A Batalha de Baçorá foi um confronto militar que durou de 21 de março de 2003 até 6 de abril do mesmo ano e foi uma das primeiras batalhas da invasão do Iraque de 2003. Tropas britânicas, apoiados por americanos e australianos, lutaram pela posse da segunda maior cidade iraquiana, Baçorá, que era defendida por unidades do exército iraquiano e de guerrilheiros fedayin. A maioria dos combates aconteceram em ambiente urbano com os militares de Saddam não conseguindo montar uma defesa coesa. A luta durou apenas duas semanas e nela aconteceu uma das maiores batalhas entre tanques de guerra da história recente, a 27 de março, quando pelo menos 14 blindados iraquianos foram destruídos pelos veículos britânicos.

A Batalha de Nassíria (Nasiriyah) foi uma das primeiras batalhas da Invasão do Iraque em 2003. Intensos combates ocorreram na cidade iraquiana de Nassíria, entre forças iraquianas e o fuzileiros navais dos Estados Unidos pelo controle das pontes sobre o Rio Eufrates e o Canal de Saddam.

A Batalha de Umm Qasr foi o primeiro confronto militar na Guerra do Iraque. No início da guerra, um dos primeiros objetivos foi o porto de Um Qasr. Em 21 de março de 2003, enquanto as forças aliadas avançavam pelo sul do Iraque, uma força de desembarque anfíbia capturou a nova área portuária de um Qasr.

The Battle of Al Faw began on 20 March 2003 and continued for four days, as part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The Battle of Najaf was a major battle in the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. The first stage of the battle was fought when the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division fought to surround the town. The second stage was fought when soldiers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division fought to clear and secure the city.

Operation Viking Hammer was an unconventional warfare operation during the Iraq War which took place in northern Iraq, commonly known as Iraqi Kurdistan. The goal of the operation was to eliminate Ansar al-Islam and dismantle the Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan. Ansar al-Islam was established by former Al-Qaeda members in 2001 as a Kurdish Salafist movement that imposed a strict application of Sharia in villages it controlled.

The Battle of Samawah took place during the 2003 invasion of Iraq as American troops fought to clear the city of Iraqi forces. The city had been bypassed during the advance on Baghdad, leaving the task of clearing it to American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division with mechanized infantry and armor provided by units of the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, and 2-70th Armor Battalions, along with 3rd platoon 59th Chemical Company tasked with finding and removing any potential chemical or biological weapons. The battle was the largest sustained urban combat that paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne had been involved in since World War II.

Operation Northern Delay occurred on 26 March 2003 as part of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. It involved dropping paratroopers into Northern Iraq. It was the last large-scale combat parachute operation conducted by the U.S. military since Operation Just Cause.