Video: 'Iran-Iraq War Documentary' (7 videos)

(Monday, September 22, 1980; during the Iran–Iraq War) — The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war today when Iraqi aircraft bombarded ten airfields in Iran to cripple the Iranian air force on the ground.

Video: 'Iran-Iraq War Documentary' (Iran-Iraq War at 9:39)

After eight years of war, war-exhaustion, economic devastation, decreased morale, military stalemate, lack of international sympathy against the use of weapons of mass destruction against civilians by Iraqi forces, and increased U.S.–Iran military tension all led to a ceasefire brokered by the United Nations.

An estimated 500,000 Iraqi and Iranian soldiers died, in addition to a smaller number of civilians. The end of the war resulted in neither reparations nor border changes.