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Battle of Nasiriyah
| Battle of Nasiriyah | |||||||
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| Part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq | |||||||
 A USMC Assault Amphibious Vehicle destroyed at Nasiriyah, Iraq, in a maintenance area. 11 April 2003. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States United Kingdom |
 Iraq | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Richard Natonski Jim Dutton |
Ali Hassan al-Majid Nuri Daud Mishal (Iraq Army Third Corps commander) Adil Abdullah Mahdi(Ba'ath Party regional commander) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 3rd Infantry Division 1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade U.S. Air Force G Parachute Battery, 7th Parachute Regiment RHA[1] |
Iraqi 3rd Corps: 6th Armored Division 11th Infantry Division 51st Mechanized Division | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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32 killed 60 wounded 6 captured 8 AAVs destroyed 15+ vehicles destroyed |
359–431 killed 300+ captured 1,000+ wounded[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq. On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of the Marines of Regimental Combat Team 1 passed through the city over the bridges and attacked north towards Baghdad. However, fighting continued in the city until 1 April when Iraqi resistance in the city was defeated.
- ^ A War of Choice: Honour, Hubris and Sacrifice: The British in Iraq by Jack Fairweather
- ^ "Wages of War - Appendix 1. Survey and assessment of reported Iraqi combatant fatalities in the 2003 War". Comw.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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