73 Easting: Episode 10 — 24 February

The ground war opened on February 24, 1991, with coalition forces attacking across a front that stretched from the Persian Gulf deep into the western desert. This episode follows the first movements of the famous 100-hour war, showing how Marines, Arab coalition forces, airborne units, mechanized formations, artillery, engineers, and airpower struck different parts of the Iraqi defense at once. The attacks near Kuwait and the Wadi al Batin helped fix Iraqi attention, while the western envelopment began to unfold far from the obvious front. Listeners learn why the ground campaign was not a single charge, but a carefully sequenced effort to confuse, breach, bypass, and unhinge Iraqi forces. The road to 73 Easting began with this broad opening blow. For more military history writing and books, visit MilitaryAuthor.me, and for magazines, galleries, and a massive archive of military photos and video, visit Trackpads.com.