Operation Dawn 5
Operation Dawn V | |||||||||
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Part of Iran–Iraq War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Iraq | Iran | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
2 Army Corps (approx; 90,000–100,000 soldiers) | 100,000-150,000 Pasdaran and Basij | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
25,000 | 50,000 |
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- 1975 Algiers Agreement
- Iranian Revolution
- 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
- 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
- Iranian Embassy siege
Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)
- Iraqi airstrike
- Revenge
- Kaman 99
- 1st Khorramshahr
- Scorch Sword
- Dezful
- Sultan 10
- Abadan
- Morvarid
Stalemate (1981)
- Nasr
- H-3
- Opera
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
- Samen-ol-A'emeh
- Tariq-ol-Qods
- Fath-ol-Mobin
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas (2nd Khorramshahr)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
- Ramadan (1st Basra)
- Moslem Ibn Aqil
- Muharram ol-Harram
- Before the Dawn
- Dawn 1
- Dawn 2
- Dawn 3
- Dawn 4
- Dawn 5 (2nd Basra)
- Kheibar (3rd Basra)
- Kurdish rebellion (1983)
- Dawn 6
- Dawn 7
- Marshes
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
- Badr (4th Basra)
- Dawn 8 (1st al-Faw)
- Dawn 9
- Karbala 1 (Mehran)
- Karbala 2
- Karbala 3
- Fath 1
- Karbala 4 (5th Basra)
- Karbala 5 (6th Basra)
- Karbala 6
- Karbala 7
- Karbala 8 (7th Basra)
- Karbala 9
- Karbala 10
- Nasr 4
Final stages (1988)
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas 2
- Anfal campaign
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas 3
- Dawn 10
- Halabja massacre
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas 4
- Zafar 7
- Tawakalna ala Allah (2nd al-Faw)
- Forty Stars
- Eternal Light
- Mersad
- June 5 1984 Skirmish
- Earnest Will
- Bridgeton incident
- Prime Chance
- Eager Glacier
- Nimble Archer
- Praying Mantis
International incidents
- 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
- USS Stark incident
- Iran Air Flight 655
As 1984 began, Iran launched the largest offensive up to that date Operation Dawn V, also known as Operation Dawn 5 or Operation Valfajr-5 (Persian). The goal of the offensive was to split the Iraqi 4th Army Corps and 6th Army Corps between Basra and Qurna, and if successful, move on the suburbs or even the city of Basra itself. It was fought between the Pasdaran, Basij and the Iraqi Army. In the early phase, a force of an estimated 100,000-150,000 Pasdaran and Basij, using small motorboats and then on foot moved towards the objective, then attacked using human wave tactics and in places came within a few kilometers of the strategic Basra–Baghdad highway. However the Iranians lacked artillery, air support and armored protection, while the Iraqis were well equipped and entrenched in strong fortified positions.[2] The armies inflicted severe casualties on each other and the Iranians failed to achieve their objective. This operation was the biggest of the Dawn operations.
The Battles
References
External links
- Iran Chamber Society on Operation Dawn V
- Detailed look at the operation on Operation Dawn V
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