<P> The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War ( also called Operation Iraqi Freedom ) . The invasion phase began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month , including 21 days of major combat operations , in which a combined force of troops from the United States , the United Kingdom , Australia and Poland invaded Iraq . This early stage of the war formally ended on 1 May 2003 when U.S. President George W. Bush declared the `` end of major combat operations '' , after which the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA ) was established as the first of several successive transitional governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election in January 2005 . U.S. military forces later remained in Iraq until the withdrawal in 2011 . </P>
<P> The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War ( also called Operation Iraqi Freedom ) . The invasion phase began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month , including 21 days of major combat operations , in which a combined force of troops from the United States , the United Kingdom , Australia and Poland invaded Iraq . This early stage of the war formally ended on 1 May 2003 when U.S. President George W. Bush declared the `` end of major combat operations '' , after which the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA ) was established as the first of several successive transitional governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election in January 2005 . U.S. military forces later remained in Iraq until the withdrawal in 2011 . </P>
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Iraq