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Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated

The Operations Room · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Military history & warfare

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “That whole channel is amazing.”

    Animated series on the Desert Storm air war.

    remarkEon, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Midair plane refuels done by a drone for the first time”

  2. “I highly recommend watching this series about it, no one has dug into history like the Operations Room channel”

    Deeply researched series on how overwhelming Desert Storm was.

    systemvoltage, 2021-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan?”

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Topics: desert storm, air war, military history, animation, operations room

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