Desert Storm - The Ground War, Day 3 - The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting - Animated

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26th February 1991, Desert Storm - G+2 - VII Corps finds the Republican Guard in the desert at very close range during a sandstorm. Outnumbered, Eagle Troop are thrust into the fight of their lives. The largest tank battle since World War 2 is beginning.

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Sources:
Jayhawk: The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War - Stephen A. Bourque
Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War - Rick Atkinson
Desert Storm Air War: The Aerial Campaign against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War - Jim Corrigan
Every Man a Tiger - Tom Clancy with General Chuck Horner
XVIII Corps in Desert Storm - Charles Lane Toomey

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