1. March 20, 2003
   April 4, 2004
2. December 9, 2002
   December 25, 2003

The Iraq war officially started on March 20, 2003.

1. Barack Obama
   George W Bush
2. Bill Clinton
   Tony Blair

After the 9/11 attacks on New York, George Bush was hell bent on destroying any terrorist threat in the Middle East. First came the invasion of Afghanistan looking for Osama bin Laden and then, Coalition forces invaded Iraq.

1. Osama bin Laden
   Other Al-Qaeda leaders
2. Weapons of mass destruction
   None of the above

The Iraq War was all about finding and destroying a cache of weapons of mass destruction that was said to be in the country.

1. Abid Hamid Mahmud
   Qusay Hussein
2. Uday Hussein
   Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein was the leader of Iraq at the time of the Iraq War. He had been the leader in the country since 1979.

1. General Tommy Franks
   General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
2. Air Chief Marshal Brian Burridge
   None of the above

General Tommy Franks was in command of the Coalition forces that invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003.

1. $100,000
   $350,000
2. $125,000
   $10,000

Wow! That's an incredible amount of money just for one person.

1. Tikrit
   Basra
2. Mosul
   Baghdad

Baghdad air defenses were targeted before the main attack in a bombing campaign by the multi-national force.

1. 10,000
   Around 500,000
2. 15,000
   100,000

The toll on ordinary Iraqis during the war was massive. Around 500,000 died during the eight years of Coalition occupation.

1. 100,000
   500,000
2. 1.6 million
   700,000

It takes a lot of oil to keep a war machine moving. Just imagine how much that costs at around $100 a barrel!

1. $20 billion
   $20 million
2. $5 million
   $1 billion

$20 billion! That's just astronomical! But that's what it cost.

1. 100,000
   500,000
2. 1 million
   2.3 million

Sadly, war always has an effect on the innocent. The Iraq War displaced over 2.3 million Iraqis, many of them children.

1. Dick Cheney
   Al Gore
2. Joe Lieberman
   Joe Biden

Dick Cheney was the vice president at the start of the Iraq War. He also led Halliburton, a company that received many contracts in Iraq.

1. A farm near Tikrit
   The outskirts of Baghdad
2. Mosul
   Basra

Saddam Hussein managed to evade capture but eventually, was found. He had been staying on a sheep farm in a narrow hole beneath a mud shack consisting of two rooms.

1. Donkeys
   Monkeys
2. Eagles
   None of the above

Yes, 2,000 monkeys. These trained primates could be used to clear mines. Luckily, the US said no.

1. Mujahideen
   Republican Guard
2. Black Widows
   Iron Eagle Division

The Republican Guard were loyal to Saddam Hussein and his ruling party. They were the best equipped of all the Iraqi units but were decimated in aerial attacks by Coalition air units.

1. April 9, 2003
   April 9, 2004
2. September 25, 2003
   October 11, 2005

It didn't take long from the start of the invasion for the Coalition forces to capture Baghdad.

1. Psychological warfare
   Guerrilla warfare
2. Siege tactics
   None of the above

Iraq forces ditched their uniforms and slipped back into civilization, using guerrilla warfare against Coalition forces.

1. San Quentin
   Abu Ghraib
2. Guantanamo Bay
   None of the above

Abu Ghraib near Baghdad was somewhat controversial, especially after leaks showed how some prisoners were humiliated.

1. M1A1 Abrams
   M2 Bradley IFV
2. Challenger 2
   None of the above

The M1A1 Abrams was the main US battle tank during the conflict. By March 2005, around 80 had been lost to enemy fire, although 63 were repaired.

1. May 1, 2006
   April 25, 2007
2. May 1, 2003
   December 29, 2003

It had taken a little over a month for George Bush to declare the Iraq War won. In reality, it was only just beginning.

1. Infantry Education Department
   Iraqi Education Depot
2. Improvised Explosive Device
   None of the above

The guerilla tactics now employed by the Iraqi forces that had now gone underground saw them using explosive devices, set at road sides to ambush American vehicle convoys. These caused huge problems for Coalition forces.

1. T-72
   T-55
2. Type 69
   Type 59

The T-72 was a Soviet era tank but a formidable opponent.

1. March 20, 2003
   December 30, 2006
2. May 1, 2003
   None of the above

Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on December 30, 2006. Later, videos of the execution surfaced online showing Saddam fighting with guards to the last.

1. 10,000
   4,483
2. 23,000
   55,000

Sadly, 4,483 US service personnel lost their lives during the war. A further 33,183 were wounded.

1. $2 trillion
   $2 billion
2. $100 billion
   $100 trillion

That's a staggering amount, but war is a costly business for some.

1. Tony Blair
   David Cameron
2. John Major
   Gordon Brown

Tony Blair insisted that the United Kingdom formed part of the Coalition forces on the pretense that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that he would use against the West.

1. Angela May
   Barbara Beyerton
2. Jessica Lynch
   Eleanor Taylor

Jessica Lynch was captured after her the 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed on March 23, 2003. She was rescued by Special Forces on April 1, becoming the first female soldier to be rescued in combat and the first American since World War II.

1. 100,000
   50,000
2. 95,000
   300,000

Over 300,000 troops were deployed, with the bulk coming from the United States and Britain.

1. 85%
   50%
2. 20%
   60%

85% of the troops were from the United States military, around 255,000 in fact.

1. True
2. False

The bunker system that the Coalition forces found was incredible. Filled with amenities such as a swimming pool, a nursery, a gourmet kitchen, these bunkers were 90 meters underground and could withstand a bombing attack.

1. Operation Shock and Awe
   Operation Iraqi Freedom
2. Operations WMD
   None of the above

Coalition forces took part in Operation Iraqi Freedom, although they were also looking for apparent weapons of mass destruction.

1. Malay
   Sunni
2. Kharijite
   None of the above

The battle between the Shia and Sunni factions in Iraq effectively plunged the country into civil war.

1. The Battle of Britain
   D-Day
2. Operation Falklands
   Operation Telic

Operation Telic started in 2003 but by 2009, most British forces had already left Iraq. Over 141,000 served during those six years, with 178 losing their lives.

1. Nouri al-Maliki
   Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
2. Omar Al Mukhtar
   None of the above

Nouri al-Maliki was appointed the Prime Minister of Iraq on April 21, 2006. He stepped down in 2014.

1. Shia
   Kurds
2. Sunni
   None of the above

The Kurds were a group of Iraqis who were terrorized under Saddam Hussein. In some instances, Hussein used chemical weapons in attacks on Kurd villages.