Operation Badr (1985)
| Operation Badr | |||||||||
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Iraq
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 Iran
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Gen. Hisham Sabah al-Fakhri
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Mohsen Rezaee Mehdi Bakeri †
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 40,000-60,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||
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| 10,000 | 15,000 | ||||||||
Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai Gen. Jamal Zanoun
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 Baghdad–Basra highway. The following Iraqi counterattack, however, forced the Iranians out in a continual war of endless stalemate.
After its failure to capture Basra in 1982, Iran launched Operation Kheibar in 1984 to capture the Baghdad-Basra highway. This resulted in the Battle of the Marshes, and the operation failed, but Iran planned for Operation Badr in a further attempt to capture it. Without coincidence, the operation was named after the Prophet Mohammed's first military victory in Mecca centuries before.
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