WARTIME: A History Series




Less than a year after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
American soldiers were fighting house to house in the city of Fallujah. Known as
a hotbed of radical activity, Fallujah saw Coalition forces storming buildings
and trading machine gun fire with an almost invisible enemy. Fought by Army,
Marines, and Naval servicemen, the month-long struggle known as Operation
Phantom Fury stands as the harshest fighting seen by US soldiers since the
Vietnam War. After a month of fighting the city was recaptured, and the final
chapter remains to be written. On this episode we discuss Operation Phantom
Fury: The Second Battle of Fallujah.



S05E13: Operation Phantom Fury: The Second Battle of Fallujah

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Less than a year after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
American soldiers were fighting house to house in the city of Fallujah. Known as
a hotbed of radica

The Iraq War came about following a moment of crisis – September 11th, 2001. In real-time, the world watched our leaders react and made decisions based on fast-paced information presented to them, not unlike the moment we are currently facing in our country today. However, the response to the Iraq War led to an all-time low level of public trust in government and media, which is something we never fully recovered from. Each season of The Fault Line will cover defining moments in our history that shook our foundation. On the first season of The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq, renowned journalist, David Dimbleby, explores the 18 months between 9/11 and the start of the war and how the distrust in leadership response to crisis effects our world today. 
 
The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq – premieres on September 29th on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

Fault Line: Bush, Blair, and Iraq

On this episode we answer your questions and give away free books. From politics to history to films, Wartime holds nothing back!