Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction -- The colonels' war -- The breach (20-21 March) -- First clash: Tallil Air Base (21 March) -- The Ba'ath armies -- Samawah: we planned a parade (22-24 March) -- Battle of the LOCs (22-30 March) -- Objective rams (22-23 March) -- The escarpment (23-24 March) -- Ambush alley (24-25 March) -- "Tell Saddam we're winning" -- Najaf: the hornets' nest (25-27 March) -- Al Kifl (26-29 March) -- Riding to the cavalry's rescue (27-29 March) -- The dark hours -- Karbala (1 April) -- Objective peach (2 April) -- The other side of the hill -- Saints and south (3-5 April) -- The cavalry heads west (3-7 April) -- Before the crash: under the sniper's scope -- Baghdad International Airport (4-5 April) -- Thunder run I (5 April) -- Titans (4-8 April) -- Thunder run II: collapse of the regime (7 April) -- Reflections -- Index |
Summary |
Over time the impression has grown that the 2003 invasion of Iraq met with little resistance and that, with few exceptions, the Iraqi army simply melted away. As this book clearly shows, nothing could be further from the truth. In its drive to capture Baghdad, the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division was in nearly constant combat for twenty-one days. While Americans were watching Saddam's statue being torn down on TV, a brigade of the 3rd ID was on the verge of being overrun by Iraqi Republican Guard units trying to escape north. Told to hold two bridges in his sector, a brigade commander ha |
Analysis |
Iraq War, 2003- |
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United States // Army // Infantry Division, 3rd |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
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Subject |
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 3rd.
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 3rd fast |
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USA Infantry Division 3 gnd |
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 3rd. nli |
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USA -- Infantry Division (3) swd |
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Documentary photography.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Political aspects
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects
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documentary photography.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Documentary photography
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Social aspects
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Golfkrieg 2003
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2006036392 |
ISBN |
9781612514345 |
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1612514340 |
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