If absolutely true, biggest kudos ever to the firefighters doing their job under a very, very extreme circumstances on trying to keep the pieces of the world together
I'd guess two parts hydrogen, with one part oxygen! Terror personified! Also, no, war crimes are war crimes regardless of 'what they might be carrying'. This is especially ridiculous when the mission is called Iraqi Freedom and the purported goal is democracy - just not with living civilians, or a non-burned city, huh? Don't let your fear control you (glad the Scots were there, not you). @@Oleca-ej7qo
The little touch of the person icons twitching to simulate them talking around 11:29 got a big smile from me. It's these little touches that make these videos so great.
two things to say; 1: those firefighters are absolute legends. 2: i feel bad for the iraqis that were forced at gunpoint to defend their country, when they didnt want to
@FrancoITA505 they weren't defending their country the majority didn't even want to be there as they hated the saddam regime. It's why all but the republican guard surrendered as soon as possible
They did the same job during their air campaign. To them, this wasn't much different. There was a fire and they had to keep it from spreading to the rest of the city.
They could’ve gotten targeted by the U.S. military because if the Iraqi soldiers weren’t killed but the fire was near them, the firefighters would’ve saved the soldiers.
I was part of the recon for 40 Commando on this operation.. it’s fascinating to see what else was happening over the rest of the battle field. There were a number of operations that were part of securing Basra, I hope you cover them all. Well done!!
@Jukelikesgames 2.25 is a lot of money if you don't live in a western country where every single facet of society is now designed to take your money and give you nothing. The goal is to make westerners dirt poor in 50 years.
@@beleagueredbeluga5228 I don’t mean to make fun of him or hate. It’s still 2.25 more than I donated. It’s just 35,000 Indonesian money being worth 2.25 usd is just kinda funny to me.
15:15 a tank's coaxial MG is operated by the gunner, not the driver (as it is mounted coaxially to the main gun, it's right next to it and facing the same direction).
I Have My grandfathers diary from The Winter war. He was a Finnish Jaeger, he served in JR2. I won't go much into detail but he writes how in december 1939 the village they were stationed near was bombed by russian mortars And It caused a fire. And when civilians tried to put out The fire russian mg's opened fire on them. Apparently one old lady Lost an arm in The bombardment And Bled out that night And two village firefighters were killed, no Finnish military casualties since The troops were not stationed in the village but in The Woods nearby, And The russians retreated after first shots coming their way. Just a random note this reminded me of
Please cover the events that lead up to the battle of Fallujah and the battle itself. A high school classmate of mine was killed on the way in to do battle in the city by an IED. Would love to see a video done by you on this. RIP, Lance Cpl. Branden Ramey.
I look forward to a video or three on the battle of Fallujah as well. I have two exes who were there. Neither talked about it much, so most of what I know, I learned in the middle of the night while trying to wake them up from yet another nightmare. I'm sorry about your classmate. 😢
@@j.snakehole6552 The TLDR version I got from analyses is basically 'They went into the city and fought motivated militias on their own terms, with predictably catastrophic consequences'. They had a decisive advantage and decided to squander it all by voluntarily making themselves intel-blind and putting a timetable on themselves that meant the only way forward was a pretty dumb slug-fest in which the Baathists were on a very even footing.
@nvelsen1975 which actually isn't what happened at all. They were FAR from "Intel- blind." The Baathists were not on even footing. They had a huge advantage. You make it sound like the US went in blindly sending troops in meat waves like the Japanese and Russians did in WW2. I'm sorry but your take is completely incorrect about that battle.
@@Uncle-Sam-lm3hz2ng8q Then why did the US depose Saddam the first time round, because it is the US's problem, because the ME has so much oil. Don't be stupid.
@@Uncle-Sam-lm3hz2ng8q actually it is only your problem, my country stopped invading other nations to steal their resources and install puppet governments 100 years ago
One could argue that life in Iraq was not that bad with Saddam and removing him made things considerably worse. This is not a pro Saddam statement but an anti external military intervention statement. Libya... cough... Syria... cough...
The Scots went in ready to play! Waterloo 2.0 was a landslide win. I’m thankful you shared this story. I’ve never heard of this battle being fixated on what we were doing (U.S.). Great video!
I'm really enjoying this series and how quickly it's coming out! It's giving me a new perspective on the Iraq War that I never truely had up to now and your videos are my favourite way of understanding the context and scale of these conflicts. Had a thought though; have you ever considered going out of your comfort zone and trying to animate battles that took place in the 19th Century, such as Waterloo, Balaclava, Gravelotte and Gettysburg?
Just constant quality, well researched, small nit-bits from people that were there and that animation!! If all I've got to-do is leave a like, a comment and turn notifications on to full, I'm all over it like beans on toast..
Really interesting- though as a brit with a couple of friends who served in the Scots DG at this time I'll note that the regiment should be referred to either as the "Royal Scots Dragoon Guards", or "Scots DG" - the British army has never had a royal scots dragoons regiment, and the Royal Scots were an infantry regiment, predecessors to the Royal Regiment of Scotland
@@iivin4233 What more can you expect when TH-cam functions with a business pattern rather than out of passion for the work? He's a narrator working for some uncharismatic man who probably got himself in to more than he bargained for with his debut video, and now scrambles to hire cheap research resources to keep up with self-imposed deadlines and keep the channel ball rolling. This website is cancer to the concept of working because you love your job, lol. When you need 'patreon supporters' to tell you what to make a video on, the jig is up.
@@iivin4233 But he did get their name right. The first time he said it at 0:21, he said their full name; "Royal Scots Dragoon Guards". After that, he shortened it, and everyone was perfectly capable of understanding what he meant in context each time after that. Yes, there is a Scots Guard, a Royal Scots Regiment and a Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and there is a distinction between them. But trying to pretend that his abreviated way of saying their rather long name is "concerning" just because it resembles other existing regiments of a similar name is just anal pedantry.
This is my favorite channel for military campaigns because it shows what happens and presents everything in a very real way and gives you a birds eyes view with a every day soldiers thoght process
I'm 39 so I was well old enough to remember 911 and the subsequent wars that followed. I had many friends that served in Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. These videos are fantastic as I remember during that time period saying to myself "man I can't wait until I'm old and can watch documentaries about this on the history channel." Keep up the good work!
this is just sad really, behind the curtain of a historic battle. a million iraqis died due to a non existent WMD. cant really say this is a balance war, a modern army just bulldoze a 3rd world army
I was in Task Force Viking CJSOTF North. SF Medic & Sniper. ODA 056 B Co 2nd BN 10th SFG(A) We infilled via the MC-130 "Ugly Baby" (Bird #1 of 6) mission to Bashur and then posted on Hill Top 722 on March 23 2003. Attacked with the Peshmerga in Ayn Sifni on April 6th pushed south to Mosul first ODA or any Americans in there to the Airport by the evening of the 11th of April 2003. Fought tanks on foot and had never received as much machine-gun / ZPU 14.5, ZSU 23mm, mortar and artillery fire in my life before or since and I have dozens of deployments. Those opening weeks of Iraqi Freedom were nothing like Afghanistan I went through all my 9 lives in days. Semper Fi to the Marines and a big AIRBORNE to the 101st ABN who reinforced us at the Airport in Mosul. Damn glad to see you boys flying and rolling in. Finished off the deployment doing SSE for WMD and HVT Kill / Capture raids for the "The deck of cards". This was the most do it all (SF Mission Set) deployment you could have had as an SF guy. We did it all in one deployment. FID UW CT DA SR and some more shit we just thought up out of the blue:) De Opresso Liber Docsully Cardinal 1-6
Thanks for all the thumbs up. Most folks don't realize that this stuff was done by regular folks that are now just their neighbors that they don't know much about:) But they live next-door to a few patriotic quiet dependable dangerous yet trust worthy nice folks, just don't fly planes into our buildings and keep you radical islam shit to yourselves. :)
Dude, I want to read, hear, or see more about your operation!!! That does indeed sounds epic. I've read a lot about SF over the years and it is truly remarkable what you can accomplish. Was in the Navy, but helped out an ODA from 3rd BN, 20th SFG(A) , FL National Guard while in Kirkuk during 2006. De Opresso Liber, Doc!
It seems that you have zero knowledge about politics and history of the middle east since 1980's. Saddam Hussein like other arab dictators was fighting Islamic radicalism, he excuted and persecuted members of islamic organisations like (islamic brotherhood and !slamic state etc..) those organisations fought against him cause his regime was semi secular. So you toppled him, and I$I$ was founded and Iraq became a puppet of the islamic iranian regime. Nice job at fighting Islamic radicalism smartass, you shot yourself in the foot. It is known and proven that Tal!ban and Al Q@ed@ were supported and funded by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, if you realy wanted to destroy islamic radicalism, then you should have destroyed those countries. However you can't harm your Saudi friends even if they have been terrorising the west for decades, their oil is too precious for you!. All you did was murder Iraqi young men who have been fighting with rusty 1950's soviet weapons, so brave of you!.
Not a single vehicle loss from the british advance thats insane considering the circumstances. The mines, mortar fire and hull down tanks is quite a tough challenge. Challenger 2's are hard as nails and they shouldnt of discontinued them
@@RemingtonSteelBritish armored crews won the tank war games last year in Operation Iron Spear. Second were the Spanish in their Leopards and third were the US in their Abrams. The main reason was the Challenger’s ability to allow for the gunner and the commander to spot, target and fire independently - something which the Abrams and Leopard can’t do.
15:08 I've watched countless videos from Ukraine where Russian tankers drove headlong onto exposed AT mines casually laid out on roads and blowing up... and you're telling me all they had to do was just spray the mines with the coax to get rid of them?
Every video you made was very good, explained very well and for everyone's understanding you chose me for those who are passionate about the great battle in history and strategies, I would like to see a video where you explain the battle of Kursk. Respect
We had idiots who would drive their Toyota trucks in between the vehicles in our patrols. M1 A and LAV its called a Combat Push. But when they got clear of our patrol we took care of them. Who drives a truck in-between a tank and an LAV that are firing on targets??? Iraqi people did all the time.
LOL, those 2 firefighters. Its like the MCVs from Star Craft II repairing your army as there is a huge fire fight going on around them...completely defenseless, but heroically doing thier duty. Where was it that the 1 Challenger 2 had to hold out alone, while it was damaged or something? The one that took like 70 RPG hits and lived.
I just realised it is coming up to 20 years after the siege of al amarah detailed in the book sniper one and where Johnson Beharry earned his VC Would be good if you could make a video on these events
Hey OR, I'm sure you have a long list of battles to do, but I really think the battle of Jutland would make a great video. A massive dreadnought clash and lots of political significance on who was the larger navel power. Also seeing the navel tactics during WW1 would be very interesting as they are often seen as a mix between old navel warfare and modern navel warfare. Keep up the good work!
The attention to detail is always amazing but the fact that Fedayeen Saddam icon is the Darth Vader Helmet, takes to the next level. Only few people know or remember that black Darth Vader style helmet were worn by some of the black-uniformed Fedayeen, as Uday Hussein commander of the Fedayeen and eldest son of Saddam was reportedly an avid fan of Star Wars. The helmet shell was made of fibre glass, with a nylon webbing cradle. Fixed to the right side was a moulded rubber Fedayeen badge, which consisted of a silhouette of Saddam and the motto; Allah al-watan qa'ed God, homeland, leader.
I thought we held the title for most badass firefighters here in the US, but evidently not. Disregarding a massive armored firefight to extinguish a building fire is next level
amazing videos on iraq war 2. Usa and Uk were really alone in taking a country. And UK did not get the credit it deserved in most USA media outlets back then. Keep up the good work, love to see more GWOT videos, 20plus years of battles
@death2Marxistzzzzzz I meant in comparison to who usually is helping. For instance in gulf war 1 there were tons of other countries helping and basically formed a superteam.
Regrettably, Australia was also involved in the invasion, although on a much smaller scale than the US and UK. Australia committed two frigates, ten aircraft including four F/A-18 Hornets, and 500 soldiers including special forces.
The UK has dozens and dozens of books, numerous documentaries, a plethora of podcasts, and gets plenty of mention for its part in UK media, which rarely mentions the US. Just as the US has all of the above, and rarely mentions the UK. Stop complaining about a non-issue.
I love how this series highlights how during the early war despite being out numbered and facing an enemy in prepared positions technology can turn the tide of a battle. Imagine the same battle but in WWII? Then think of the late war on how two dudes in pajamas with EFP's could turn into a tank columns worst nightmare.
@@z54964380 Might be my bias talking, but ever since I was a kid, when people said tank, the Abrams always came to mind. Not to disparage other western tanks, but the Abrams will always have a special place in my heart.
They're getting dealt with in Ukraine. These sort of batles against unwilling and lowly trained infantry has given the west a false sense of security. Videos like this don't help the delusion
Suggestion to OR: When you shift your focus throw a quick blip on the screen to indicate where your new subjects are. Just a quick flash and disappearing circle or something.
15:16 the driver does not operator the coaxial machine gun, the gunner does, I believe the confusion stems from the presence of bow mounted machine guns on WW2 tanks
There's one slight error in the wording around the 15:18 mark "the driver sprays the path ahead with the coaxial machine gun" this would of been the gunner not the driver. other then that the video is perfect as always.
I was plattoon leader on the M3 with the german army. When I met the, now 28th, engineers I was impressed they used the M3 in Iraq, as that was the last palce I imageined them to be used in. I had a love hate relationship with the rig, it was awsome for fast bridgeing but damn did it need maintanance. Interestingly enough the German and British forces now form a single battalion combining their M3 capabilities for NATO.
The narrator sounds very much like Marcus Hearn who is known for his Hammer films commentaries (and Hammer books). It's probably just a coincidence, but I did wonder if it was Marcus narrating or not.
If anyone's interested in getting more detail on this and the Royal Scots operations during Iraqi freedom in general there's a great book called Main Battle Tank that follows them for the whole operation and gives a great ground level perspective. I suspect a lot of the soldiers' dialogue in this video is drawn from that book actually
After Action Reports, Officer Debriefs, Signals (radio & other communications) records, Reconnaissance data Etc. -- There are plenty of other sources of information as well, depending on Classification rating of course. - Hope that assists your understanding of Military information sources, & Best Wishes to you.
The story of the fire fighters makes me think of the invasion of Ukraine, I watched the live feed of Russia capturing the nuclear power plant and they had set some cars on fire and about 20 minutes later the local fire department showed up, the Russian column turned them around but it was a wild to see them show up while a battle was on, bless em.
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Hello, are you planning on covering 2014 events in Ukraine? Is there enough data already?
From Where Do You Get All The Informations For Your Videos ?!.
@@IlllIlIlIIlll Not necessarily wallet. There is no pay to win aspect comperatively to say, gacha or EA diarrhoea but yes, it is very addictive.
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If absolutely true, biggest kudos ever to the firefighters doing their job under a very, very extreme circumstances on trying to keep the pieces of the world together
Emergency Responders are just built different
A legitimate Target, you'll never know who or what are they carrying in the middle of a war zone 🤔🤔
I'd guess two parts hydrogen, with one part oxygen! Terror personified! Also, no, war crimes are war crimes regardless of 'what they might be carrying'. This is especially ridiculous when the mission is called Iraqi Freedom and the purported goal is democracy - just not with living civilians, or a non-burned city, huh? Don't let your fear control you (glad the Scots were there, not you). @@Oleca-ej7qo
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@@Oleca-ej7qo I think they were resupplying the enemy.
The little touch of the person icons twitching to simulate them talking around 11:29 got a big smile from me. It's these little touches that make these videos so great.
The way he is moving makes it look like the language was a bit more...colourful. Good eye though I missed that, great little details throughout.
I missed that first time round. Well spotted.
two things to say; 1: those firefighters are absolute legends. 2: i feel bad for the iraqis that were forced at gunpoint to defend their country, when they didnt want to
it's more like they were forced to defend saddam's regime tho
they were defending their country, try to defend the USA when they are the ones responsible for the current situation, Classic
they could have surrendered, but they didnt. they arent innocent. and they arent even effective.
@FrancoITA505 they weren't defending their country the majority didn't even want to be there as they hated the saddam regime. It's why all but the republican guard surrendered as soon as possible
@@FrancoITA505 It turns out not everyone supports their brutal authoritarian regime but a wannabe Mussolini like you wouldn't understand.
Those firefighters...God bless them.
They did the same job during their air campaign. To them, this wasn't much different. There was a fire and they had to keep it from spreading to the rest of the city.
Bless all firefighters everywhere. From urban centers to deep wilderness, heroes all.
@@GuardianComplexamen!
@@1-501Infantry likewise
They could’ve gotten targeted by the U.S. military because if the Iraqi soldiers weren’t killed but the fire was near them, the firefighters would’ve saved the soldiers.
14:50 can hear the narrator giggle while talking about Soviet era tank turrets taking flight
you must be hearing things mate, sounds normal to me
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@@F14DSUPERTOMCAT No, no, Ian's right, but it's a couple seconds earlier. 14:47 or so, after the narrator says "detonates."
It’s less amusing when you learn most of those tankers were forced into their T-55s at gunpoint.
Must be laughing about US tanks lost in Ukraine
I was part of the recon for 40 Commando on this operation.. it’s fascinating to see what else was happening over the rest of the battle field. There were a number of operations that were part of securing Basra, I hope you cover them all. Well done!!
Thanks for ya service mate, went into hell and secured it
Keep on the good work Operations Room team!
That’s $2.25 lmao
@@Jukelikesgames I was about to ask what that was, but you beat me to it. Thanks for translating.
@Jukelikesgames 2.25 is a lot of money if you don't live in a western country where every single facet of society is now designed to take your money and give you nothing. The goal is to make westerners dirt poor in 50 years.
@@Jukelikesgames Bruh, dude is from Indonesia. What is he supposed to do? Donate in dollars so he doesnt get made fun of?
@@beleagueredbeluga5228 I don’t mean to make fun of him or hate. It’s still 2.25 more than I donated. It’s just 35,000 Indonesian money being worth 2.25 usd is just kinda funny to me.
This battle must have been insane for the crews inside those British tanks! Reloading and picking targets nonstop!
15:15 a tank's coaxial MG is operated by the gunner, not the driver (as it is mounted coaxially to the main gun, it's right next to it and facing the same direction).
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Maybe it’s different for the C2
Firemen...in every country...are a rare breed. Battle or no...they got a job to do.
I Have My grandfathers diary from The Winter war. He was a Finnish Jaeger, he served in JR2. I won't go much into detail but he writes how in december 1939 the village they were stationed near was bombed by russian mortars And It caused a fire. And when civilians tried to put out The fire russian mg's opened fire on them. Apparently one old lady Lost an arm in The bombardment And Bled out that night And two village firefighters were killed, no Finnish military casualties since The troops were not stationed in the village but in The Woods nearby, And The russians retreated after first shots coming their way. Just a random note this reminded me of
This may be true, but where I'm from firemen have been corrupt and self serving.
In the United States they won’t even go near a scene until police clear it lol . These guys roll up next to tanks . Huge difference
@@anttitheinternetguy3213Just your typical Russian things
Please cover the events that lead up to the battle of Fallujah and the battle itself. A high school classmate of mine was killed on the way in to do battle in the city by an IED. Would love to see a video done by you on this. RIP, Lance Cpl. Branden Ramey.
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I look forward to a video or three on the battle of Fallujah as well. I have two exes who were there. Neither talked about it much, so most of what I know, I learned in the middle of the night while trying to wake them up from yet another nightmare.
I'm sorry about your classmate. 😢
@@j.snakehole6552 thank you.
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The TLDR version I got from analyses is basically 'They went into the city and fought motivated militias on their own terms, with predictably catastrophic consequences'.
They had a decisive advantage and decided to squander it all by voluntarily making themselves intel-blind and putting a timetable on themselves that meant the only way forward was a pretty dumb slug-fest in which the Baathists were on a very even footing.
@nvelsen1975 which actually isn't what happened at all. They were FAR from "Intel- blind." The Baathists were not on even footing. They had a huge advantage. You make it sound like the US went in blindly sending troops in meat waves like the Japanese and Russians did in WW2. I'm sorry but your take is completely incorrect about that battle.
“The Changing of the Guard” by Simon Akam goes though this in great detail. It’s a fantastic look at British operations in Iraq, very worth a read.
I feel really sorry for the Iraqis, even rid of Saddam and life is still hard, the insurgency, isis and now Iran thinks it can take control.
not our problem.
@@Uncle-Sam-lm3hz2ng8q Then why did the US depose Saddam the first time round, because it is the US's problem, because the ME has so much oil. Don't be stupid.
@@Uncle-Sam-lm3hz2ng8q actually it is only your problem, my country stopped invading other nations to steal their resources and install puppet governments 100 years ago
One could argue that life in Iraq was not that bad with Saddam and removing him made things considerably worse. This is not a pro Saddam statement but an anti external military intervention statement. Libya... cough... Syria... cough...
@@manmanman2000 nah
The Scots went in ready to play! Waterloo 2.0 was a landslide win. I’m thankful you shared this story. I’ve never heard of this battle being fixated on what we were doing (U.S.). Great video!
Unfortunately the US has a track record of erasing anything that’s not to do with their involvement out of their history books.
"well its not a bloody advance is it?" is the most Scottish retort ever
He might not have been Scottish, the RSDG recruit soldiers from every part of the UK.
I'm really enjoying this series and how quickly it's coming out! It's giving me a new perspective on the Iraq War that I never truely had up to now and your videos are my favourite way of understanding the context and scale of these conflicts.
Had a thought though; have you ever considered going out of your comfort zone and trying to animate battles that took place in the 19th Century, such as Waterloo, Balaclava, Gravelotte and Gettysburg?
This series is so enlightening.
typical answer from an engineer "well I don't know exactly, we just figuring out as we go!" 😂😅I laughed so hard
Just constant quality, well researched, small nit-bits from people that were there and that animation!!
If all I've got to-do is leave a like, a comment and turn notifications on to full, I'm all over it like beans on toast..
Really interesting- though as a brit with a couple of friends who served in the Scots DG at this time I'll note that the regiment should be referred to either as the "Royal Scots Dragoon Guards", or "Scots DG" - the British army has never had a royal scots dragoons regiment, and the Royal Scots were an infantry regiment, predecessors to the Royal Regiment of Scotland
It's concerning that he did not get their name right.
@@iivin4233 What more can you expect when TH-cam functions with a business pattern rather than out of passion for the work? He's a narrator working for some uncharismatic man who probably got himself in to more than he bargained for with his debut video, and now scrambles to hire cheap research resources to keep up with self-imposed deadlines and keep the channel ball rolling. This website is cancer to the concept of working because you love your job, lol. When you need 'patreon supporters' to tell you what to make a video on, the jig is up.
@@iivin4233so many details mistakes are bound to be made. Still a great video. Perfectiom is something a creator can only strive for
Idgaf 🤪
@@iivin4233 But he did get their name right. The first time he said it at 0:21, he said their full name; "Royal Scots Dragoon Guards". After that, he shortened it, and everyone was perfectly capable of understanding what he meant in context each time after that.
Yes, there is a Scots Guard, a Royal Scots Regiment and a Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and there is a distinction between them. But trying to pretend that his abreviated way of saying their rather long name is "concerning" just because it resembles other existing regiments of a similar name is just anal pedantry.
Thanks!
This is my favorite channel for military campaigns because it shows what happens and presents everything in a very real way and gives you a birds eyes view with a every day soldiers thoght process
I'm 39 so I was well old enough to remember 911 and the subsequent wars that followed. I had many friends that served in Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. These videos are fantastic as I remember during that time period saying to myself "man I can't wait until I'm old and can watch documentaries about this on the history channel." Keep up the good work!
How many of them have killed themselves??
This is better than History Channel documentaries. It doesn't cut away every few seconds or add audio cues or stings.
this is just sad really, behind the curtain of a historic battle. a million iraqis died due to a non existent WMD. cant really say this is a balance war, a modern army just bulldoze a 3rd world army
@@riceburner6739America: When you win, you lose
This was the Challenger 2's baptism of fire in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Baptism of ineffective fire anyway.
Chemical Ali reminds me of Comical Ali.
"The Americans are not in Baghdad." As a Abrams drives past behind him.
i like the little detail where the actual person talking shakes haha. Yet another amazing, well-researched video!
That was fantastically told, what an amazing engagement.
Shooting your way through a minefield while under fire is pretty badass
I was in Task Force Viking CJSOTF North. SF Medic & Sniper. ODA 056 B Co 2nd BN 10th SFG(A) We infilled via the MC-130 "Ugly Baby" (Bird #1 of 6) mission to Bashur and then posted on Hill Top 722 on March 23 2003. Attacked with the Peshmerga in Ayn Sifni on April 6th pushed south to Mosul first ODA or any Americans in there to the Airport by the evening of the 11th of April 2003. Fought tanks on foot and had never received as much machine-gun / ZPU 14.5, ZSU 23mm, mortar and artillery fire in my life before or since and I have dozens of deployments. Those opening weeks of Iraqi Freedom were nothing like Afghanistan I went through all my 9 lives in days. Semper Fi to the Marines and a big AIRBORNE to the 101st ABN who reinforced us at the Airport in Mosul. Damn glad to see you boys flying and rolling in. Finished off the deployment doing SSE for WMD and HVT Kill / Capture raids for the "The deck of cards". This was the most do it all (SF Mission Set) deployment you could have had as an SF guy. We did it all in one deployment. FID UW CT DA SR and some more shit we just thought up out of the blue:) De Opresso Liber Docsully Cardinal 1-6
B co 1-502 Inf blackhearts .
Airborne Blackhearts:)@@CMA5450
Thanks for all the thumbs up. Most folks don't realize that this stuff was done by regular folks that are now just their neighbors that they don't know much about:) But they live next-door to a few patriotic quiet dependable dangerous yet trust worthy nice folks, just don't fly planes into our buildings and keep you radical islam shit to yourselves. :)
Dude, I want to read, hear, or see more about your operation!!! That does indeed sounds epic. I've read a lot about SF over the years and it is truly remarkable what you can accomplish. Was in the Navy, but helped out an ODA from 3rd BN, 20th SFG(A) , FL National Guard while in Kirkuk during 2006. De Opresso Liber, Doc!
It seems that you have zero knowledge about politics and history of the middle east since 1980's. Saddam Hussein like other arab dictators was fighting Islamic radicalism, he excuted and persecuted members of islamic organisations like (islamic brotherhood and !slamic state etc..) those organisations fought against him cause his regime was semi secular. So you toppled him, and I$I$ was founded and Iraq became a puppet of the islamic iranian regime. Nice job at fighting Islamic radicalism smartass, you shot yourself in the foot. It is known and proven that Tal!ban and Al Q@ed@ were supported and funded by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, if you realy wanted to destroy islamic radicalism, then you should have destroyed those countries. However you can't harm your Saudi friends even if they have been terrorising the west for decades, their oil is too precious for you!. All you did was murder Iraqi young men who have been fighting with rusty 1950's soviet weapons, so brave of you!.
Excellent report and presentation. Thank you.
British Challenger 2 tanks are awesome and they really kick ass.
Happy holidays, thank you!
Loving this series, very informative!
Merry Christmas!
Such a well done video! I would expect nothing else from the operations room! The best group on you tube
I liked that the narrator used military lingo in this video. Can't wait for the next part. This is turning out to be a great series.
Not a single vehicle loss from the british advance thats insane considering the circumstances. The mines, mortar fire and hull down tanks is quite a tough challenge. Challenger 2's are hard as nails and they shouldnt of discontinued them
cause they're fighting against a 3rd world army. try it in ukraine vs russia.
Definitely a top 5-10 main battle tank. The Japanese have a monster now as well.
The challenger has never been destroyed, in any battle. The only NATO tank not have been.
@@RemingtonSteelBritish armored crews won the tank war games last year in Operation Iron Spear. Second were the Spanish in their Leopards and third were the US in their Abrams. The main reason was the Challenger’s ability to allow for the gunner and the commander to spot, target and fire independently - something which the Abrams and Leopard can’t do.
@@darkmatter6714 Abrams weight and gas guzzling engine hamper it as well
15:08 I've watched countless videos from Ukraine where Russian tankers drove headlong onto exposed AT mines casually laid out on roads and blowing up... and you're telling me all they had to do was just spray the mines with the coax to get rid of them?
This was well done very informative good narrative thank you
Shoutout to the firefighters who will do their job even in a combat zone.
Every video you made was very good, explained very well and for everyone's understanding you chose me for those who are passionate about the great battle in history and strategies, I would like to see a video where you explain the battle of Kursk. Respect
We had idiots who would drive their Toyota trucks in between the vehicles in our patrols. M1 A and LAV its called a Combat Push. But when they got clear of our patrol we took care of them. Who drives a truck in-between a tank and an LAV that are firing on targets??? Iraqi people did all the time.
The question you should be asking is "why did George Bush send me to a country that has nothing to do with 9/11 nor did it have WMDs"
Thats not helpfull at all to anyone@@2K6Ohio
As another comenter said aperantly the iraqi people stoped careing becose it happens very ofthen and they had jobs to go to
@@2K6Ohio They HAD to have WMD's.......because the CIA has clear receipts when we gave them to Sadam back when we were using him as a puppet.
@@2K6Ohio I think that's a valid discussion to be had, but this comment wasn't talking about that.
Puts a whole new meaning to “firefight”
LOL, those 2 firefighters. Its like the MCVs from Star Craft II repairing your army as there is a huge fire fight going on around them...completely defenseless, but heroically doing thier duty.
Where was it that the 1 Challenger 2 had to hold out alone, while it was damaged or something? The one that took like 70 RPG hits and lived.
I think you mean SCV:s? (Space Contruction Vehicle). MCVs come from C&C universe (Mobile Construction Vehicle).
@@orderoftheyawgmoth Yeh, w/e they are called lol. I never paid them enough attention to remember their name. Just build, and go mine stuff for me.
I just realised it is coming up to 20 years after the siege of al amarah detailed in the book sniper one and where Johnson Beharry earned his VC
Would be good if you could make a video on these events
Hey OR, I'm sure you have a long list of battles to do, but I really think the battle of Jutland would make a great video. A massive dreadnought clash and lots of political significance on who was the larger navel power. Also seeing the navel tactics during WW1 would be very interesting as they are often seen as a mix between old navel warfare and modern navel warfare. Keep up the good work!
excellent stuff - keep 'em coming!
Love your videos and keep up the great work👍 Would love to see a video about The battle of Jutland.
gotta say, probably my favorite part of this video has been the spectacular British banter. XD
The attention to detail is always amazing but the fact that Fedayeen Saddam icon is the Darth Vader Helmet, takes to the next level. Only few people know or remember that black Darth Vader style helmet were worn by some of the black-uniformed Fedayeen, as Uday Hussein commander of the Fedayeen and eldest son of Saddam was reportedly an avid fan of Star Wars. The helmet shell was made of fibre glass, with a nylon webbing cradle. Fixed to the right side was a moulded rubber Fedayeen badge, which consisted of a silhouette of Saddam and the motto; Allah al-watan qa'ed God, homeland, leader.
Shooting mines out of the way like its Goldeneye 007 multiplayer
I just wanna say I love your videos and how you show more detail than others
I thought we held the title for most badass firefighters here in the US, but evidently not. Disregarding a massive armored firefight to extinguish a building fire is next level
amazing videos on iraq war 2. Usa and Uk were really alone in taking a country. And UK did not get the credit it deserved in most USA media outlets back then. Keep up the good work, love to see more GWOT videos, 20plus years of battles
They were alone because it was an illegal war.
@@2K6Ohio actually mr ohio last week i declared all war to be legal
try to keep up would you?
@death2Marxistzzzzzz I meant in comparison to who usually is helping. For instance in gulf war 1 there were tons of other countries helping and basically formed a superteam.
Regrettably, Australia was also involved in the invasion, although on a much smaller scale than the US and UK. Australia committed two frigates, ten aircraft including four F/A-18 Hornets, and 500 soldiers including special forces.
The UK has dozens and dozens of books, numerous documentaries, a plethora of podcasts, and gets plenty of mention for its part in UK media, which rarely mentions the US. Just as the US has all of the above, and rarely mentions the UK. Stop complaining about a non-issue.
Amazing story, graphics and narration .................. thankyou
I throughly enjoyed your video.
Those Challenger tanks are something else
Love binge watching these!
Great video!
I can't wait for you to do the battle of as-samawah. I was there. 1st PLT C co 1/325 AIR, 82d
I learn more about war and battle from this channels than in history class keep it up your video are amazing
Tanks for keeping me occupied for 20min. Needed it. Cheers!
Well done mini documentary. Thank you.
6:10 boy how things have changed
I always love your videos. Thank you.
Thanks for another terrific video!
I love how this series highlights how during the early war despite being out numbered and facing an enemy in prepared positions technology can turn the tide of a battle. Imagine the same battle but in WWII? Then think of the late war on how two dudes in pajamas with EFP's could turn into a tank columns worst nightmare.
every time i see one of ur vids about the iraq i feel sad and proud for my country !
They're quite good, these Challengers, aren't they? 😂
Effective tanks. Hideous, but effective.
@@SignificantpowerI dunno I actually prefer the chally’s look over abrams and Russo-Soviet t series, the leopard 2 Poland ones look sharp as hell tho
@@z54964380 Might be my bias talking, but ever since I was a kid, when people said tank, the Abrams always came to mind. Not to disparage other western tanks, but the Abrams will always have a special place in my heart.
They're getting dealt with in Ukraine. These sort of batles against unwilling and lowly trained infantry has given the west a false sense of security. Videos like this don't help the delusion
@@Significantpower you need your eyesight checked 😂
Best looking tank in the world by far!
15:20 the driver can’t fire any of the weapons. The coax is fired by the gunner.
Suggestion to OR: When you shift your focus throw a quick blip on the screen to indicate where your new subjects are. Just a quick flash and disappearing circle or something.
15:16 the driver does not operator the coaxial machine gun, the gunner does, I believe the confusion stems from the presence of bow mounted machine guns on WW2 tanks
4:41 the most British banter ever.
Correction. This is the most British battle in modern history.
Its been awesome to watch the animation get better and better over the years
40 Commando also had naval gunfire support from HMAS Anzac and HMS Marlborough.
Thank you.
There's one slight error in the wording around the 15:18 mark "the driver sprays the path ahead with the coaxial machine gun" this would of been the gunner not the driver. other then that the video is perfect as always.
I was plattoon leader on the M3 with the german army.
When I met the, now 28th, engineers I was impressed they used the M3 in Iraq, as that was the last palce I imageined them to be used in.
I had a love hate relationship with the rig, it was awsome for fast bridgeing but damn did it need maintanance.
Interestingly enough the German and British forces now form a single battalion combining their M3 capabilities for NATO.
Please cover either Ramadi or Fallujah, I have a family member who served in Ramadi, and would be interested to see the full extent of the Battle.
Shared video.
The narrator sounds very much like Marcus Hearn who is known for his Hammer films commentaries (and Hammer books). It's probably just a coincidence, but I did wonder if it was Marcus narrating or not.
Literally the t55 where in an uptier battle 💀
Laught so loud when you told about the fire trucks. Surreal😂😂
I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
The co-ax is not operated by the driver, it is coaxial with the main gun.
Pretty sure the firefighters weren't oblivious to anything, they saw exactly what was up and chose to do their job anyways. Legends.
I love all of these! videos!!!
If anyone's interested in getting more detail on this and the Royal Scots operations during Iraqi freedom in general there's a great book called Main Battle Tank that follows them for the whole operation and gives a great ground level perspective.
I suspect a lot of the soldiers' dialogue in this video is drawn from that book actually
I love the M1 don't get me wrong, but Challenger 2s are beasts
Another excellent video fellas. Keep up the good work.
That Challenger 2 was OG during the battle.
I spent 3 years in this area, memories.
I love the overhead view reminds me of the very first GTA games
Yessss new video for breakfast 🤌
That was a very sad turn of events at the end.......
How are you able to get such precise details for the videos that you do? You even have the radio transmissions.
After Action Reports, Officer Debriefs, Signals (radio & other communications) records,
Reconnaissance data Etc.
-- There are plenty of other sources of information as well, depending on Classification rating of course.
- Hope that assists your understanding of Military information sources, & Best Wishes to you.
Could you do a series about Korean War? Not many knows how it went, the operations, or who were involved in the war
another great vid
ALAMO VID!!!🗣️📣
This is one of the best series on TH-cam
The story of the fire fighters makes me think of the invasion of Ukraine, I watched the live feed of Russia capturing the nuclear power plant and they had set some cars on fire and about 20 minutes later the local fire department showed up, the Russian column turned them around but it was a wild to see them show up while a battle was on, bless em.