✦ History

Part of Iraq War

First Battle of Fallujah

April 4 – May 1, 2004 · First Battle of Fallujah

Result Insurgent victory

US Marines attacked Fallujah after the killing of four contractors, then handed it to a local brigade.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

Iraq

Other

United States
Iraq
Islamic State
Jim Mattis military commander James T. Conway military commander John A. Toolan military commander
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
10,000
Killed
39
Wounded
90
Civilian deaths
572–616

Units

Delta Force I Marine Expeditionary Force 101st Airborne Division 10th Mountain Division 82nd Airborne Division US 1st Division 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 5th Special Forces Group (United States)