Operation Dawn 6
| date | February 22 , 1984 to February 24, 1984 |
|---|---|
| place | Area between Baghdad and Basra |
| output | Tactical Iranian victory Iraqi defensive success |
| consequences | low Iranian land gain |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Troop strength | |
| ~ 140,000 | ~ 500,000 |
| losses | |
|
Moderate losses |
Heavy losses |
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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 6 ( Persian عملیات والفجر ۶, Valfajr 6 ; in English literature mostly translated as Operation Dawn 6 ) was an Iranian offensive in the First Gulf War . The aim of the offensive was to capture the Iraqi city of Kut in order to cut off the highway between Baghdad and Basra .
prehistory
On February 15, 1984, the Iranians launched Operation Dawn 5, a series of ground attacks to cut off the Iraqi 3rd and 4th Army Corps near Basra. Due to a lack of artillery, air and tank support, the attack failed and was discontinued.
course
Operation Dawn 6 took place immediately after Mörgenröte 5 on February 22, 1984 . Approx. 500,000 Iranians attacked the Iraqi troops on the 240 km front at the same point as above. Although some territorial gains were recorded, a breakthrough through the deep Iraqi defense lines could not be achieved due to the exhaustion of the Iranian forces. After two days, on February 24th, the operation was stopped after serious losses.
consequences
Operations Dawn 5 and 6 were the largest operations during the Gulf War in terms of the number of soldiers deployed. Despite a 3: 1 superiority of soldiers, the Iranians failed because they lacked sufficient tank, artillery and air support.
The next major Iranian offensive did not take place until October of the same year, Operation Dawn 7 .
literature
- Spencer Tucker: Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO 2014, ISBN 978-1-6106-9415-5 .
- E. Hooton, Tom Cooper: The Iran-Iraq War. Volume 2: Iran Strikes Back, June 1982-December 1986 Helion and Company 2017, ISBN 978-1-9110-9657-3 .
- Efraim Karsh: The Iran – Iraq War 1980–1988 (Essential Histories) Osprey Publishing 2002, ISBN 978-1-8417-6371-2 .
Web links
- Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988. Iran Chamber Society, accessed June 26, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The narrated story of Operation Dawn 6 in 1362. Abbas Ghaffari, accessed on June 26, 2017 (Persian).
- ↑ a b Tucker, p. 208.
- ↑ a b Karsh, p. 10.
- ↑ Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988, The War of Attrition, 1984-1987. Iran Chamber Society, accessed on June 26, 2017 (English).
- ^ Karsh, p. 42.