Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Battle of Basra lasted from 21 March to 6 April 2003 and was one of the first battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.The British 7 Armoured Brigade fought their way into Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, on 6 April coming under constant attack by the Iraqi Army 51st Division and Fedayeen Saddam, [3] while elements of the Parachute Regiment cleared the 'old quarter' of the city that was ...
Battle of Basra (1991), battle between Iraqi forces and Shi’ite militants allied with Iraqi army defectors in the 1991 uprisings in Iraq; Battle of Basra (2003), the first major conflict in the 2003 invasion of Iraq; mostly fought by British troops; Battle of Basra (2007), insurgent siege of UK army bases in Basra; Battle of Basra (2008), an ...
American and British forces succeed in taking the airport outside of Basra, and battle with Iraqi forces for control of the city itself. U.S. Marines battle Iraqi forces near the city of Nassiriya, a key crossing of the Euphrates about 225 miles (362 km) southeast of Baghdad.
The siege of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007. Following the reported major failure of the coalition forces, whose purpose was to stabilise Basra and prepare it for the turning over of security to Iraqi government forces, the city was overrun by insurgent forces from three different Iraqi factions including the Mahdi Army, and the ...
The Battle of Basra began on 25 March 2008, ... The operation was the first major operation to be planned and carried out by the Iraqi Army since the invasion of 2003.
Operation Northern Delay occurred on 26 March 2003 as part of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. It involved dropping paratroopers into Northern Iraq. It was the last large-scale combat parachute operation conducted by the U.S. military since Operation Just Cause. [1]
Pages in category "Battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Battle of Baghdad (2003) Battle of Basra ...
A detachment of 9 Supply Regiment RLC from March 2003 onwards. [1] 17 Port and Maritime Regiment until May 2003. [1] 165 Port Regiment RLC (V) from May 2003. [1] 84 Medical Supply Squadron, RAMC between May 2003 and June 2003. [1] Unknown: Az Zabaya: Basra: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: 84 Medical Supply Squadron, RAMC between June 2003 and August ...