European Reacts to Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated
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I watch other reaction channels, you are my favorite. Your reactions are so sincere and humble. Thank you 😊 P.S. I just found your channel about a week ago, you are so much fun to hang out with 😃
Oh ty so much 🙏
@@jacoblongbrake8230 I don't want to be cringe, thanks for the info
@@jodeeps2287don't worry, it's Not cringe. Welcome , and thank you for supporting Andre.
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mad/upset over someone telling me I typed something that is cringe is absurd.
@@jacoblongbrake8230 if you want to drive to Utah 😁
That channel has a playlist containing all the videos in the desert storm series, highly recommend you react to all of them.
100% agree. The only "complaint" about the series would be if they would have added more imagery besides the campaign map - not for history nerds like me but for more casual viewers. But that's a minor knock considering how good the map and animations are.
GOTTA WATCH THEM ALL!
The Desert Storm invasion was Blitzkrieg on steroids, a true turning point for military prowess.
According to the theories of Clausewitz, there are 5 concentric rings or "centers of gravity" for an enemy's power base and you must attack them all in order until you get to the center ring, which is the enemy king. In Desert Storm the US military was able to achieve simultaneity and attack all 5 rings at the same time. Parallel warfare, which up until then was completely impossible. Each attack was systemic, giving the enemy no time to recover, repair, regroup, or adapt to the situation.
For instance you blow up a bridge but you also take out the fuel depot and the power plant. You can't repair the power plant without trucks and the trucks can't get to the plant because the bridge is out and they can't repair the bridge because they don't have fuel. That sort of thing. It leaves them crippled.
Also the air supremacy was so complete that enemy fighter pilots were afraid to launch. It was near-certain death. So they stayed grounded and let NATO rule the skies.
Likewise, the anti-radar missiles were so effective that enemy radar operators were afraid to turn on their radar systems. If they did they would blow up in seconds.
The enemy can't win the war this way.
By contrast, Russia's invasion of Ukraine was incremental and gave Ukraine plenty of time to adapt to their strategies, outwit them, regroup, and more importantly gain support from foreign countries to help them fight the invaders.
Fast forward some 12 years after Desert Storm and you have Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bush Jr. abandoned the Powell Doctrine in favor of the Bush Doctrine. This went mostly unnoticed because what's in a name anyway?
The US military had leveled up again and was now fighting inverted warfare. Start at the king (Hussein) and work your way out. The outermost ring is the enemy military, which was kind of irrelevant when the invading force is using inverted warfare. It's why Donald Rumsfeld told the Army to simply drive right past the Iraqi army and ignore them.
This was a true master class on invasion strategy, and it was 20 years ago. All of these strategies have been codified into standard ops and taught to all the troops. Also weapons have been upgraded to be more in line with parallel and inverted warfare.
Of course the subsequent "nation building" phase after the invasion was a hot mess. The military isn't designed for nation building. It's designed to dismantle an enemy as quickly as possible and as violently as necessary to win.
You can bet whatever toys the Pentagon is hiding will be unspeakably effective in any future conflict.
@@protorhinocerator142I mean if you want another master class by the USA in invasion( more refinement needed on state building) look at Afghanistan. A nation on the opposite side of the planet, mountainous, no nearby ocean or friendly nations, and a determined fighting force had to completely withdraw their remaining forces to Pakistan within in 1 month.
@@kylezdancewicz7346 I knew a guy who deployed there about 10 years ago. He was in places like Khandahar, delivering supplies. He said a few of his pals died.
17. The ground war was what my son was in. He was with the 101st Airborne.
Screaming Eagles! im a marine but i love the screaming eagles. im from kentucky so we just claim them as ours haha
Knew two veterans from this war, as coworkers years later. First = Forward observer 50 klicks behind enemy lines. Second = Army ground transport.
My brother was in the 92 communications. The same as my Dad in Korea.
My brother was in the 101.
They deployed him behind enemy lines to intercept the retreating Republican Guard around Basrah.
He said it was brutal.
Much respect to everyone that served. I was there in Desert Shield/storm loading munitions on A10s. The best possible sight during my 12 hours on duty each day was seeing them comeback empty, although it did keep me very busy especially early on during the air war.
That reporter that watched the tomahawk missile later showed the footage. You can find it fairly easily. It was AWESOME!!!
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A-10 Warthogs destroyed more tanks and armored equipment than any other fixed winged aircraft in this war
They used the Pullman shell that depleted the oxygen and terminated everyone in the tank. It followed the first few missiles that opened up the tank.
That record is actually reserved for the F-111 Aardvark, with ~600 more destroyed armor
17 The Operation Room doesn't just have a day 1 of the ground war, I think there are 5 or 6 videos covering the frist 5 or 6 days of the ground war that are all good to watch.
Operations Room is second to none in visually showing battles. I love that channel and I hope you will do more of them.
You got to watch the whole series of videos now. You can't stop now.
My husband is a veteran of this war. Our first son was 9 months old. I watched this night attack on my couch in my living room praying
Thank you for the sacrifices your family made for our country ❤️
I was in an Applebees with friends when they cut the TV feed over to CNN to show the opening moments of the war. That green night vision footage with all those bullets shooting at the sky in vain.
And then like most of the country I spent the next three days glued to CNN. Back then it was the war coverage channel.
I think that most nations/people do not understand the incredible logistics the US military/citizens had In WWI and II and all wars (and continue today - no one even comes close). we sent not only are brave soldiers but everything they (and our allies) needed. Food, fuel, oil, guns, trucks, jeeps, tanks, planes, ammunition, spare parts sent 4,000 miles across the worlds oceans (while being torpedoed), to the European front and the Japanese front all at the same time. I just want to remind folks that we are not looking for war. If you bring it we will win. Peace, Love, Out!
"We don't want war. But if you want war with the United States of America, there's one thing I can promise you, so help me God: Someone else will raise your sons and daughters." - David Bellavia
We’re really good at war. That’s why Schwarzkopf unleashed our forces the way he did during desert storm, he said he wanted to get it over with before the politicians screwed it up.
With all the modern equipment in use during this operation, you may wonder why the USS Missouri and her sister ship the USS Wisconsin were deployed…it was partially the “fear factor”. Both battleships had the massive 16 inch guns, capable of launching projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 lb (860 to 1,220 kg) at different muzzle velocities, depending on the projectile. When firing armor-piercing projectiles, their muzzle velocity was 2,500 feet per second (760 m/s) with a range of up to 24 mi (39 km). At maximum range the projectile spent almost 1+1⁄2 minutes in flight. Each turret required a crew of 79 men to operate. The turrets cost US$1.4 million each, excluding the cost of the guns. That’s the same as firing Toyota Corolla sedans at the enemy. Plus the Japanese surrendered to the US and her allies on the deck of the Missouri to end the Pacific conflict in WWII. They are so fearsome in battle that a Saudi commander put it after witnessing the might of the US battleships against Iraqi defenses said : "I wish we had a battleship in our navy." Yes, you should continue with this series, including the ground war.
When a destroyer sailed into the Persian Gulf there were people on the shore who would shoot at it.
When a battleship sailed into the PG nobody was dumb enough to shoot at it. They knew exactly what it was and stayed out of sight.
You didn't know you're military was there? Portugal was on the scene 🇵🇹
literally the majority of european countries sent some troops. also the majority of middle eastern countries. even syria sent troops of theirs to help.
only entity since that's gotten any sort of coalition like that since was isis, and they managed to even get the us to cooperate with the taliban on something
The Portuguese we're the 1st Europeans there!
Amazing
This channel also has a video on a F16 pilot that was able to dodge 6 SAM missiles without using countermeasures as they were malfunctioning (the pilot only learned of the malfunction after landing). The animation and commentary will help you understand what is happening to the pilot, but the HUD footage from the F16 is also on youtube. You can hear how much chaos is going on, hear the stress in the pilot's voice and see how close some of the missiles got.
also that hud footage includes a gs counter.
dude got close to blackout territory multiple times.
Excellent vid. I hope you finish the series to this story.
Those B-52's that flew nonstop from Barksdale AFB flew over 14,000 miles, which is 22,400 km for those that are more comfortable with the metric system.
Im guessing they didnt have the room or the ability to service them at Saudi Arabia airports?
Iraq had the world's 4th largest Army at this time. We were watching the evening news at the time, and the network had gone for a live report from Baghdad. While the guy was talking the bombs started falling, and there were large explosions in the background. Talk about good timing.
Watch the air war day 2 next, the ground war comes after the air war ends. If you watch the ground war now it will confuse the timeline of events.
17. Down the rabbit hole we go
This is a big one, with lots of side passages. Enjoy!
If you happened to watch news briefings on Desert Storm in that time period, it was the first time smart weapons were used. They showed in news briefings the camera images of missles heading to their target buildings before the explosion. Hearing about and seeing video of weapons that could hit precise targets like that was so "futuristic". The Allies dismantled the defenses so quickly and effectively That even though it was a war, you couldn't help but be amazed at how well it was done.
Nice, thanks for the video brother
Ty my friend
@@european-reacts No, thank YOU man. we love ya buddy
@@european-reacts I've gotta recommend General Schwarzkopf's "Mother of all Press Conferences", hard to describe it but with a name like that :) also love the content
@@european-reacts you should hear the stories my friend tells about flying back seat in Tomcats off "The Big Stick" CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt. They were in Kuwait and Eastern Iraq.
@@zirontheimpaler YESSSS
17! I enjoyed this. I was around 15 and I remembered watching the war live on TV. This was the 1st time in history that you could watch the fighting in real time. Love your channel. You are doing an amazing job.
My dear husband has worked in the defense industry for 37 years.
He worked on the original FLIR (forward looking infrared), now talked about openly as law enforcement uses it.
And he also worked on missile targeting.
I have no idea what he is working on now.
I am very proud of him.
He is also a US Army vet (served 3 years). We have too many veterans in our families to list.
Our eldest son served in the Navy for almost 10 years.
Submarine Service (also called the Silent Service), running the nuclear power plant on a sub.
Blessings, all.
My friend if you have not watched the movie MIDWAY then you are missing out...on a great action movie...
Definitely react to the whole series. 👍👍👍👍
I remember watching the news coverage of this. Most Americans were watching, we were feeling very patriotic.
You’re going to do the whole Desert Storm series I hope. The Ground War is just total annihilation.
Ground war is a must watch
i was stationed at Cheyenne mountain Air Force base when this started.. we were watching CNN during the entire thing.. When Iraq started to throw Scud missiles at Israel, CNN reporters knew about it 2 minutes after our missile defense systems showed the launch.. It was crazy how good CNN at that time had insider information.
Thank you for your service ❤️
I will always highly recommend ALL videos from The Operations Room. Please react to more from them.
My son was in one of the tankers refueling over the Atlantic. He was one that lowered the line to the other plane. He said watching all those Bomber was something to see.. We laugh because, I was on a oiler, that carried everything. Oil, bombs and beans, to the ships off of Veit Nam, 70-73. And he did fueling in the Airforce during Desert Storm.
Thank your Son for his service and yours as well ❤️
Continue on, Operations Room is a great channel for anyone wanting to learn US military history. Desert Storm, Black Hawk Down, Iwo Jima and Iraq 2003 are great series, and his sister channel Intel Report is also amazing
You should definitely react to more stuff like this.
Watch the Ground War part! It's epic.
The Supreme Allied Commander was H. Norman Swartzkopf. This was his plan. He also planned the invasion of Panama and Grenada. I was a Military Policeman in Germany in 1982 and Swartzkopf was the Community Commander where I was when he only had 1 Star. We would work as his security and public functions and when he got his 2nd Star and was getting transferred to the Pentagon, he had all of us MPs over to his house for dinner. He was a good man and a great commander. ALSO, his father was the lead detective on the Lindbergh kidnapping.
My dad was also an MP in Germany. He was one of the MPs at the Nuremberg trials.
Thank you so much for finally watching this video! My cousin was a F-15 fiter pilot in this war. He used to let my family on the side of the runway so we could have a 1st eye view when he took off. Boy I never seen anything that fast in my life! The F-15 fighter jet has been my favorite plane for a long time thanks to my cousin. Now my favorite is the F-22 Raptor.
I remember that first night of the Air Campaign. When our F117 's returned from their Combat Sorties after dropping their Bombs it was a little Surreal, KNOWING we probably killed people and destroyed Infrastructure
"Holy sweet potato!" - love that comment!
Great channel and content!
You should also react to the 2nd Iraqi invasion. Unfortunately, GB Junior in my opinion was making up for not taking Iraq in the first place and pushed the 2nd war.
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I am a proud Veteran of this War
Command Joint Task Force/Middle East, arrived nearly a year before the Iraqis invaded and spent 3 yrs in and out of this area.
You should watch the entire series, it is good information and a good reminder of where the US was in capability almost 35yrs ago.
Thank you for your service ❤️
Could I suggest you watch a video concerning the Battle of 73 Easting, an engagement during this war between American and Iraqi armor. First hand accounts from participants are included.
The video footage from Baghdad that first night was amazing... the city was blacked out; all you could see was the tracers from all the AA guns firing up into the dark night sky at all angles. It looked like New Year's fireworks, but more. I don't know that they scored a single hit; none of the F-117s got so much as a paint scratch but maybe a cruise missile?
I remember!
Don't you love the part when he says "what they don't see" is real trouble coming their way😂😂😂😂
This is the first time I actually learned specifics about the beginning of that war. All because of you. I wouldn't normally look at war videos but when I saw the notification, I decided to watch cause I like your videos so much.
Iraq had the 4th largest military at the time. Iraq had inadequate air defense using russian missile systems. Sure #17 to watch the ground war.
As an American, I always love your videos. I am always proud of my Country, as messed up as our politics are, we will stand United to protect our Country first and then go back to hating one another later. Love your accent!!
I missed a lot of this because I was in Navy basic training in Chicago Illinois at the time.
Andre they have multi days air, naval and ground wars animation check it out with reaction! Also back then the Iraqi military was pretty strong in 1991 like 5th most powerful as the time since we helped them against Iran
Honestly, I felt sorry for the Iraqi troops. They were so outclassed. It was just sad.
You are not crazy, Iraq was considered one of the top militaries on the planet and certainly best in the middle east. This is why the US came at them so hard. It was a surprise to everyone (and an unpleasant surprise to many) that they got routed so thoroughly and quickly.
Iraq was considered one of the world powers as far as ground armies. I believe they had the 4th largest tank fleet in the world at the time.
17 - I remember watching this live. It was wild.
I agree with a comment I saw on this video that said that this was like you and 8 of your friends team up to play against a computer AI set on beginner level.
ah old bush, 11th director of the CIA ... iraq F around and found out
Those bombers came from my city in Louisiana.
As a former crew chief on the A-10 , I am very glad you like it because it is a beast. I was not old enough for this war but was there in 94 and 95 at the Al Jaber air base for operation southern watch. I actually really miss those days of flying around the world for a visit or two.
Thank you for your service ❤️
If my memory serves me correctly, Iraq had the 6th largest military in the world at that time. Quite the feat for a smallish country.
Iraq had the 4th strongest military in the world at this time, and it didnt stand a chance🦅
Definitely react to the ground war sir
Propaganda
I have been waiting to see this one from you
Watch the ground invasion the tanks wrecked them
17. My daughter was six months old when this started, and all I could think was, “What kind of word did I bring a child into?”
I remember this I was going to turn 8 years old and I still love the verse this one reporter said " This is unbelievable the SKY IS ON FIRE "
I remember this.
What was bad is the Saudis didn't mind our soldiers laying their life's on the line to help but would not allow our troops to be able to have our flag be seen. So our guys sewed them inside of their uniforms. That wasn't right.
Keep going with the Series!
Hit the thumbs up if you remember the CNN reporter who was in Iraq and he got the name "Scud Stud."
Yes, I remember. I was glued to my TV watching this. I think I even called into work sick 😬 (for only 1 day) because I just couldn't stop watching.
You should check out day 3 the great tank battle of 73 Easting
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Saddam thought they'd be respectable. He thought wrong.
Wonderful work also by the British, French, and Saudi air forces.
1991 = Peak US (Iraq). 2003 = Off Peak US (Iraq). 2018 = small scale US (Syria and Iraq). 2024? Plan to lose or plan to win.
You should definitely watch the CNN live footage of the beginning of "desert storm"! Amazing live footage of the war, as it progressed.
let's NOT talk about how this country did NOTHING to the U.S. oh and how Americans were told not to disagree with this.
You would enjoy MrBallen’s video “this island kept a dark secret until 2004.” It’s about the US effort against the Imperial Japanese in WWII. Crazy to see how quickly air tactics and technology have changed from 1900-1945 and 1945-1990
All of The Operations Room's videos are amazing!
Yes watch the ground war but also watch the pilot defends against six Sam missiles
After you watch the videos from Operation Room, you should watch "Gen. Schwarzkopf's Famed News Conference" He was the general who oversaw that war. It is an awesome video.
Some other videos of this conflict would be the story of the "Highway of Death" (Iranians trying to loot and flee Kuwait)and the "Battle of 73 Easting" (the largest tank battle since WW II).
LMFAO! 🤣 The video is using a modern map of Baghdad. I was deployed there in 2009-2010. I'm an analyst and was doing analysis to support both the Dept of Defense (military) and Dept of State (ambassadors), and I was stationed on the US embassy with the Dept of State. I can see the buildings which make up the embassy complex. I can see where my room was, the dining facility, the building where I worked, the ambassador's house, the chancellery, the route I would run around the compound each day. That's funny. The embassy was obviously built after Desert Storm - at that time there was a row of mansions/palaces along the river, where the embassy was later built.
17 you should also watch some videos on the SR-71 Blackbird still the fastest plane in the world
This "Operations Room" channel looks awesome. Glad you watched it as I'd never head of this channel before. Love the calm, informative, matter-of-fact tone.
Another good video from a great creator is "The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/3)" by Montemayor it's a long video about a key naval battle for the US against the Japanese during WW2.
As the title would suggest it shows the battle from the Japanese perspective but in the third part the video reverses to show what happened on the American side. Its animated just like this video and goes into great detail about Japanese and American culture and military doctrine to explain why they did certain things.
I have a friend who was flying F-14's off the Teddy Roosevelt (The Big Stick) flying what is called Cap which means they patrol looking for enemy aircraft to shoot down.
@16:50 "you are obliterating [them]."
The first Iraq war may be the more decisive butt kicking in human history. On paper Iraq was no joke but going up against the US was like a top tier boxer fighting the Hulk.
And before anyone gets mad I said US, yes we had plenty of allies in this and they did their part as well. But the US presence dwarfed the rest of the coalition. Also they were far more involved in the ground war and this is about the air war.
17. I was in the ground war.
What capacity? Armor?
2nd Bn 5th Marines.
Look into the "Road of Death" at Basra as Iraqi troops flee Kuwait they were hammered by Coalition Air Power
Love your reactions. America did the heavy lifting...in fact, we could have done it alone with no problem, but it was/is to have allies on side to demonstrate solidarity.
You need to see videos about what happened the night before this, it was called, "Operation Shock and Awe", and it was just as the name implies!
You should definitely watch the full air and ground war series by them.
Iraq was one of the five biggest militaries by size back in 1991. Desert Storm is seen as a classic case of how modern airpower can completely dominate an adversary when you have air dominance.
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Hey André, I'm glad you liked the video. It took you so long to watch it, I thought you never would. 🤣 But I know you well enough by now to only recommend videos that are a good fit for your channel. 👍
Nice video. Please consider watching: Hellfighters of Kuwait. It's a documentary about the aftermath of the war where several hundred oilfields were ablazed and a coilition of American and Canadian oil fire specialists were tasked to put them out. I remember a newscaster back then saying that it would take years for the fires to be extinguished...
And to think that Kuwait supported Iraq in the Iraq/Iran war less than 10 years earlier. Watch out who you trust in the Middle East.
I was working on a new supercomputer designed to manage millions of data items using a simple English like language and needed little or no programming. The machine did all the data manipulation and returned the result to the requesting device. We had installed it at my work site and I was the database administrator of the new machine. We had visits from government officials interested in the machine.
We had visits from the officials under assumed names of course, and I know the machine was used by the military. The machine managed millions of data items quickly and it could be attached to computers, and workstations directly. They were managing 2,000 sorties/day and the supercomputer was the only way they could have managed that level of complexity.
17, 17, 17, 17 that's how much I enjoyed the video
@16:43 Fair? In war fair means our guys come home and the bad guys do not. US preference is to be as far as it is when “clubbing baby seals”.
17. There is no such thing as “Friendly Fire”. It is all deadly