Second Battle of Al Faw

Second Battle of Al Faw
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Second Battle of Al-Faw

Part of Iran–Iraq War

Date	April 17, 1988
Location	Al-Faw Peninsula
Result	Decisive Iraqi victory (with the use of chemical weapons); Iranians expelled from the peninsula
Territorial changes	Iraq captures the Faw peninsula

Belligerents

Iraq

Iran

Strength

over 100,000 Elite troops

15,000 Second-rate troops

v • d • e

Iran-Iraq War

Kaman 99 – Abadan – Morvarid – Dezful – Undeniable Victory – Khorramshahr – Samen-ol-A'emeh – Jerusalem Way – Jerusalem – Ramadan – Before the Dawn – Dawn 1 – Dawn 2 – Dawn 3 – Dawn 4 – Dawn V – Dawn 6 – Marshes – Kheibar – Badr – Cities – 1st Al Faw – Dawn 8 – Karbala 4 – Karbala-5 – Karbala-6 – Karbala Ten – Nasr 4 – Halabja – Zafar 7 – 2nd Al Faw – Mersad
Related U.S. operations
Earnest Will – Prime Chance – Eager Glacier – Nimble Archer – Praying Mantis

The Second Battle of Al-Faw, fought on April 17, 1988, was a battle of the Iran–Iraq War. After their defeat at the First Battle of Al-Faw two years earlier, the newly restructured Iraqi Army conducted a major operation to clear the Iranians out of the peninsula. The Iraqis concentrated well over 100,000 troops from the battle-hardened Republican Guard versus 15,000 second-rate Iranian Basij volunteers. By employing the use of massive artillery barrages, air bombardments, and extensive amounts of chemical weapons, the Iraqis eventually expelled the Iranians from al-Faw within thirty-five hours, with much of their equipment captured intact.

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