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(Iraq Region) 5 Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) 1995 2002: 16 July 1979 9 April 2003 [5] 23 years, 267 days Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) • Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • — Jay Garner جاي غارنر (born 1938) Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq — 21 April 2003 12 ...
Part of the Portuguese Colonial War: FNLA UNITA MPLA FLEC Portugal South Africa: 1961 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuba United States Brigade 2506: 1961 1962 French military rebellion in Algeria [19] [20] Part of the Algerian War France: OAS: 1961 1990 Nicaraguan Revolution: FSLN: Contras Nicaragua: 1961 1961 Bizerte crisis France Tunisia: 1961 1991
France The Heart of a Nation: Untel père et fils: Julien Duvivier: Drama, War. 1944 United States Mademoiselle Fifi: Robert Wise: Drama, War. Based on two short stories Mademoiselle Fifi, Boule de Suif. 1945 France Angel and Sinner: Boule de Suif: Christian-Jaque: Drama. Based on two short stories Mademoiselle Fifi, Boule de Suif.
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .
Pages in category "French war films" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 14-18;
The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [83] [84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition , which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein .
The government suppressed the rebellion. Eight years of war had taken a terrible toll of the Iraqi population: the war had cost Iraq an estimated quarter of those had been victims of the Iraqi Kurds; over 60,000 Iraqis remained prisoners of the Iranians; nearly one million Iraqis now served in the armed forces. [10]
Saddam greeting Carlos Cardoen– a Chilean businessman who provided Iraq with weapons during the war in the 1980s. In the first days of the war, there was heavy ground fighting around strategic ports as Iraq launched an attack on Khuzestan. After making some initial gains, Iraq's troops began to suffer losses from human wave attacks by Iran.