Operation Dawn-4
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Operation Dawn 4 (Persian: عملیات والفجر 4) was an Iranian operation of the Iran–Iraq War launched in October 1983. At the end of the operation Iran had captured a small amount of territory from the Iraqis.
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Operation Dawn 4 | |||||||||
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Part of Iran–Iraq War – Northern Front | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Iraq |
Iran Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
108 infantry battalions 7 armoured battalions 1 mechanized battalion 25 commando battalions 8 Republican Guard battalions 7 artillery battalions[2] |
Iran:[2] IRGC: 47 infantry battalions 4 armoured battalions 4 mechanized battalion 3 artillery battalions Army: 17 infantry battalions, 8 artillery battalions PUK: Peshmerga partisans | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
2,800 killed 60 tanks and 20 artillery pieces lost[1] |
5,000 killed 15,000 wounded[1] |
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Units of Iraq's 1st Corps spent two months in their trenches waiting for the Iranians to attack. The offensive began on the 19 October 1983[3] and the Iranians and Peshmerga guerrillas of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan conquered about 250 square miles (650 km2) of territory. This included exerted a significant amount of pressure on Penjwen.[3]
Saddam Hussein responded with a counterattack, using the Iraqi Republican Guard and poison gas. However, they failed to dislodge the Iranians, who were dug-in and reinforced by Kurdish fighters.