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2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | (The numbers when naval, logistics, intelligence, and air force personnel are included were 214,000 Americans, 45,000 British, 2,000 Australians and 2,400 Polish.) Plans for opening a second front in the north were abandoned when Turkey officially refused the use of its territory for such purposes. |
 | | The number of personnel in the Iraqi military prior to the war was uncertain, but it was believed to have been poorly-equipped. |
 | | Even with the large number of RPG attacks by irregular Iraqi forces, few Coalition tanks were lost and no tank crewmen were killed by hostile fire. |
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