The 2003 invasion of Iraq [b] was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, [ 24 ] including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a United States-led combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the Republic of Iraq .

2025年2月4日 · Iraq War, conflict in Iraq (2003–11) that consisted of two phases: a conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops primarily from the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq and defeated Iraqi military forces, and a second phase consisting of a U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.

At dawn on 20 March 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom began with 295,000 US and allied troops invading Iraq across its border with Kuwait. 70,000 members of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia fought Iraqi...

2009年11月24日 · On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq.

This is a timeline of the events surrounding the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Coalition invasion route: The majority of US and British invasion forces approached Iraq from the south en route to Baghdad.

In March 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein. When WMD intelligence proved illusory and a ...

The 2003 invasion of Iraq began on March 20. On March 18, US President George W. Bush had set a deadline for the ruler of Iraq , Saddam Hussein , and his two sons, Uday and Qusay , to leave the country or face military action.

2001年9月11日 · On March 17, 2003, the coalition gave Hussein and his sons Uday and Qusay forty-eight hours to leave Iraq. On March 20, 2003, coalition forces proceeded to attack, bombing hundreds of targets in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in Mosul, the second-largest city, and in the southern city of Kirkuk.

On 20 March 2003, a coalition led by the United States invaded Iraq. Also known as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the attack was the first stage of the Iraq War. It took less than three weeks for coalition forces to surge into Baghdad and end Saddam Hussein’s 30-year reign.

2001年9月11日 · In 2003, America’s role as sole superpower was once again tested—in Iraq, the heart of the Middle East. Called “Operation Iraqi Freedom” an invasion was launched in March 2003. The United States, Great Britain, and other coalition forces attacked and overthrew Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime in Iraq.