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Operation Phantom Fury

Second Battle of Fallujah
(Operation Phantom Fury)
Part of the Iraq War
4-14 Marines in Fallujah.jpg
U.S. Marines from Mike Battery, 4th Battalion, 14th Marines, operate the 155mm M198 howitzer at Camp Fallujah, November 2004.
Date 7 November – 23 December 2004
(1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location Fallujah, Iraq
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
 United States
 Republic of Iraq
 United Kingdom
Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Islamic Army of Iraq (emblem).pngIslamic Army of Iraq
Ansar al-Sunna
1920 Revolution Brigade
Army of Mohammed
Army of the Mujahedeen
Secret Islamic Army of Iraq
Other insurgents
Commanders and leaders
United States Richard F. Natonski
United States Keith Stalder
United States James Mattis
United Kingdom James Cowan

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
(Commander of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad)
Abdullah Jannabi
(Preacher)
Omar Hadid 
(Field Commander)
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Abdullah Shaddad
(Field Commander)

Saleem-Banishari 
(Ansar-ul-Islam Commander)
Strength

United States 10,500 troops
Iraq 2,000 security forces
United Kingdom 850 troops

Total: 13,350 troops
≈3,700–4,000 insurgents
Casualties and losses
American:
95 killed, 560 wounded
(54 killed and 425 wounded from 7 to 16 November)
Iraqi:
8 killed, 43 wounded
British:
4 killed, 10 wounded
Total: 107 killed, 613 wounded
1,200–1,500 killed
1,500 captured
Unknown number of civilians killed

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
(Commander of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad)
Abdullah Jannabi
(Preacher)
Omar Hadid 
(Field Commander)
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Abdullah Shaddad
(Field Commander)

United States 10,500 troops
Iraq 2,000 security forces
United Kingdom 850 troops


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