Operation Dawn 2
Operation Dawn 2 or Operation Valfajr-2 (Persian: عملیات والفجر 2) was an Iranian operation during the eight-year-long Iran–Iraq War. This operation opened a new front in northern Iraq/Iraqi Kurdistan also known as "the Northern Front". Despite Turkish help, this region was Iraq's weak point during the war as the Kurds sided with Iran.
| Operation Dawn 2 | |||||||||
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War – the Northern Front | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Iraq |
Iran Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Hujjat-ul-Islam Mostafa Raddanipoor † (commander of 14th Imam Hossein Division) Mahmoud Kaveh (commander of 155th Shohada Special Brigade) Massoud Barzani See #Order of battle for more | |||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| See #Order of battle | See #Order of battle | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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24 infantry battalions 4 commando and special forces battalions 4 border guard battalions |
Pasdaran: 16 infantry battalions Army: 6 infantry battalions 1 mechanized battalion 1,500 militiamen KDP: 800 Peshmerga | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Several thousand killed | |||||||||
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