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Operation Badr | |||||||||
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Part of Iran–Iraq War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Iraq | Iran | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai Gen. Jamal Zanoun Gen. Hisham Sabah al-Fakhri |
Mohsen Rezaee Mehdi Bakeri † | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
40,000–60,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
2,000 killed 100 tanks, 11 helicopters and 4 aircraft lost [2] |
10,000 killed 100 armored vehicles and 24 helicopters lost[2] |
Operation Badr was an Iranian operation conducted during the Iran–Iraq War against the forces of Ba'athist Iraq. The Iranians launched their offensive on March 11 and succeeded in capturing a part of the Basra-Amarah-Baghdad highway. The following Iraqi counterattack, however, forced the Iranians out in a continual war of endless stalemate.