3/19/2003

“The initial invasion force [in Iraq, on March 19, 2003] consisted of 250,000 American troops, 45,000 from the United Kingdom, and small numbers of troops from Poland, Australia, and Denmark. Over time, 33 other countries contributed troops ranging from Italy and Spain, with peaks of 3,200 and 1,300 troops, respectively, to Iceland with 2.”

 – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 302