Operation Dawn 4 (Persian: عملیات والفجر 4) was an Iranian operation of the Iran–Iraq War launched in October 1983. At the end of the operation Iran had captured a small amount of territory from the Iraqis.
Units of Iraq's 1st Corps spent two months in their trenches waiting for the Iranians to attack. The offensive began on the 19 October 1983[3] and the Iranians and Peshmerga guerrillas of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan conquered about 250 square miles (650 km2) of territory. This included exerted a significant amount of pressure on Penjwen.[3]
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.
The focus of the fourth Dawn operation in October 1983 was the northern sector in Iranian Kurdistan. Three Iranian regular divisions, the Revolutionary Guard, and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) elements amassed in Marivan and Sardasht in a move to threaten the major Iraqi city Suleimaniyah. Iran's strategy was to press Kurdish tribes to occupy the Banjuin Valley, which was within 45 km (28 mi) of Suleimaniyah and 140 km (87 mi) from the oilfields of Kirkuk. To stem the tide, Iraq deployed Mi-8 helicopters equipped with chemical weapons and executed 120 sorties against the Iranian force, which stopped them 15 km (9.3 mi) into Iraqi territory. 5,000 Iranians and 18,000 Iraqis were killed and wounded.
Iran regained 110 km2 (42 sq mi) of its territory in the north, captured 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) of Iraqi land, and 785 Iraqi prisoners while Iraq abandoned large quantities of valuable weapons and war materiel in the field. Iraq responded to these losses by firing a series of SCUD-B missiles into the cities of Dezful, Masjid Suleiman, and Behbehan, while the Iraqi naval aircraft mined the port of Bandar Khomeini. Iran's use of artillery against Basra while the battles in the north raged created multiple fronts, which effectively confused and wore down Iraq.
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The attack was successful but the Iranians suffered high casualties due to Iraqi gas attacks. Unlike other operations and battles of the Iran–Iraq War, environmental conditions and operative restrictions were of high significance for this operation. Also the military medicine organization of the Pasdaran was important in this battle; they used special methods to save the wounded and carried out rescue operations.[4]
However, in response to this victory, the Iraqis launched the first Scud missiles into Iran, hitting six cities.
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Operation Dawn 4Part of Iran Iraq War Northern FrontDate19 October mid November 1983 1 week and 6 days LocationMarivan sector Iraqi KurdistanResultIranian and Kurdish victoryTerritorialchangesIran captures the strategic Penjwin valley and several villages an area of 466 square kilometers 1 2 Belligerents Iraq Iran Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK Strength108 infantry battalions7 armoured battalions1 mechanized battalion25 commando battalions8 Republican Guard battalions7 artillery battalions 2 Iran 2 IRGC 47 infantry battalions4 armoured battalions4 mechanized battalion3 artillery battalionsArmy 17 infantry battalions 8 artillery battalionsPUK Peshmerga partisansCasualties and losses2 800 killed60 tanks and 20 artillery pieces lost 1 5 000 killed15 000 wounded 1 Operation Dawn 4 Persian عملیات والفجر 4 was an Iranian operation of the Iran Iraq War launched in October 1983 At the end of the operation Iran had captured a small amount of territory from the Iraqis Units of Iraq s 1st Corps spent two months in their trenches waiting for the Iranians to attack The offensive began on the 19 October 1983 3 and the Iranians and Peshmerga guerrillas of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan conquered about 250 square miles 650 km2 of territory This included exerted a significant amount of pressure on Penjwen 3 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 Contents 1 The battle 2 Aftermath 3 Units 3 1 Iran 3 2 Iraq 4 See also 5 References 6 BibliographyThe battle editThe focus of the fourth Dawn operation in October 1983 was the northern sector in Iranian Kurdistan Three Iranian regular divisions the Revolutionary Guard and Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP elements amassed in Marivan and Sardasht in a move to threaten the major Iraqi city Suleimaniyah Iran s strategy was to press Kurdish tribes to occupy the Banjuin Valley which was within 45 km 28 mi of Suleimaniyah and 140 km 87 mi from the oilfields of Kirkuk To stem the tide Iraq deployed Mi 8 helicopters equipped with chemical weapons and executed 120 sorties against the Iranian force which stopped them 15 km 9 3 mi into Iraqi territory 5 000 Iranians and 18 000 Iraqis were killed and wounded Iran regained 110 km2 42 sq mi of its territory in the north captured 15 km2 5 8 sq mi of Iraqi land and 785 Iraqi prisoners while Iraq abandoned large quantities of valuable weapons and war materiel in the field Iraq responded to these losses by firing a series of SCUD B missiles into the cities of Dezful Masjid Suleiman and Behbehan while the Iraqi naval aircraft mined the port of Bandar Khomeini Iran s use of artillery against Basra while the battles in the north raged created multiple fronts which effectively confused and wore down Iraq Aftermath editThe attack was successful but the Iranians suffered high casualties due to Iraqi gas attacks Unlike other operations and battles of the Iran Iraq War environmental conditions and operative restrictions were of high significance for this operation Also the military medicine organization of the Pasdaran was important in this battle they used special methods to save the wounded and carried out rescue operations 4 However in response to this victory the Iraqis launched the first Scud missiles into Iran hitting six cities Units editIran edit Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hamzeh Sayyed osh Shohada Headquarters 31st Ashura Division Commanded by Mehdi Bakeri 44th Qamar e Bani Hashem Brigade 41st Tharallah Division Commanded by Qassem Soleimani 17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division Commanded by Mehdi Zeinoddin 25th Karbala Division Commanded by Morteza Ghorbani 14th Imam Hossein Division Commanded by Hossein Kharrazi 8th Najaf Ashraf Division Commanded by Ahmad KazemiIslamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces 28th Infantry Division of Kordestan 21st Hamzeh Division of AzarbaijanIraq edit Iraqi Army Republican Guard Iraqi Army Air Corps Iraqi Air ForceSee also editOperation Dawn 2 Operation Karbala Ten Iran Iraq War List of major Iranian operations during the warReferences edit a b c Razoux Pierre 2015 The Iran Iraq War Harvard University Press 2015 p 254 ISBN 978 0674915718 a b c والفجر 4 دفاع مقدس Archived from the original on 2018 10 19 Retrieved 2016 08 02 a b Entessar Nader 1992 Kurdish Ethnonationalism Lynn Rienner Publishers p 132 ISBN 978 1 55587 250 2 Rescue and transportation experiences of medical department of Sepah in Valfajr 4 operation The Longest War by Dilip Hiro Routledge Chapman and Hall Inc 1991 pg 102 https web archive org web 20090910023608 http www gloria center org meria 2009 06 dodds wilson htmlBibliography edithttp 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