Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Operations Room

Topic

gulf war air campaign

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• 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]

• 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]

• > 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 …