New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah Book Trailer

Fallujah. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first was Operation Vigilant Resolve, an aborted effort that April by U.S. Marines intent on punishing the city's insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Richard Lowry's New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah is the first comprehensive history of this fighting.

Also known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street combat that began on November 7 and continued unabated for seven bloody and exhausting weeks. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. Death and redemption were found everywhere, from narrow streets to courtyards, kitchens, bedrooms, and rooftops. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, compared to ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded).

Lowry (Marines in the Garden of Eden) spent years researching and writing his new campaign history. In addition to archival research, New Dawn is based upon the personal recollections of nearly 200 soldiers and Marines who participated in the battles for Fallujah, from the commanding generals who planned the operations to the privates who kicked in the doors. The result is a gripping, page-turning narrative of individual sacrifice and valor that also documents the battles for future military historians.

The struggle against a determined enemy at the crossroads of civilization is the story of American kids who grew up down the block from you only to fly halfway around the world to fight in the largest battle of the war. New Dawn is about their courage, their sacrifice, and their commitment to freedom. And it is a story you will never forget.

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• Iraq War
• Middle East
• Fallujah
• Marines
• Operation Vigilant Resolve
• Operation Phantom Fury
• Second Battle for Fallujah

[ssgduke56]

@yaseen435

May God forgive your Sins....For I won't Loser Wanna be Jihadist Punk! You ever dance with the Devil in the pale morning Light BOY?

[soldiermman]

@yaseen435 yeah fuck you too

[03jkeeley]

11 Iraqi army soldiers and 3 UK soldiers also died in this operation

[NancySubsister]

Way to go, Richard. My pride runs deep for you, your excellent book, New Dawn.

[bobc9246]

Great Book Richard and Great Video

Bob

[jay1812pk]

@yaseen435 you wish

[yaseen435]

May ALLAH destroy america .

[jackwag0n]

I was there and for some strange reason I wish I could go back to that place and time. Thank you for publishing our monumental sacrifices. For many of us, it is the only mark we will leave in this world and will hopefully live on after we pass. - USMC SGT/0311.

[jassf1]

book: House to House - David Bellavia

fucking amazing.. you will not regret reading, one of the best books i have read