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Operation Iraqi Freedom
David Pentland  Gulf Wars |
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British and American military art prints of the 1st and 2nd Gulf War operation Iraqi Freedom by Military artist David Pentland. depicting the US 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Armoured Division, 2nd cavalry regiment and the British 7th armoured brigade with the Irish Guards |
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Desert Gazelle by David Pentland. Gazelle of Army Air Corps 661 Squadron on a reconnaissance mission for British 7th Armoured Division during Operation Desert Storm. |
The Battle of 73 Easting, Iraq, 26th February 1991 by David Pentland. Two days into Operation Desert Storm (G+2), and the allied VII Corps had wheeled through southern Iraq towards the Kuwait border. In the centre of the advance were the men and tanks of the US 3rd Armored Division and 2nd Cavalry Regiment supported by the 1st Infantry Division. The greatest glory though, went to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, who after an initial encounter with 10 Iraqi T72 tanks all of which were destroyed near longitudinal line 60 (Easting 60), moved on until the bulk of the battle occurred at 73 Easting. Despite having to fight in almost zero visibility due to dust storms and nightfall, the regiments M2A2, M3A2 Bradleys, and M1A1 Abrams decimated the opposing elements of the Iraqi crack Tawakalna Republican Guard Division and 12th Armoured Division. Their success was followed up by the 1st Infantry Division who carried on the attack to take Objective Norfolk the following morning, and by the 3rd Armored Division to the north who engaged and destroyed other brigades of the Tawakalna and 12 Armoured Divisions. |
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The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland. Challenger II tanks of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and Warrior APCs of the Irish Guards, 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats supported overhead by US Marine Corps Cobras during their epic dawn attack to finally take and secure Basra. |
A Hot Night in Basra by David Pentland. 2 R Welsh Battle Group strike into Basra City, summer 2007. The original painting was commissioned by the regiment. |
Through the Hands of Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland. Abram M1A1 tanks and Bradley APCs of Charlie Company, the Cobras, 1-64 Desert Rogues Armoured Battalion, US 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanised) drive into central Baghdad, through Saddams famous war memorial. |
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