War in Iraq (2003)

2003 invasion of Iraq

Part of the Iraq War

U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tanks and their crews pose for a photo in front of the "Victory Arch" monument at Baghdad's Ceremony Square in November 2003.

Date

20 March – 1 May 2003
(1 month, 1 week and 4 days)

Location

Iraq

Result

Coalition victory

Iraqi Ba'athist government overthrown
Occupation of Iraq until 2011
New Iraqi government established
Beginning of the Iraq War

Belligerents

Coalition forces:
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland

With military support from:
Iraqi National Congress
Peshmerga

Iraq

Arab volunteers

Ansar al-Islam

Commanders and leaders

George W. Bush
Tommy Franks
Tony Blair
Brian Burridge

Masoud Barzani

Babakir Zebari

Jalal Talabani

Kosrat Rasul Ali
Ahmed Chalabi

Saddam Hussein

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Ra'ad al-Hamdani

Taha Yassin Ramadan

Abu Abdullah Warya Salih ash-Shafi'i

Strength

380,000 troops

United States: 192,000 troops
United Kingdom: 45,000 troops

Australia: 2,000 troops
Poland: 194 Special Forces

Peshmerga: 70,000

Iraqi National Congress: 620

Iraqi Armed Forces: 375,000
Special Iraqi Republican Guard: 12,000
Iraqi Republican Guard: 70,000–75,000
Fedayeen Saddam: 30,000
Iraqi reserves: 650,000

Ansar al-Islam: 600–800

Casualties and losses

Coalition:
172 killed (139 U.S., 33 UK)
551 wounded (U.S.)
Peshmerga:
24+ killed

Total:
196+ killed

Estimated Iraqi combatant fatalities: 30,000 (figure attributed to General Tommy Franks)

7,600–11,000 (4,895–6,370 observed and reported) (Project on Defense Alternatives study)

13,500–45,000 (extrapolated from fatality rates in units serving around Baghdad)
Total: 7,600–45,000 killed

Estimated Iraqi civilian fatalities:
7,269 (Iraq Body Count)

3,200–4,300 (Project on Defense Alternatives study)

Coalition victory

Coalition forces:
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland

With military support from:
Iraqi National Congress
Peshmerga

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