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

Author
Lacey, Jim, 1958-
Published
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2007]
Copyright Date
©2007
Physical Description
xiii, 267 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm

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Contents
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.
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ISBN
9781591144588 (alk. paper)
1591144582 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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