Operation Telic

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British military operation Iraq War campaign military operation

Operation Telic was the codename for the British military campaign in Iraq, beginning with the 2003 invasion and continuing through subsequent occupation and stabilization efforts.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military operation → Iraq War campaign → military operation →
ally	Australia → Poland → United States →
belligerent	United Kingdom →
branch	British Army → Royal Air Force → Royal Navy →
casualtiesUKKilled	approximately 179 →
casualtiesUKWounded	over 5,000 →
coalition	Multinational force in Iraq →
codenameFor	British military campaign in Iraq →
commandStructure	Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood →
conflict	Iraq War →
country	United Kingdom →
endDate	2009-04-30 →
legalBasisClaimedByUK	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 →
logisticsHub	Kuwait →
mainAreaOfOperations	Basra Governorate → southern Iraq →
notableBase	Basra Air Station → Shaibah Logistics Base →
notableBattle	Battle for Basra (2003) → Battle of Al Amarah → Operation Charge of the Knights →
notableCommander	Air Marshal Brian Burridge → Lieutenant General John Reith →
objective	disarm Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction → remove Saddam Hussein from power → support stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq →
partOf	2003 invasion of Iraq → occupation of Iraq → stabilization operations in Iraq →
peakTroopDeployment	approximately 46,000 British personnel →
phase	counter-insurgency operations → invasion phase → occupation phase → training and mentoring Iraqi security forces →
result	withdrawal of British combat forces from Iraq in 2009 →
startDate	2003-03-19 → 2003-03-20 →
successor	Operation Shader →
theatre	Iraq →
typeOfWarfare	conventional warfare → counter-insurgency →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Operation Iraqi Freedom") → British Army → Irish Guards → No. 2 Squadron RAF → Parachute Regiment → RAF Strike Command → Royal Logistic Corps →	notableOperation
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → Joint Helicopter Command →	conflict
John Reith →	militaryOperation
3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment →	notableEngagement
PJHQ ("Iraq War (Operation Telic)") →	notableOperationRole
Queen’s Royal Hussars →	notableTheatre
Operation Shader ("United Kingdom military intervention against ISIL") →	partOf
Shaibah Logistics Base →	supportedOperation
RAF Tristar →	usedInOperation