It was clear what was happening: the tensions with Iraq had finally snapped, and Saddam Hussein was now launching a full-scale invasion of Iran. What followed was eight years of tank battles, trench warfare and human wave tactics on a scale not seen since the First World War, and even the use of chemical weapons. Today on Warographics we’re going to take a look at the devastating Iran-Iraq war, and the ghost it left behind in the Middle East.