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6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6, A Different Kind of War
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb h...
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The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower....
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower. With Baghdad’s air defence headquarters destroyed and its radar system in chaos, hundreds of Iraq’s fighters couldn’t operate. Only a few struggled into the air. With hundreds of allied aircraft flying, AWACS planes packed with computer equipment helped control the battle. On the first night the coalition armada systematically attacked Iraq’s war machine. The factories that made chemical and biological weapons, the Scud missile plants – in all over 200 different targets were hit. It was a new benchmark in the history of warfare, the first time the world had seen precision bombing on a vast scale. And defying all expectations, only one allied pilot, an American, had been killed. With air superiority established over the Iraqis, the coalition air planners were now confident enough to launch conventional aircraft on massive daylight raids. When Saddam met with his ministers after the first night’s bombing, he had already ordered action he believed would shatter the coalition of Western and Arab countries attacking Iraq. Scud missile launchers hidden in the desert fired at Israel. The Scuds were fired indiscriminately at Israel’s largest city. Saddam calculated the Israelis would retaliate and join the conflict. The Arabs in the coalition would then refuse to fight alongside Israel. The coalition would collapse and so would the war. Soon more Scuds were on the way. Israel’s nuclear forces now went on full alert. Sixty Israeli jets took to the skies. Early warning radar appeared to show Iraqi bombers headed for Israel. In the Pentagon, the defence secretary picked up the hotline to Tel Aviv. Israeli retaliation seemed inevitable. The Israeli Army reported nerve gas in the debris of one of the missiles. Israelis prepared for the worst. Ultimately, none of the eight Scuds that landed proved to have chemical warheads. After some discussion, Baghdad had decided the Israelis might retaliate against a chemical attack with nuclear weapons. The man who would decide what happened next was Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He and George Bush disliked each other and when Bush telephoned him, Shamir angrily told the president that if America couldn’t stop the Scuds, the Israeli Air Force would. The Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, told us that Bush said to Shamir, pleaded with Shamir, tried to cajole Shamir that Israel not take any military action, that this would be injurious to the allied cause, that in the final analysis, that this would also be injurious to Israel’s cause. Shamir told us what he said to Bush – “It’s very difficult, Mr. President. It’s very difficult. I don’t know what the day of tomorrow will bring, but at this moment, we will act accordingly, accordingly with your concepts.” On February 21st, forty-eight hours before the ground attack was due, Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, arrived in Moscow. Saddam’s admission that he was willing to withdraw from Kuwait had led to some frantic Soviet diplomacy to save their old ally from defeat. Aziz went straight to the Kremlin. The Soviet president was waiting. Aziz told Gorbachev Saddam wouldn’t accept the U.N. resolutions that called for Iraq to recognize Kuwait’s independence and pay it compensation. But, he said, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait. Gorbachev thought this was good enough. He called the White House. The president summoned his key advisors to discuss the Soviet offer. If Iraq withdrew, it would mean no bloody ground war, but Saddam would walk away unpunished, his war machine undefeated. At dawn the president called Gorbachev to tell him the deal was unacceptable. Bush’s carefully crafted international coalition was fragmenting. The French president, Francois Mitterrand, called to demand more time for diplomacy. As hundreds of oil wells blazed across Kuwait, the president issued a final ultimatum. Saddam ignored the warning. To obey, he believed, would have humiliated him in the eyes of the Arab world. Within a month of the air war, the ground war by the Allies began to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It was a very short and comprehensive victory.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
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6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahm...
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahmoud Hadary, fl. 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Bernard Shaw, 1940-, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
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Iraq (1970s - Present), Escalation (Conflict), Military alliances, Air raids, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, Iraqis, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001 SW Pictures
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60 Minutes, President Zelenskyy, Part 2
presented by Scott Pelley, 1957-; produced by Maria Gavrilovic, fl. 2011-2015; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2022), 11 mins
An interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy discusses the civilian casualties in Bucha and the challenges he faces leading a country under attack. Includes interviews with Valeriy Matvienko, and Tetyana Dmitriivna, residents of Bucha; and Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff and bus...
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presented by Scott Pelley, 1957-; produced by Maria Gavrilovic, fl. 2011-2015; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2022), 11 mins
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An interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy discusses the civilian casualties in Bucha and the challenges he faces leading a country under attack. Includes interviews with Valeriy Matvienko, and Tetyana Dmitriivna, residents of Bucha; and Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff and business partner.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Maria Gavrilovic, fl. 2011-2015
Author / Creator
Scott Pelley, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 1978-, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., 1942-
Topic / Theme
Military aid, Military maneuvers, Civilian war casualties, Invasions, Atrocities, Death tolls (Casualties), Russo-Ukrainian War, 20 February 2014 to present, War and Violence, Ukrainians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Activities in Northern Burma, August 6, 1956
in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Subject Files 1949-1958 - Border Incursions, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (06 August 1956), Box 1, 320.0024 Border Incursion 1956 , 2 page(s)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Subject Files 1949-1958 - Border Incursions, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (06 August 1956), Box 1, 320.0024 Border Incursion 1956 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
06 August 1956, 1956
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Burma and Thailand Border, Military encampments, Military maneuvers, Military units, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, French, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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CNN Specials, Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, One Year Later
presented by Fareed Zakaria, 1964-, in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2023), 1 hour 5 mins
Marking the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria leads a town hall with the Biden Administration’s national security team: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
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presented by Fareed Zakaria, 1964-, in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2023), 1 hour 5 mins
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Marking the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria leads a town hall with the Biden Administration’s national security team: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Panel discussion
Contributor
Fareed Zakaria, 1964-, Jake Sullivan, 1976-, Samantha Power, 1970-
Author / Creator
Fareed Zakaria, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
CNN Specials
Speaker / Narrator
Samantha Power, 1970-, Jake Sullivan, 1976-
Person Discussed
Samantha Power, 1970-, Jake Sullivan, 1976-, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., 1942-
Topic / Theme
Security forces, Postwar reconstruction, War casualties, Invasions
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Copyright © 2023 Cable News Network (CNN)
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The Danish Solution
directed by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003; produced by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 59 mins
Sixty years ago the Final Solution was attempted in Denmark. The plan was averted, over 95 percent of the country's Jewish population survived the war. How and why Jews escaped the Nazis' blueprint for their extermination is the subject of this compelling new documentary film. Through the very human testimony of s...
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directed by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003; produced by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 59 mins
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Sixty years ago the Final Solution was attempted in Denmark. The plan was averted, over 95 percent of the country's Jewish population survived the war. How and why Jews escaped the Nazis' blueprint for their extermination is the subject of this compelling new documentary film. Through the very human testimony of survivors, the story of the Danish rescue is told with clarity, empathy and humor. Because what happened in Denmark has taken on legenda...
Sixty years ago the Final Solution was attempted in Denmark. The plan was averted, over 95 percent of the country's Jewish population survived the war. How and why Jews escaped the Nazis' blueprint for their extermination is the subject of this compelling new documentary film. Through the very human testimony of survivors, the story of the Danish rescue is told with clarity, empathy and humor. Because what happened in Denmark has taken on legendary proportions, the filmmakers have carefully researched the subject, separating the truths from the myths, such as that of the Danish King wearing the Yellow Star. In addition to the survivors' stories, the filmmakers have interviewed rescuers and scholars. From members of the resistance to ordinary people who helped when they saw a need, viewers will be introduced to courageous people who took action to save their threatened compatriots. The film points out the reasons why the Danish Jews were not treated as harshly by the Nazis as Jews elsewhere. This story is a fascinating chapter of Holocaust history. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Karen Cantor, fl. 2003, Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc., Garrison Keillor, 1942-
Author / Creator
Karen Cantor, fl. 2003, Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Garrison Keillor, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Holocaust (1933-1945), Antisemitism, Cultural identity, Invasions, Jewish people, Military occupation, Refugees, History curriculums, German Invasion of Denmark, April 9, 1940, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, Sociology, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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![Incoming Message from 15 Army GP to CG Fifth Army [Personal for Gen. Truscott], May 4, 1945](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007867xxx/1007867961/1007867961-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Incoming Message from 15 Army GP to CG Fifth Army [Personal for Gen. Truscott], May 4, 1945")
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Incoming Message from 15 Army GP to CG Fifth Army [Personal for Gen. Truscott], May 4, 1945
in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (04 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
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in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (04 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
04 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Military maneuvers, World War II, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Incoming Message from Field Marshall Alexander to AGWAR for Combined Chiefs of Staff, June 9, 1945
written by Harold Alexander, 1891-1969, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (09 June 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
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written by Harold Alexander, 1891-1969, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (09 June 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
09 June 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Harold Alexander, 1891-1969
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Military withdrawals, World War II, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, Italians, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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![Incoming Message from Field Marshall Alexander to AGWAR for Combined Chiefs of Staff, June 9, 1945 [Copy]](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007867xxx/1007867903/1007867903-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Incoming Message from Field Marshall Alexander to AGWAR for Combined Chiefs of Staff, June 9, 1945 [Copy]")
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Incoming Message from Field Marshall Alexander to AGWAR for Combined Chiefs of Staff, June 9, 1945 [Copy]
written by Harold Alexander, 1891-1969, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (09 June 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
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written by Harold Alexander, 1891-1969, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (09 June 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
09 June 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Harold Alexander, 1891-1969
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Military withdrawals, World War II, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, Italians, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Memo, and Copies, from L. K. Truscott to C.G, 15th Army Group, May 13, 1945
written by Lucian Truscott, Jr., 1895-1965, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (13 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-T , 3 page(s)
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written by Lucian Truscott, Jr., 1895-1965, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (13 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-T , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
13 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Lucian Truscott, Jr., 1895-1965
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military withdrawals, Military occupation, World War II, 1939-1945, Geography, Politics & Policy, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Memo from Colonel T. J. Conway to the Commanding General, Fifth Army, May 15, 1945
written by Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 May 1945), French-Italian Border Dispute Correspondence, Franco-Italian Border Dispute, June - July 1945 , 3 page(s)
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written by Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 May 1945), French-Italian Border Dispute Correspondence, Franco-Italian Border Dispute, June - July 1945 , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
15 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990
Person Discussed
Paul-Andre Doyen, 1881-1974
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Political boundaries, Military maneuvers, Politics & Policy, Italians, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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