In 1988 Iraq had the 4th largest army in the world
in 1988 at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq had an army of 1 million, rendering it the 4th largest army in the world. Previously, the Iranians had outnumbered the Iraqis on the battlefield, but Iraq expanded their military draft (pursuing a policy of total war), and by 1984, the armies were equal in […]