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COMMANDER // 1937–2006

Saddam Hussein

mushirKingdom of IraqIraq13 battles4 wars

Lifespan

1937 – 2006

1940195019601970198019902000Iran–Iraq War · 1980-1988Gulf War · 1990–1991Iraq War · 2003–2011 major U.S. combat/occupation periodWar on Terrorism · 2001-2021Battle of Khorramshahr — September 22, 1980 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarSiege of Abadan — November 6, 1980 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarOperation Tariq al-Qods — December 7, 1981 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarOperation Ramadan — August 3, 1982 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarOperation Undeniable Victory — March 22, 1982 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarSiege of Basra — February 26, 1987 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarHundred-Hour Ground War — Feb 1991 · Iraq · Gulf WarKhafji — Jan 1991 · Iraq · Gulf WarOperation Desert Storm — January 17, 1991 · Iraq · Gulf War2003 invasion of Iraq — March 20, 2003 · Iraq · Iraq WarBaghdad Drive — Apr 2003 · Iraq · Iraq WarIraq War — March 20, 2003 · Ba'athist Iraq · War on TerrorismIraqi invasion of Kuwait — August 2, 2009 · Iraq · Gulf War

Active service 1980–2009 — 13 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 43.

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Battles (13)

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