Siege of Abadan
| date | November 1980 to September 1981 |
|---|---|
| place | Abadan , Khuzestan Province , South Iran |
| output | Iraqi withdrawal |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 60,000 soldiers 1,000 tanks |
10,000 soldiers 50 tanks |
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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
The siege of Abadan from 1980 to 1981 was a major operation in the Iran-Iraq war .
prehistory
In September 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein carried out a surprise attack on Iran and broke into Iranian territory on a broad front. The original Iraqi plan was to take the city of Abadan with an armored division departing from Baghdad . This division comprised 500 to 600 tanks and 20,000 soldiers.
course
On November 3, the Iraqi forces reached the Iranian city of Abadan on the Shatt al-Arab . The resistance there proved to be too strong, so that the Iraqis had to call in reinforcements. A second, weakened armored division with a strength of about 4,500 men and 200 tanks was dispatched to encircle the city from the northeast. The two Iraqi divisions faced an unknown number of Iranian troops. The most likely sources suggest that a single brigade defended Khorramshahr with the support of two operational reserves .
Although the Iraqis were repulsed by the Iranian Pasdaran units, they managed to take parts of the city. Even so, the Iraqis failed to overcome bitter resistance; Parts of the city remained under Iranian control. The Iraqis held the siege for several months, but were never able to completely capture the city. Much of the city, including the oil refinery, was badly damaged or destroyed as a result of the siege. The Iraqi forces ended the siege in September 1981.