September 22

On this day – 22nd September 1980 –  The start of the Iran-Iraq war

The war between the two countries started in 1980 when Iran attacked Iraq. Although Iran was the first to attack spent this nation most of the time of the war on the offence. In terms of hoe the war was fought was this very similar to WW1. No-man’s land, trench warfare and barbed wire was common where the fighting took place. The war lasted until 1988, which made it into the 20th century longest lasting conventional war. The outcome of the war was around a half million dead soldiers, but no change in borders and no repayment to either of the countries. Iraq was not identified by U.N. as the aggressor of the war until 1991.