Comments on: Ultimate Warfare - A New Military Channel Series

By: Alan Hardie

Alan Hardie — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:21:33 +0000

@TomHocking. I totally agree with what you said,without taking away anything else from the boys in iraq,im ex royal scots.
The battles of of ww1,ww2,where significantly different in what was at stake for humanity as a whole,i have read thunder run,excellent account of what the boys went through,but could i just point out the one flaw with iraq in general the abrahms never really had any tanks attack them.
Yes i know there where the odd russian relic kicking about in the form of tigers these crews that manned them generally fled before the battle began,the ones that didnt where destroyed from 2miles away and didnt even see it coming…..So no it wasnt a fair fight for the tanks compared to ww2.

By: Tom Hocking

Tom Hocking — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:39:33 +0000

I meant no offense nor did I mean to impugn the bravery of anyone who experienced combat in Iraq. I just don't think it measures up to those other battles in terms of scale or strategic importance. Those battles were turning points of not only WWII but the future of the entire world.
The Iraq action was not 'pivotal' because the outcome was never really in doubt, and the Coalition of the Willing Forces suffered relatively few casualties.
I certainly would liked to have seen better media coverage of the fighting in Iraq. What we got was nowhere near as informative as was the reporting we got from Vietnam.
As far as the Iraq war is concerned, I'm still not sure who actually won.
Most of the American troops are gone, as is Saddam (for better or worse) yet war seems like it's still happening.
Has anything really changed?

By: Terry H

Terry H — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:57:16 +0000

Can't disagree with you more. The Thunder Runs from the Baghdad International Airport into the center of Baghdad, especially into Saddams Palace were very bloody fights. I suggest you read the book Thunder Run to read about the heroism and particularly the tough fights our soldiers had at the three cloverleaf s with Iraqi regulars and militia. Our soldiers displayed the same level of fighting tenacity and heroism in the face of a fierce enemy in the same tradition as those at Iwo, The Bulge, etc.

By: Tom Hocking

Tom Hocking — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:24:36 +0000

The heavy use of hyperbole in a television series calling itself \Ultimate Warfare\ is not surprising. What is surprising is how the producers were able to compare American M1A1 tanks rolling through Baghdad with the true pivotal battles of the twentieth century.
Tannenberg, Kursk, Stalingrad, Normandy, Midway, and Iwo Jima were pivitol battles. They make anything that happened in Iraq look like a walk-over by comparison. I can hardly wait to see what they do with Kandahar! That leaves just eight more episodes to deal with the rest of the century. Don't expect much real history from the rest of this series.
It appears already too late for that.