Operation Dawn 1
| date | April 10, 1983 to April 17, 1983 |
|---|---|
| place | A kosh , maisan |
| output | Iraqi victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
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| losses | |
| high losses on both sides | |
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Iraqi Invasion (1980)
Entegham - Kaman 99 - Khorramshahr - Sultan 10 - Scorch Sword - Abadan - Kafka - Ashkan - Morwarid - Dezful
Standoff (1981) Tavakol - Susangerd - H-3
Iranian offensives for the liberation of Iranian territory (1981–82)
Sam-ol-A'emeh - Tariq al-Qods - Fath ol-Mobin - Beit ol-Moqaddas - liberation of Khorramshahr
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
Ramadan - Muslim Ibn Aqil - Muharram ol-Harram - Dawn 1 - Dawn 2 - Dawn 3 - Dawn 4 - Dawn 5 - Kheibar - Kurdish Uprising - Dawn 6 - Dawn 7 - Hawizeh Marshland
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985-87)
Badr - Dawn 8 - 1. al-Faw - Dawn 9 - Karbala 1 - Karbala 2 - Karbala 3 - Fath 1 - Karbala 4 - Karbala 5 - Karbala 6 - Karbala 7 - Karbala 8 - Karbala 9 - Karbala10 - Nasr 4
Last year of the war (1988)
Beit ol-Moqaddas 2 - Anfal - Halabdscha - Zafar 7 - Tawakalna ala Allah - 2nd al-Faw - Shining Sun - 40 stars - Mersad
Tanker War
Earnest Will - Prime Chance - Eager Glacier - Nimble Archer - Praying Mantis
International Incidents
USS Stark - Iran Air Flight 655
Operation Dawn 1 (Persian Valfajr 1 ; in English literature mostly translated as Operation Dawn 1 ) was an Iranian offensive from 10th to 17th centuries. April 1983 in the Iran-Iraq war .
On April 10, 1983, Iran attacked the Iraqi Ein Kosh. An immediate goal was the capture of the trunk road between Basra and Baghdad . The Iranians mostly only used troops of the Revolutionary Guard ( Pasdaran ) during the fighting and the battle was considered one of the three offensives with the highest losses in 1983.
Despite the heavy losses on the Iraqi side, the Iranian armed forces failed to take the highway.