Saddam HusseinSeptember 1980
Iraq gets off to a succesful start to the war
Iraq · Warfare / Iran-Iraq War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Iraq gets off to a succesful start to the war
Iraqi forces capture Khorramshahr
Iraq captures the Iranian port of Khorramshar
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