Thunder Run
The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

A 15 and a half hour unabridged audiobook. Having been in south Iraq at the time, and guarding a captured and converted airfield, I first heard we captured Baghdad a few days after it happened. I didn't believe the rumor because we had literally been told that to expect to partake in street fighting......more

This book will immediately bring you to the midst of the Iraqi War without any background story. Fully action packed and non stop fighting. As I read through this book, I really feel depress. A lots of lives were lost for no good reasons. However this book did not address this issue.......more

One of my favorite books about modern armored warfare. (As far as Iraq, I'd add The Eyes of Orion and Iron Soldiers.). The core of the book is a run, up the gut, into Baghdad -- with a relatively small force. Probably contrary to every bit of book learning about an assault on a large urban area. Aud......more

Here is the minute-by-minute description of the armored offensive to capture Baghdad that the 3rd Infantry Division executed in March 2003. The best book about one campaign since Black Hawk Down, Thunder Run wastes few pages with setting the scene, prefering instead to dive into the maelstrom of the......more