D13 INVASION OF IRAK 2003 v.4.1

The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The invasion phase consisted primarily of a conventionally fought war which included the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by American forces with the implicit assistance of the United Kingdom, alongside Australia and Poland.

Date 19 March 2003  1 May 2003 
Location :  Iraq 
Result :    Decisive Coalition victory 
Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party government toppled
Occupation of Iraq until the establishment of new Iraqi government.
Continuation of violence in the form of the Iraqi insurgency and sectarian conflicts.
Casualties and losses :
Coalition forces: 172 killed (139 U.S., 33 UK)
551 wounded (US) + At least 24 Peshmerga
Total: 196+ killed
Estimated Iraqi combatant fatalities: 30,000 (figure attributed to General Tommy Franks) 
Estimated Iraqi civilian fatalities:
7,269 (Iraq Body Count)

Campaign design: Michael Nowak 05/2012
Efile: OpenGus 7.3.0
Conversion: Kowdar
