Operation Ramadan

Operation Ramadan
Part of Iran–Iraq War
Location north-east of Basra
Date Early July 1982 Location North-East of Al Başrah, south Iraq Result Strategic stalemate Limited tactical Iranian victory Successful Iraqi defence Territorial changes Iran invades Iraq and makes minor gains over useless territory, but fails to capture its main operational objective of Basra
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein Maher Abd al-Rashid	Hossein Kharrazi Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Qasem Soleimani
Strength
8 divisions 100,000+ troops 700+ tanks	90,000 troops 200 tanks 300 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
450 tanks, 250 APCs, 150 vehicles, 14 aircraft, 2 helicopters destroyed. 70 tanks (including 10 T-72), 30 APCs captured. 7,500 killed & wounded 1,350 captured	200 tanks lost 200 other armored vehicles lost 10,000 killed & wounded

Strategic stalemate

Saddam Hussein

Hossein Kharrazi Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

450 tanks, 250 APCs, 150 vehicles, 14 aircraft, 2 helicopters destroyed.

Operation Ramadan was an offensive in the Iran–Iraq War that consisted of three separate attacks that lasted for 6 weeks. It was launched by Iran on 13 July 1982 near Basra and featured the use of human wave attacks in one of the largest land battles since World War II. The engagement was a part of the overall stalemate.

By the middle of 1982, Iraq was mostly expelled from Iranian territory, having lost nearly all the gains they made during the invasion in 1980. Saddam Hussein used the Israeli invasion of Lebanon as an excuse to seek an end to the war and send the Palestinians aid. Tehran rejected peace offers from Baghdad and began preparing to expand into Iraq.

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