The Iraq War is also called the US-Iraq War. Definitely don’t call it “World War II in the Gulf”! Why? You can compare:

Where was the main battlefield in the Gulf War? Is it from Iraq? No, the United States was authorized by the United Nations during the Gulf War! It was reasonable and legal to fight Iraq, but what about this time? The United Nations has repeatedly failed to pass resolutions calling for the United States to go to war, but what has the United States done? Let the war begin! Yes, that means this war is illegal. Is that correct? etc. Anyone who has studied the Gulf War and the Iraq War can give more examples!

If you don’t believe it, look at the live broadcast room of cctv4 at that time. It said “direct attack on the Iraq War” instead of “direct attack on the Gulf War II”

On March 20, 2003, the United States and the United Kingdom The US-led coalition officially declared war on Iraq. Australian and Polish troops also participated in the joint military operation. The military operation began after US President George W. Bush issued an ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that he and his son leave Iraq within 48 hours.

The joint force is composed of 120,000 US troops, 45,000 British troops, more than 2,000 Australian troops and 200 Polish troops. In addition, There are about 50,000 Iraqi rebels. They officially launched military strikes against Iraq through the US military base stationed in Kuwait.

The U.S. 3rd Infantry Division advanced from the desert northwest of Kuwait toward Baghdad. They were accompanied by several units of the U.S. 101st Air Assault Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. In the other direction, toward southeastern Iraq, the 1st U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force and the British Expeditionary Force (including the 1st Armored Division composed of the 4th and 7th Armored Brigades and several Marines) launched a pincer offensive to Open shipping lanes to Iraq. Two weeks into the war, the US military deployed the 173rd Airborne Brigade and special forces in the mountains of northern Iraq, and formed an alliance with the Kurdish rebels there. The US expected to deploy the 4th Infantry Division in the north due to Opposition from the Turkish parliament prevented him from participating in the fighting there.

After two weeks of fierce fighting, the British army first took control of Basra, the oil town in southern Iraq and the second largest city in Iraq. Humanitarian crises including water and power outages are occurring across Iraq. Many international humanitarian organizations have transported relief supplies to Iraq. Most of these aid supplies enter Iraq from the port of Umm Qasr (umm

qasr) controlled by the coalition forces, and some enter Iraq from Kuwait.

About three weeks after the war broke out, the US military successfully entered urban Baghdad without encountering any stubborn resistance on the way. Iraqi officials suddenly disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown, and a large number of Iraqi troops surrendered to the US military. Afterwards, Iraqi cities such as Baghdad and Basra fell into a state of anarchy. Frequent looting incidents occurred in Baghdad. The Baghdad Museum was looted and tens of thousands of precious cultural relics were missing. Some Iraqi people criticized the US military for not working hard to maintain security in Baghdad.