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A US Army (USA) M1A1 Abrams, Main Battle Tank (MBT) maneuvers through the desert south of Baghdad, near Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)

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A US Army (USA) M1A1 Abrams, Main Battle Tank (MBT) maneuvers through the desert south of Baghdad, near Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Al Iskandariyah

State: Al Anbar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public
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Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.

Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.

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19/05/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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