100-Hour War: Why Operation Desert Storm Was So Successful | Line Of Fire

Inside The Most One-Sided War In Modern History In early 1991, the world watched live as Operation Desert Storm was launched. Spearheaded by the US, a massive 39-nation coalition assembled to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein’s invading forces. Facing the fourth-largest army in the world, Allied air and ground forces achieved a decisive victory in just 100 hours. Featuring harrowing accounts from downed pilots held as prisoners of war, this documentary details the rapid campaign, the controversy of the Highway of Death, and how this short conflict reshaped the Middle East forever. War Stories is your one-stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. You can find more from

Tibet has always been a disputed territory between India and China. The tension between the two nations has spilt over into violent clashes on multiple occasions and still results in border skirmishes to this day.

Over 100 years later, The Battle of the Somme remains the bloodiest day in British military history. A futile attempt to break the stalemate of trench warfare, this disastrous offensive would end with very little change on the frontlines and over 600,000 British and French soldiers dead. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

Discover the final phase of WW2 as Allied troops race towards Germany and Stalin begins to redraw the political map of Europe. General Montgomery unveils Operation Market Garden, his bold idea to win the war, and Hitler launches one last desperate offensive resulting in the Battle of the Bulge. Also witness the shocking discovery of the Nazi concentration camps. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Northern France is still the most ambitious amphibious military operation of all time. It took years of planning and an enormous amount of resources but was a complete success. This success was far from guaranteed however. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

Just before dawn on 10 May 1940 the largest concentration of motorised vehicles in history roared into action. After months of quiet it was the start of Hitler’s invasion of the West. What followed was a stunning combination of new tactics and new technologies that left Britain and France – two world superpowers - reeling. Within 6 weeks the latter would sign a humiliating armistice, ensuring that almost all of continental Europe had fallen under the grip of Nazi rule. But why did France fall so quickly? In this documentary Dan Snow tells the story of the 6 weeks that led to the Fall of France in 1940 and how its outcome helped shape the course of the 20th century.