The 11th Infantry Division is a

formation (military) Military organization (American English , AE) or military organisation (British English , BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a State (polity), state so as to offer such military capability as a military policy, national defense pol ...

of the

Iraqi Army The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Iraq ...

. During the

Iraqi occupation of Kuwait The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, codenamed Project 17, began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War. After defeating the Kuwait, State of Kuwait on 4 August 1990, Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq went on to militarily occupy the country fo ...

in 1990–91, the 11th Infantry Division occupied Kuwait City. It participated in the Battle of Kuwait International Airport.

History

In 2002 the division was made up of the 23rd, 45th and 47th Infantry Brigades.R.J. Lee
Key Components of the Iraqi Ground Forces, 2002
/ref> As the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq began, three brigade-sized elements of the division were guarding the An Nasiriyah area as part of the 3rd Corps. After reformation circa 2006–2007, its headquarters was located in the former

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

building in

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

. Division units: * 42nd Infantry Brigade ('Tigers') - Adhamiyah (NE Baghdad) (former 2nd Brigade, 6th Division) * 43rd Infantry Brigade - Western Baghdad * 44th Infantry Brigade - Sadr City * 45th Infantry Brigade - Eastern Baghdad (planned to be operational in 2008) The 11th Division was put in place at the end of 2007 as part of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and the Baghdad Security Plan. It was formed from an experienced brigade, the 2nd Brigade, 6th Division (which became its 1st Brigade) and received the help of the 4th Brigade of the 1st Division (which is still operating in Baghdad au côté de la 11th Division), to which were added two newly formed brigades and one still forming at the time. It played a significant role in the Siege of Sadr City from April 2008. The division's

area of responsibility Area of responsibility (AOR) is a pre-defined geographic region assigned to Combatant commanders of the Unified Command Plan (UCP), that are used to define an area with specific geographic boundaries where they have the authority to plan and c ...

is the east of

. Its soldier numbers are low, compared to a standard infantry division.

Notes

References

* DJ Elliott
Iraqi Order of Battle
Montrose Toast *{{cite book, first1=Gregory, last1=Fontenot, first2=E. J., last2=Degen, first3=David , last3=Tohn, title=On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7x8U4t-oJvcC&pg=PA222, year=2004, publisher=Naval Institute Press, isbn=978-1-59114-279-9, pages=222–232, access-date=16 June 2015, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918233344/https://books.google.com/books?id=7x8U4t-oJvcC&pg=PA222, archive-date=18 September 2015, url-status=live, df=dmy-all Divisions of Iraq Military units and formations of Iraq in the Iraq War