1988 large scale offensive operation launched by Iran against Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War
Operation Dawn 10
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date
15 March 1988
Location
Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq
Result
Iranian victory
Territorial changes
Iran captured 1,200 square kilometres of Iraqi territory, including 3 towns and 100+ villages
Belligerents
Iraq
Iran Supported by: Peshmerga
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein Kokeb Mohammad Amin Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat Hisham Fakhri
Ayatollah Khomeni Mohsen Rezaee Ali Sayad Shirazi Ali Shamkhani Yahya Rahim Safavi 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]
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Iran–Iraq War
Pre-war incidents
1975 Algiers Agreement
Iranian Revolution
1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
1979 Khuzestan insurgency
Iranian Embassy siege
Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)
Iraqi airstrike
Revenge
Kaman 99
1st Khorramshahr
Scorch Sword
Dezful
Sultan 10
Abadan
Morvarid
Stalemate (1981)
Nasr
H-3
Opera
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
Samen-ol-A'emeh
Tariq-ol-Qods
Fath-ol-Mobin
Beit-ol-Moqaddas (2nd Khorramshahr)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
Ramadan (1st Basra)
Moslem Ibn Aqil
Muharram ol-Harram
Before the Dawn
Dawn 1
Dawn 2
Dawn 3
Dawn 4
Dawn 5 (2nd Basra)
Kheibar (3rd Basra)
Kurdish rebellion (1983)
Dawn 6
Dawn 7
Marshes
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
Badr (4th Basra)
Dawn 8 (1st al-Faw)
Dawn 9
Karbala 1 (Mehran)
Karbala 2
Karbala 3
Fath 1
Karbala 4 (5th Basra)
Karbala 5 (6th Basra)
Karbala 6
Karbala 7
Karbala 8 (7th Basra)
Karbala 9
Karbala 10
Nasr 4
Final stages (1988)
Beit-ol-Moqaddas 2
Anfal campaign
Beit-ol-Moqaddas 3
Dawn 10
Halabja massacre
Beit-ol-Moqaddas 4
Zafar 7
Tawakalna ala Allah (2nd al-Faw)
Forty Stars
Eternal Light
Mersad
Tanker War
June 5 1984 Skirmish
Earnest Will
Bridgeton incident
Prime Chance
Eager Glacier
Nimble Archer
Praying Mantis
International incidents
1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
USS Stark incident
Iran Air Flight 655
Operation Dawn-10 or Walfajr-10[4] (Persian: عملیات والفجر ۱۰) was a large scale offensive operation launched during the Iran–Iraq War by Iran against Iraq on March 15, 1988 near the final stages of the war's conclusion. It was commanded by the Pasdaran along with the participation of some regular army forces as support. During Operation Dawn-10, Iran changed its operational area from southern to northern Iraq. The operation was started with the code of "Ya Rasūl Allāh (s)" (Persian: (یا رسول الله (ص)[5] (likewise "Ya Muhammad ibn Abdullah"),[6][7][1] and performed in 5 phases. [4]
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