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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787565403321

Autore

Lacey Jim <1958->

Titolo

Takedown [[electronic resource] ] : the 3rd Infantry Division's twenty-one day assault on Baghdad / / by Jim Lacey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Md., : Naval Institute Press, c2007

ISBN

1-61251-434-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/34

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The colonels' war -- The breach (20-21 March) -- First clash: Tallil Air Base (21 March) -- The Ba'ath armies -- Samawah: we planned a parade (22-24 March) -- Battle of the LOCs (22-30 March) -- Objective rams (22-23 March) -- The escarpment (23-24 March) -- Ambush alley (24-25 March) -- "Tell Saddam we're winning" -- Najaf: the hornets' nest (25-27 March) -- Al Kifl (26-29 March) -- Riding to the cavalry's rescue (27-29 March) -- The dark hours -- Karbala (1 April) -- Objective peach (2 April) -- The other side of the hill -- Saints and south (3-5 April) -- The cavalry heads west (3-7 April) -- Before the crash: under the sniper's scope -- Baghdad International Airport (4-5 April) -- Thunder run I (5 April) -- Titans (4-8 April) -- Thunder run II: collapse of the regime (7 April) -- Reflections -- Index.