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Polish involvement in the Iraq War
Part of the Iraq War
A Polish Army soldier patrol leader debriefs his team after completing an afternoon patrol around the perimeter of Camp Babylon, Iraq.
Date
17 March 2003 – 19 December 2011 (2003-03-17 – 2011-12-19)
Location
Multinational Division Central-South, Iraq
Result
Overthrow of Ba'athist Iraq, see 2003 invasion of Iraq for details
Withdrawal of Polish troops alongside other international troops in 2011, see Iraq War for details
Belligerents
Poland
Ba'athist Iraq (2003)Iraqi insurgents
Ba'ath Loyalists
Mahdi Army
Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Lech Kaczyński
Bronisław Komorowski
Radosław Sikorski
Bogdan Klich
Saddam Hussein
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Muqtada al-Sadr
Abu Deraa
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Strength
2,500 (2005)
Casualties and losses
28 killedAround 150 wounded
On March 17, 2003, then Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski announced that Poland would send about 2,000 troops to the Persian Gulf to take part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Polish soldiers had been present in the region since July 2002 and combat was first confirmed on March 24. These formed the fourth of the larger military contributions to the forces arrayed against Iraq (with the United States, Great Britain and Australia).
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