Operation Nasr

Battle of Nasr

Part of: First Gulf War

date	March 19, 1981
place	Dezful , southwest Iran
output	draw

Parties to the conflict
Iraq	Iran
Troop strength
65,000–80,000 soldiers	~ 100,000 soldiers
losses
10,000 soldiers killed 25,000 wounded 15,000 prisoners 700 armored vehicles	unknown

The operation Nasr , which was held on 19 March 1981, was a major battle in the Iran-Iraq war .

course

Iran's first major counter-offensive with three tank regiments and 400 tanks led to the tank battle of Susangerd on January 11, 1981 . 50 Iraqi and 140 Iranian tanks were destroyed. The night attack at Dezful on March 19, 1981 took place with 100,000 Iranian fighters, including 30,000 Pasdaran and volunteers. The Iraqi army lost 700 armored vehicles in these battles; 10,000 soldiers died, 25,000 wounded were registered, and 15,000 were taken prisoner.

Web links

• http://www.dezfulshenasi.mihanblog.com/post/44 (only in Farsi)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henner Fürtig : The Iraqi-Iranian War. Akademie Verlag GmbH, 1992, ISBN 3-05-001905-0