2003 invasion of Iraq |
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Part of the Iraq War |
From left to right: Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Regiment escort Iraqi prisoners of war; a convoy of U.S. military vehicles in a sandstorm; U.S. soldiers watch an enemy building in Baghdad burn; Iraqi civilians cheer as a statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled. |
Date | 20 March – 1 May 2003 (1 month, 1 week and 4 days) |
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Location | Iraq |
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Result | Coalition operational success |
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Belligerents |
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Coalition forces: United States United Kingdom Australia Poland
With military support from: Iraqi National Congress Peshmerga | Iraq MEK (until ceasefire in 2003) Ansar al-Islam |
Commanders and leaders |
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George W. Bush Dick Cheney Donald Rumsfeld Tommy Franks Tony Blair Brian Burridge John Howard Peter Cosgrove Aleksander Kwaśniewski Masoud Barzani Babakir Zebari Jalal Talabani Kosrat Rasul Ali Ahmed Chalabi | Saddam Hussein Qusay Hussein Uday Hussein Abid Hamid Mahmud Ali Hassan al-Majid Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ra'ad al-Hamdani Taha Yassin Ramadan Tariq Aziz Muqtada AlSadr |
Strength |
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United States: 466,985 personnel United Kingdom: 45,000 troops Australia: 2,000 troops Poland: 194 Special Forces Peshmerga: 70,000
Iraqi National Congress: 620 | |