Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans Memorial

By smizelle

  • Bush warns Hussein to leave

    US President George W Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war.

  • Introduction of Operation Iraqi Freedom

    George Bush announces a campaign know as Operation Iraqi Freedom in attempt to disarm Iraq of their supposed Weapons of Mass Distruction

  • Allied forces help

    Allied forces begin the campaign with strikes on military targets, including an attempt to kill Saddam Hussein.

  • US topples Hussein's government

    US-led invasion topples Saddam Hussein's government, marks start of years of violent conflict with different groups competing for power.

  • Hussein's rule collapses

    Saddam Hussein's rule collapses in a matter of hours

  • Fall of Baghdad:

    Coalition forces moved into Baghdad, symbolically ending the twenty-four year reign of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

  • End of the Iraq War

    This was the end of the Iraq War. It lasted 1 month, 1 week and 4 days. Misson Completed.

  • Major combat operations

    U.S. President George W. Bush declares major combat operations in Iraq War.