Second Battle of Al Faw

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Second Battle of Al-Faw
partof=Iran–Iraq War


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date=April 17, 1988
place=Al-Faw Peninsula
casus=First Battle of Al-Faw
territory=Iraq captures the Faw peninsula
result=Decisive Iraqi victory (with the use of chemical weapons); Iranians expelled from the peninsula
combatant1=flagcountry|Iraq|1963
combatant2=flagcountry|Iran
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strength1=over 100,000 Elite troops
strength2=15,000 Second-rate troops
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notes=Campaignbox Iran-Iraq War

The Second Battle of Al-Faw, fought on April 17, 1988, was a battle of the Iran–Iraq War. After their defeat at the First Battle of Al-Faw two years earlier, the newly restructured Iraqi Army conducted a major operation to clear the Iranians out of the peninsula. The Iraqis concentrated well over 100,000 troops from the battle-hardened Republican Guard versus 15,000 second-rate Iranian Basij volunteers. By employing the use of massive artillery barrages, air bombardments, and extensive amounts of chemical weapons, the Iraqis eventually expelled the Iranians from al-Faw within thirty-five hours, with much of their equipment captured intact.

ee also

* Iran–Iraq War
* First Battle of Al-Faw