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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