-Education: Fieldcraft and Acclimation-
Using information and propaganda as a weapon were not a new concept in 1990, but in some ways the Gulf War was a time when psychological warfare and disseminating pertinent information to allied and opposing forces became not only necessary, but played a large part in winning the conflict.
It has to be said that the reason so many of Iraqi’s conscripts surrendered is because they had been educated on the way and the ability to do so via air dropped leaflets developed by various groups within the US military. If you would like to know more about those, I highly recommend the Psywarrior website which has a repository of stories and publications.
I also have in my possession a copy of the “leaflet magazine” that collected many of the 4th Psy Ops Group’s various propaganda pieces that were dropped on Iraqi lines by pretty much any and every means you can imagine. This magazine includes the original flyers with English translation and explanations. It’s a large file, scanned from the original booklet which measures 9 and 1/2 inches wide by 13 and 1/2 inches tall, and while available here it can also be downloaded from the Internet Archive.
But what I really want to bring attention to is the information that ended up in the hands of American soldiers; mostly educational material meant to acclimate and assist soldiers in the desert. I have scanned a number of these from my collection and turned them into searchable PDF’s that are available for download.