Why George Bush failed in Iraq

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In March 2003, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq. They took control within a matter of weeks. But the country was about to descend into chaos. Using objects, film and photography from the IWM collection IWM Curator Jack Gelsthorpe takes an in-depth look at the Coalition Occupation from 2003 to 2011 in effort to understand what went wrong in Iraq? Find out more about the Iraq War: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-important-facts-about-the-iraq-war Plan your visit to IWM London: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london Explore and licence the film clips used in this video from IWM Film: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_Yaw7gxaq Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Initial mistakes 04:09 Insurgency 07:37 Descent into chaos 10:21 Civil War 13:26 The Surge 17:22 Withdrawal Follow IWM on social media: https://twitter.com/I_W_M https://www.instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums https://www.facebook.com/iwm.london Rights attributions: BFM 46 - Crown Copyright (MOD transfer) BFM 45 - Crown Copyright (MOD transfer) CC Attributions: ISI icon photo by الشيخ ياسر بن راشد الدوسري on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Badr Corps icon photo by Fars Media Corporation on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Ansar Al-Sunnah and Islamic Army in Iraq Icon photo by بدر الإسلام on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Mahdi Army Icon photo by Nicoleon on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en