Is it as impressive as our initial lightning campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq? No, but they aren’t going to let Saddam’s military put on civilian clothes and rejoin the fight in a few months either.
Very similar to WW II. It took the Russians three years to regain the territory the Germans took in a few months. But they were killing 10,000 Germans a day, primarily with artillery. When it was done, there was no doubt who won.
Can't really compare this to AF or IQ because they didn't have the air defense systems that UK has. And I do not believe Russia has the stealth planes that the US had.
