Polish involvement in the Iraq War

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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 killed Around 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).