Gulf War - OIF
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) took place from 2003 to 2011. The invasion
took place in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in September 2001. It was
suspected that Iraq had weapons of
mass destruction (WMD) that it would possibly transfer to terrorist
groups and it was suspected that Iraq participated in the some manner in
the 9/11 attacks. Proof of WMDs and it's participation in 9/11 is somewhat
lacking. In 2011 OIF
was renamed Operation New Dawn
(OND) - signifying the end to combat operations and the train, advise, and
assist phase of the war.
Resources About History of the Iraq War (2003-2011) Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Iraq - A Country Study. Library of Congress.
Academic
Info. Directory of online resources for Iraq studies.
War in
Iraq. Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia.
The
Third Persian Gulf War. The History Guy.
Six
Years in Iraq. A brief history of the war. TIME.
Iraq War.
History.com. Articles, videos, and facts.
The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions. Foreign
Affairs.
Publications on the Post-Iraq War period are listed here.
Military Resources on the Iraq War (2003-2011)
Fontenot, COL Gregory et al, On Point: The United States Army in
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Through 1 May 2003, Combat Studies Institute
Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas., 2004.
http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/OnPointI.pdf
Wright, Dr. Donald P. and Colonel Timothy R. Reese, On Point II:
Transition to the New Campaign - The United States Army in Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM May 2003 - January 2005, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, 2008.
http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/OnPointII.pdf
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