Operation Dawn 10

Operation Dawn 10
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date15 March 1988
Location
Result Iranian victory
Territorial
changes
Iran captured 1,200 square kilometres of Iraqi territory, including 3 towns and 100+ villages
Belligerents
 Iraq Iran Iran
Supported by:
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Commanders and leaders
Ba'athist Iraq Saddam Hussein
Ba'athist Iraq Kokeb Mohammad Amin
Ba'athist Iraq Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat
Ba'athist Iraq Hisham Fakhri
Iran Ayatollah Khomeni
Iran Mohsen Rezaee
Iran Ali Sayad Shirazi
Iran Ali Shamkhani
Iran Yahya Rahim Safavi
Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
10,000+ killed or wounded
5,440 captured
270 tanks destroyed[1][2]
3,000+ killed[3]

Operation Dawn-10 or Walfajr-10[4] (Persian: عملیات والفجر ۱۰) was an offensive operation launched by Iran against Iraq on March 15, 1988, near the end of the Iran–Iraq War. Led by the Pasdaran and supported by some regular army forces, the five-phase operation marked a shift in Iranian focus from southern to northern Iraq.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ali3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Operation Dawn-10 (Halahbja)". ashoora.ir. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ "عمليات والفجر 10 ؛ غربت يك حماسه در سايه يك فاجعه هولناك انساني - خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency".
  4. ^ a b "Operation Walfajr 10 (Dawn 10)". portal.anhar.ir. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

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