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re: It took the US 3 weeks to capture Baghdad

Posted on 2/26/22 at 8:31 am to
Posted by Mouth
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Posted on 2/26/22 at 8:31 am to
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It took the US 3 weeks to capture Baghdad



Wasn’t that the strategy so to keep casualties at a minimum?
Posted by BohicaBob
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Posted on 2/26/22 at 8:45 am to
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Wasn’t that the strategy so to keep casualties at a minimum?


It was literally called the “Race to Baghdad.”

General Mattis even fired one of his regimental commanders in the middle of the invasion for slowing down at Nasiryah instead of just crashing straight through the town as fast as he could.
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