them.
Yeah, the optics were bad, but from a military strategic perspective, it only made sense. I believe it was General Colin Powel who approved it (I could be wrong about that). The idea was that the US made a promise to the Arab coalition partners that we would not try to take out the Hussein regime or go after the Iraqi military equipment inside Iraq after Kuwait was liberated, so a decision was made to take out as much of the Iraqi army as possible while they were fleeing Kuwait and before reaching Iraq because the US knew they'd eventually be dealing with them again, but it wasn't a violation of the deal they made to secure the coalition with the other Arab States. I'm sure Saudi Arabia at least tacitly approved of the tactic.
More died to friendly fire than was killed be the enemy 😅
20:38 Casualties in the military does not mean deaths only, it means both wounded and dead, so those two casualties could have just been two people badly wounded
the movie (courage under fire) cover some event during this war
the segment is technically incorrect in the beginning; the 101st Airborne is not Paratroops anylonger, they are Air Assault/Air Mobile, use of helicopters vice paratroop drops. So, they are only historical in terminology from WW-2, for historical value; their concept in battle is much different. just to clarify for you.
My dad was with the 101st during the Gulf War, the only other time I've seen Campbell that empty was when I went for air assault and they were in Afghanistan.
I was a 20 year old with the Third Armored Division, and I still remember crossing the sand berms into Iraq. It was a long haul from there on into Kuwait with a fight with the Republican Guard.
I liked how you had slight doubt on the first vid., and seemed worried for the boys and girls🤣❤ US military is like a … problem🤣🤣
I went to this little barbecue get together as a Marine Corporal, Task Force Ripper... "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st MarDiv.
We arrived in Saudi Arabia a few days into August 1990, and when we drove into Kuwait in February of 1991 on Amtracs, we wiped our asses with the Iraqis, which offered little resistance.
It was over within a day. By nightfall we were told to stop and dig in just south of Kuwait International Airport because we were moving too fast, even though processing thousands of surrendering Iraqis slowed us down quite a bit.
The next morning we discovered many anti-aircraft guns emplaced around the airfield that had been aimed straight at us like regular heavy ground weapons, and we had slept with them pointing at us. The crews had either abandoned their guns and deserted, or had been neutralized the previous day by our artillery and Cobras and Air Force A-10s. Lovely.
We departed after 8 months in the desert in April, flew straight back to 29 Palms, put our junk in the barracks, and that was it. No fuss, no muss.
Semper Fi.
If you found this interesting you should watch a video on a tank battle in this was called "The Battle of 73 Easting" The American M1A1 Abrams tanks against the Iraqi T-72 was basically like little kids playing army getting in a gun battle with a Navy SEALs platoon.
My Uncle was there. Us First Cavlary Division. 2nd Battalion. 5TH CAV regiment. Mechanized 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Keep in mind this wasn't some sand cave, the Republican Guard was the 4th or 5th best military in the world. They were no joke. It's just the US is so extra