Takedown : the 3rd Infantry Division's Twenty-One Day Assault on Baghdad /

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 Divis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lacey, Jim, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2007]
Temas:
United States. > Army. > Infantry Division, 3rd.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Division, 3rd
USA > Infantry Division > 3
USA > Infantry Division (3)
2003-2011
Documentary photography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Political aspects.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Social aspects.
Photographie documentaire.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect politique.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect social.
documentary photography.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Documentary photography
Social aspects
Golfkrieg > 2003
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Iraq
Iraq War, 2003-
United States // Army // Infantry Division, 3rd
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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