All Episodes
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73 Easting: Episode 6 — The Corps Cavalry
The 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment was the forward screen of VII Corps, but its mission went far beyond traditional scouting. This episode introduces the regiment that wo...
73 Easting: Episode 7 — Train for the Fight
Training was one of the decisive weapons at 73 Easting, and this episode shows how that weapon was forged before the Gulf War began. The focus falls on Eagle Troop, Ca...
73 Easting: Episode 8 — Abrams, Bradleys, and Thermals
Abrams tanks, Bradley cavalry fighting vehicles, and thermal sights gave American crews a powerful advantage at 73 Easting, but this episode avoids treating technology...
73 Easting: Episode 9 — Thirty-Eight Days of Air
The coalition air campaign that began on January 17, 1991, shaped the battlefield before VII Corps ever reached the Republican Guard. For thirty-eight days, aircraft s...
73 Easting: Episode 10 — 24 February
The ground war opened on February 24, 1991, with coalition forces attacking across a front that stretched from the Persian Gulf deep into the western desert. This epis...
73 Easting: Episode 11 — The Breach Before
73 Easting could happen, the coalition had to solve the old armored warfare problem of mines, obstacles, trenches, wire, and prepared defenses. This episode follows th...
73 Easting: Episode 12 — Busayyah
Busayyah was a Desert Storm battle often overshadowed by 73 Easting, but it played an important role in clearing the path for VII Corps’ eastward turn. This episode fo...
73 Easting: Episode 13 — Turn East
Turn East follows the crucial moment when Lieutenant General Frederick Franks committed VII Corps to the 90-degree turn that would bring it into the Iraqi armored defe...
73 Easting: Episode 14 — Objective Collins
Objective Collins marked the threshold where the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment moved from approach march into dangerous contact. This episode follows the regiment east o...
73 Easting: Episode 15 — 68 Easting
68 Easting was the first sharp warning that the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment had reached the Tawakalna security zone. This episode follows Eagle Troop’s early contact w...
73 Easting: Episode 16 — The 70 Easting Line
The 70 Easting line was an invisible map boundary that became a real tactical problem in the middle of the storm. Eagle and Ghost Troops halted at the limit of advance...
73 Easting: Episode 17 — Past the Limit of Advance
Past the Limit of Advance examines the risk decision that carried the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment toward its defining battle. With Iraqi artillery falling and enemy po...
73 Easting: Episode 18 — 73 Easting
73 Easting is the centerpiece of the season and one of the most studied armored battles of the Gulf War. Around 4 p.m. on February 26, 1991, the 2d Armored Cavalry Reg...
73 Easting: Episode 19 — Iron, Eagle, and Ghost
Iron, Eagle, and Ghost brings the Battle of 73 Easting down from corps-level maps to the troop fights that soldiers actually experienced. This episode follows the cava...
73 Easting: Episode 20 — Fire Support in the Storm
Fire Support in the Storm restores the guns and helicopters to the center of the 73 Easting story. The 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment’s tank and Bradley crews fought the ...
73 Easting: Episode 21 — Four Hours at 73 Easting
Four Hours at 73 Easting measures what the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment achieved before the battle ended around 1715 on February 26, 1991. Official accounts credit the ...
73 Easting: Episode 22 — The Pass-Through
The Pass-Through follows the morning of February 27, 1991, when the 1st Infantry Division moved through the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment to continue the attack against ...
73 Easting: Episode 23 — Objective Norfolk
Objective Norfolk was the huge night battle that followed 73 Easting and is often overshadowed by it. This episode follows armored forces advancing through darkness, d...
73 Easting: Episode 24 — Fratricide in the Dark
Fratricide in the Dark tackles one of the most difficult subjects in the 73 Easting and Objective Norfolk story: friendly fire during fast armored combat. This episode...
73 Easting: Episode 25 — Medina Ridge and the 100 Hours
Medina Ridge and the 100 Hours follows the final heavy blow of VII Corps as the ground campaign neared its cease-fire. On February 27, 1991, after 73 Easting and Objec...
