The so-called “thunder run” of the 3rd Infantry Division was only possible because:
* “shock & awe” SEAD
* massive air assaults by over 1800 aircraft
* extensive bombing of Bagdad itself
* complete lack of effective resistance from the Iraqis, who had been massacred in places like the Highway of Death, as they attempted to flee.
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Iraq. The Highway of #
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