Schlacht um Bagdad

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), cover each other with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles as they prepare to enter one of Saddam Husseins palaces in Baghdad as they takeover the complex during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdos Square after the US invasion of Iraq. Found on the US military website. CAPTION:The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003. Three years later, Iraqi forces increasingly are taking the lead in securing their country.
Historische Übersicht
"Thunder Runs" der US-Panzer ins Zentrum der Hauptstadt.
Fakten auf einen Blick
USA (Marines)
- Befehlshaber: Buford Blount
- Truppenstärke: 10000
- Verluste: 34
Irak
- Befehlshaber: Saddam Hussein
- Truppenstärke: 40000
- Verluste: ca. 2.000
Strategischer Kontext
Sturz des Regimes von Saddam Hussein.
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