Battle of Baghdad (2003)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Baghdad (2003) was the decisive U.S.-led coalition assault that resulted in the rapid fall of Iraq’s capital and the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime during the Iraq War.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Baghdad (2003) canonical 3
Fall of Baghdad (2003) 2
Thunder Run armored assaults into Baghdad 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Baghdad (2003)
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
commander Ali Hassan al-Majid ⓘ
Qusay Hussein ⓘ
Ricardo Sanchez ⓘ
Saddam Hussein ⓘ
Tommy Franks ⓘ
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
date 2003-04-03 ⓘ
2003-04-12 ⓘ
endDate 2003-04-12 ⓘ
followedBy insurgency in Iraq ⓘ
occupation of Baghdad ⓘ
involvesMilitaryUnit Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Baghdad Division

Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Division

1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 1st Marine Division

3rd Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 3rd Infantry Division

U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 82nd Airborne Division elements
locatedIn Baghdad ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Baghdad (2003) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thunder Run armored raids into Baghdad

toppling of Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos Square ⓘ
opponent Fedayeen ⓘ
surface form: Fedayeen Saddam

Iraqi Army ⓘ
Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
surface form: Saddam Hussein government forces
partOf 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
partOfCampaign Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
precededBy Battle of Karbala ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Karbala (2003)

Battle of Najaf (2003) ⓘ
primaryAttacker Multinational force in Iraq ⓘ
surface form: U.S.-led coalition forces
primaryDefender Iraqi Army ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi government forces
result coalition victory ⓘ
collapse of Saddam Hussein regime control over capital ⓘ
fall of Baghdad ⓘ
significance decisive battle leading to fall of Iraqi capital in 2003 invasion ⓘ
marked effective end of Ba'athist control over Baghdad ⓘ
startDate 2003-04-03 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Baghdad ⓘ
overthrow of Saddam Hussein regime control of capital ⓘ
typeOfWarfare armored warfare ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraq War → keyEvent → Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → notableEvent → Battle of Baghdad (2003) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thunder Run armored raids into Baghdad
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Baghdad (2003)
Battle of Najaf (2003) → followedBy → Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
Operation Iraqi Freedom → battleOrCampaign → Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad → notableEvent → Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thunder Run armored assaults into Baghdad
Battle of Baghdad → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Baghdad (2003)