Operation Iraqi Freedom - The Ground War, Day 1 - Animated

G-Day, the ground offensive, begins. Special Forces have been pouring in to Iraq for several days, and it is now time for the might of the coalition ground forces to move into Iraq, taking on Saddam Hussein's defending Iraqi Army.

[manuelacosta]

The Abram crews firing upon and them realizing they were blasting wrecks from the 1991 war is amusing and a call back to past campaign videos from this channel.

[spirz]

"This sucks. We were on point of the whole invasion, now we're back in the traffic jam."
"Trombley, how dare you questioning the strategic plan ?"

[carlosboozer]

The part about the destroyed tanks from the Gulf War was so interesting

[PotatoSolutions]

16:18 LOL “We didn’t break it. Everything just sucks around here.”

[wafu]

The craziest part of a lot of these skirmishes is how often the allies get out with ZERO casualties... It's mind blowing.

[SafetyBriefer]

I love the commando captain's logic: 'We're outnumbered. Better attack so they don't think we're weak.'

[DustinBKerensky]

It's great seeing how all this played out. When we were in Kuwait we didn't know what was happening outside our own actions. My group didn't cross the border until day two on the push up to Tallil, it will be interesting to see all of what happened. I remember it all moving so fast, we came in late, but in 1 day of driving was already upto the front lines. It was weird driving on highway 1 with dug in positions on our left and no-mans land leading to the enemy on our right. It's like the battles were going so well we were all moving up twice as fast as expected.

[richardmcgowan]

You would be amazed how much of this war wasn't reported on in the media. Despite an army of media in the country at the time. Even when the war was over there are battles just never talked about in the news. Being a person that got up early everyday and watched it on the 24 hours news.

[goodshipkaraboudjan]

HMAS Anzacs' "Five Inch Friday" is an under looked part of history. She bottomed herself several times in closing to shore give support to the USMC. The entire class were considered "over gunned" when they were ordered but the little ships today still pose a huge presence in any theater.

[lukesmith]

USMC Officer: “Why does your facility look so crappy?
Iraqi Oil Worker: “Funny, I was thinking the same thing.”

[ttrestle]

I’ve been watching your vids since day one. Happy that you continue to grow. Outstanding work as always.

[eetenn]

Thank you guys for uploading this series despite youtube’s policies

[b.elzebub]

Man, that must have been weird for those Polish GROM commando's. Some of their more senior members would have been part of the communist armed forces and been trained to fight against NATO forces. Bet they'd never imagined invading Iraq alongside navy SEALS and Royal Marines.

[josephradley]

"The Royal Marines improvised" = Something gets blown up.

[josephradley]

The impact of HMAS ANZACs 5" gun in that engagement vs the impact of the RN 4.5" had the RN seriously considering a 6" gun for the type 26 frigate.

[anthonydinardo]

Been waiting for this since the Gulf war video. Keep up the great work TOR

[reyvan]

Amazing video, thank you so much for a blast from my past. I was in 40 Commando at the time. Only slight correction I have is that MSG did not have Grenade Machine Guns at the time. No British forces had recived them yet.

[Charles-pfzy]

Thank you for not forgetting Poland 🙏🏼

[lahma]

Man I LOVE these videos! The excellent maps, animation, and visual display/interplay of friendly and enemy units is so helpful in actually understanding how many of these battles played out from a bird's eye perspective. Not only that but it also allows one to understand how the different units of soldiers and battles fit together and affect one another in the larger operation. Making such content available to all of us for free is simply fantastic and I can't thank you all enough for all the hard work you put into making these videos.. especially when YouTube is constantly doing everything they can to make life as difficult as possible for channels making content such as yours. We greatly appreciate all the hard work and research that goes into producing such excellent content!

[paulgorhamiii]

Always an awesome day when TOR post new videos. Been looking forward to this series since you announced it. War on Terror defined my generation, thanks for putting this together and all your hard work. Cheers. 🍻