Iraqi ground troops after the overthrow of the monarchy:
After the successful military coup, the next stage of the construction of the Iraqi army began. During this period, the army participated in several demonstrations of strength and military conflicts that resulted in the Iraq-Iran War, the invasion of Kuwait, and finally the dissolution of the army in 2003.
In 1961, the Iraqi army participated in a show of force against neighboring Kuwait (a large-scale exercise near the Kuwaiti border) that saw a deterioration in relations with Britain, whose troops were stationed in Kuwait. Between 1961 and 1970 there were also large-scale military operations against the Kurds in the north of the country. Following Saddam Hussein's rise to power, a further major modernisation of the army began, which eventually led to conflict with Iran. By 1981, the Iraqi army had reached 200,000 soldiers in 12 divisions and 3 separate brigades. By 1985, the army had reached 500,000 soldiers in 23 divisions and 9 separate brigades. In 1991, just before the invasion of Kuwait, the ground forces totalled 955,000 troops in 40 infantry and 7 tank divisions and 20 self-supporting brigades. These volumes were concentrated in 7 army corps. In addition, the Iraqi ground forces also had 6 special brigades of the Republican Guard, Saddam Hussein's elite forces.
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The following should follow:
- Description of combat operations and structure of the Iraqi Army in the 1st Arab-Israeli War - Iraqi army participation, possible composition in subsequent rounds of the Arab-Israeli War - Structure, organizational composition, and links to articles on the Iraq-Iran War
II Corps: 3rd Panzer Division 15th Infantry Division 34th Infantry Division
The deployment of these three corps was in northern and central ča part of Iraq.
Ďother units:
10th Tank Division
Republican Guard units:
2nd Infantry Division Baghdad Al Nida Tank Division Medina Tank Division Nebuchadnezzar Infantry Division Chammurapi Mechanised Division 1st Mechanised Division Adnan
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Minister for Defence : Staff General Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Taj (al-Taji) Chief of Staff: Staff General Ibrahim Ahmad Abd-al Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti Inspector-General: General Ibrahim al-Khazraji Commander of the Air Force: Lieutenant General Hamid Rajah Sallah Commander of the Navy and Coastal Defence: Lieutenant General (equivalent of Vice Admiral) Ayad Hamoud Hassan Commander of II Corps: General Fawzi Ibrahim Tariq al-Luaibi Commander of III Corps : General Nuri Daud Meshaal al-Ubaidi Commander of the 6th Armoured Division : Lieutenant General Ijimi Bara Ahmed Khattab al-Nasirri Commander of the 11th Infantry Division : Lieutenant General Mustafa Mohammed Omar al-Azzavi Commander of the 18th Infantry Division : Lieutenant General Adel Abdullah al-Ghurrairi Commander of the 51st Mechanised Division : Lieutenant General Khalid Hatem Salih al-Hashimi
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Secretary-General of the Republican Guard : Lieutenant General Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikrity Chief of Staff of the Republican Guard : Lieutenant General Sayf ad-Din Fuladjih Hasan Taha al-Rawi Commander of the Special Republican Guard: Brigadier General Barzan Abdal Gafur Suleiman Majid Al-Tikrity Commander of the 1st Corps of the Republican Guard: Lieutenant General Majid Hussein Ali Ibrahim al-Dulajmi Commander of the 2nd Corps of the Republican Guard: Lieutenant General Ra'ad Majid al-Hamdani Commander of the Republican Guard "Nebuchadnezzar" Division : Major General Hamid Ismail Dawish Al Rabae Commander of the Republican Guard Division "Baghdad" : Staff Major General Salih Ibrahim Hammadi al-Salmani Commander of the Republican Guard Division 'Chamurapi': Staff Major General Najim Abdullah Zahwan al-Ajamili Commander of the Republican Guard 'Adnan' Division: Staff Major General Sufijah Mahir Hassan al-Tikriti Commander of the Republican Guard Division 'Medina': Staff Major General Riyadh Hussein Ali al-Najri al-Tikriti Commander of the Nida Division of the Republican Guard: Staff Major General Abdal-Karim Jassim Nafous al-Majid al-Tikriti Commander of the 108th Artillery Battalion : Colonel Muhammad Ibrahim Suleiman Commander of the Chemical Branch: General Amir Husayn Salih al-Salmani
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