How France Fought a Lightning War in Mali (Op Serval)
Battle Order
Mali is where you find Timbuktu, which should tell you something about the place. I was surprised to find that anyone thought there was anything there worth fighting over.
I found a few things worth noting in the original film. I don't know if any of them show up in the new one:
- the temperature: at times it reaches 140 degrees Fahrenheit (8 minute mark).
- the amount of gear the French troops were carrying (in excess of 100 pounds).
- Wild camels (18 minute mark).
- the amount of water you need to support a military force in the Sahara desert. 20 tons of water every day. (20 x 2000 / 4500 = 2 gallons per man).
- the amount of munitions they recovered from secret caches in the middle of nowhere. Literally tons of arms and ammunition. It was like the Jihadists were planning a war. (20 & 43 minute marks.)
Update July 2016 replaced missing video.
Update July 2023 replaced missing video with a different video on the same subject.
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You know, Friend, the Bible calls these folk- the ones where muslimity began- "A bitter and impetuous people." I thought that interesting . Today Impetuosity is likened to spontaneity and impulse- like choosing to eat chinese one night. A definition of that term is:"given, or predisposed to violence." Nuff said, as they say.
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