Operation Dawn-4

Operation Dawn-4

Iraqi invasion

  • Kaman 99
  • 1st Khorramshahr
  • Operation Sultan 10
  • Scorch Sword
  • Abadan
  • Morvarid

Stalemate (1981)

  • Dezful
  • H3

Iranian offensive (1982)

  • Samen-ol-A'emeh
  • Jerusalem Way
  • Undeniable Victory
  • 2nd Khorramshahr
  • Jerusalem
  • Ramadan

Strategic stalemate (1983-1984)

  • Before the Dawn
  • Dawn 1
  • Dawn 2
  • Dawn 3
  • Dawn 4
  • Dawn 5
  • Kheibar
  • Dawn 6
  • Marshes
  • Badr

Duel offensives (1985-1986)

  • Al-Anfal Campaign (Halabja)
  • Dawn 8 (1st al-Faw)
  • Mehran
  • Karbala 4
  • Karbala-5
  • Karbala-6
  • Karbala Ten
  • Nasr 4

Final stages

  • Beit-ol-Moqaddas 2
  • Zafar 7
  • Tawakalna ala Allah (2nd al-Faw)
  • Forty Stars
  • Mersad

Tanker War

  • Earnest Will
  • Prime Chance
  • Eager Glacier
  • Nimble Archer
  • Praying Mantis

International incidents

  • Operation Opera
  • USS Stark incident
  • Iran Air Flight 655 incident

Operation Valfajr-4 ( Dawn 4) was an Iranian operation of the Iran-Iraq War launched in 1983. At the end of the operation Iran had captured a small amount of territory from the Iraqis.

Units of Iraq's First Army Corps spent two months in their trenches waiting for the Iranians to attack. The offensive came on 19 October 1983 as the Iranians and guerillas of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan took 250 square miles (650 km2) of territory. This included a number of Kurdish villages and exerted a significant amount of pressure on Penjwin.

Saddam Hussein responded with a counterattack, using the Iraqi Republican Guard and poison gas. However, they failed to dislodge the Iranians, who were dug-in and reinforced by Kurdish fighters.

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