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Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated

The Operations Room · 14M views · 2020-08-08 · 22:00

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Overview

An animated account of Day 1 of the Desert Storm air war on 17 January 1991, covering the 2,775 sorties flown against Iraqi strategic targets in the first 24 hours.

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Recommended as a deeply researched, visual series that shows how overwhelming the coalition air campaign was.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2026

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Military history & warfare
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systemvoltage · 2021-11 · Strong recommendation

For those who have forgotten, the US won Operation Desert Storm in the most overkill way. It was so insane and completely overwhelming. I highly recommend watching this series about it, no one has dug into history like the Operations Room channel: [VIDEO]

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remarkEon · 2021-06 · Strong recommendation

That whole channel is amazing. Check out the Desert Storm series if you need to burn an hour or two on the weekend refreshing yourself on the history of modern warfare. [VIDEO]

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systemvoltage · 2021-12 · Recommendation

> US couldn't defeat couple of goat herders and they're going to level up to S-tier opponents? I wouldn't even bet on US against Venezuela or Iran at this point. Operation Desert Storm was a success and completely overwhelming. The amount of power projected was incalculable. Here is an extremely detailed account of it: [VIDEO]

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