Tawakalna ala Allah Operations
Operation Tawakalna ala Allah (Arabic: عمليات توكلنا على الله, romanized: tawakkalnā ‘alā llāh, Operations “We Put Trust In God") were a series of five highly successful Iraqi offensives launched in April 1988 and lasting until July 1988. Iraq had originally only intended to retake the al-Faw peninsula, but following the battles' extraordinary success due to the complete collapse of the Iranian troops present, the Iraqi command decided to expand the battle into a larger offensive campaign, ultimately leading to the expulsion of all Iranian forces present within Iraq and subsequent renewed invasion of Iran.
| Tawakalna ala Allah Operations | |||||||||
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War | |||||||||
Iranian soldiers captured during the Iraqi 1988 offensives | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Iraq | Iran | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Gen. al-Rashid Mj. Gen. Mahmoud (3rd Corps) |
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohsen Rezaee Colonel Ali Shahbazi | ||||||||
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Republican Guard 7th Corps 4th Corps 3rd Corps Special Forces 16th and 3rd brigades | Revolutionary Guard, Basij, Regular Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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100,000–135,000 soldiers in action 1,500,000 total soldiers 5,500 tanks 900 aircraft |
60,000–100,000 soldiers in action 300,000 total soldiers 400 tanks 55 operational aircraft | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5,000 casualties |
Many thousand casualties 20,000 captured 90 tanks destroyed 600 tanks, 400 AFVs, 20 SSMs, 400 various AA guns captured | ||||||||
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