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Well that's it! Our Operation Iraqi Freedom series is at an end. I hope you've enjoyed the series, we've loved producing it. The next major series will be announced later in the year. Guesses...?
The final episode - The Fall of Baghdad & "Victory" - https://youtu.be/EIXUR-nXyT4
Today we go into Ukraine. These will be our chariots - the funds were raised by you. They will be handed directly to the Ukrainian Army tomorrow. Well done everyone 💪
Thanks to the Russian troll farms for boosting the algorithm on the fundraiser video so we could raise more x
In partnership with the Australian Army, The Operations Room is pleased to announce the release of Australia's Battle of Kapyong - Episode 4 of the Australian Army Battle Honours Series:
cove.army.gov.au/article/australias-battle-kapyong
Episode 1 - Gallipoli is available here:
cove.army.gov.au/article/australias-gallipoli-camp…
Episode 2 - Beersheba is available here (this was produced by a different team):
cove.army.gov.au/article/australias-battle-of-beer…
Episode 3 - Kokoda is available here:
cove.army.gov.au/article/australias-kokoda-campaig…
Coming in 2025, Episode 5 will be Australia's Battle of Long Tan...
It's the big one - The First Baghdad Thunder Run, Iraq 2003 - Animated is now available to watch completely ad and sponsor free for early release on our Patreon. If you'd like to support us to produce further major series we'd love to have you as part of our community at www.patreon.com/TheOperationsRoom
5 year anniversary of The Operations Room. Cheers friends, it's been fun
The Australian Army was inspired by The Operations Room to produce The Australian Army Battle Honours Series - an animated series of videos on significant battles from Australian military history.
In 2023, the Australian Army released Episode 3 in the series - Australia's Kokoda Campaign. Watch it here:
https://youtu.be/Kra4C6cU7jo?si=RTp-3...
Episode 1 in the series - Australia's Gallipoli Campaign is available here:
https://youtu.be/qrPDlmmO69A?si=Spr1r...
Episode 2 in the series - Australia's Battle of Beersheba (produced by another team, not us) is available here:
https://youtu.be/XrDXrmzXQQw?si=NKnWJ...
I'm pleased to announce that The Operations Room has now produced Episode 4 - Australia's Battle of Kapyong. Coming soon on 23rd April 2024.
We're looking for talented animators to join our international team at The Operations Room. Applicants must have a keen interest in military history, and be most excellent in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. Please submit applications to theopsroomapplications@gmail.com. Please submit a simple 20 second render of a "The Operations Room" looking combined arms scene of your creation, without copying one our existing videos. I look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks to your amazing generosity on the Ukrainian Army pickup truck fundraiser, we've raised a massive €20k!!
This will be used to purchase more hugely important pickup trucks which will be delivered directly to the Ukrainian Army for logistics, casualty evacuations and communications. I've spoken to YOUkraine NGO and we're going to try to squeeze 3 truck purchases out of this total. Thank you so much!
An amazing effort everyone, well done. A special thanks to the Russian troll farms for their engagement in the comments section, boosting the video's performance on YouTube, and helping us to raise more money for the Ukrainian Army x
As promised here are the screenshots of the donations made via Super Thanks on the video itself for full transparency.
The total from Super Thanks was £5896.32. Using the PayPal GBP/EUR exchange rate of 1.11784 (at 14:12 on Wednesday 27th March 2024) this is €6591.14. The screenshots below show the donations, exchange rate, and confirmation from PayPal that the payment was made to YOUkraine NGO today at 14:12.
Another €13391.86 was donated directly to YOUkraine NGO via their website at YOUkraine.at. The grand total was €19,983. A spectacular effort.
If you haven't seen the video of our last trip to Ukraine, check it out here https://youtu.be/O_XZ8ICsBac
OTD 20th March 2003 - Operation Iraqi Freedom begins
If you haven't already, follow our Operation Iraqi Freedom series here - https://youtu.be/Ednt3yDM-SA
Creating battle map animations of the most important battles and events in history.
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