How The Houthis STEAMROLLED Strategic Red Sea Coast (History Legends)

Breakdown of the Houthi offensive on the Red Sea coast that led to the capture of the strategic town of Mocha.



History Legends channel looking at what happened on the ground in Yemen. This is part of why there will be shortages of oil and the resulting high fuel prices. You think things are expensive right now ...

Also, while the video shows a lot of technical vehicles (pick up trucks) the Houthis also have drones and missiles, and underground mountain fortresses, which makes a Western intervention very difficult - like the situation with Iran, but they are more isolated, smaller and weaker. In the past French forces successfully intervened in Mali, but the complexities here, and scale, make such an expedition more dangerous.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 20, 2026.]