✦ History

Part of Iran–Iraq War

Operation Karbala-5

January 8 – February 26, 1987 · Operation Karbala-5

Result Iraqi victory

Iran's costliest attempt to take Basra came within a few miles of the city and failed.

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Iran

Iraq

Iran
Iraq
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani military commander Mohsen Rezaee military commander Ali Sayyad Shirazi military commander Hossein Kharrazi military commander
Saddam Hussein military commander Maher Abd al-Rashid military commander Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
150,000–200,000
Killed
40,000
Wounded
80,000
Tanks lost
218
Ships lost
21
Strength
300,000
Killed
10,000
Captured
1,750

Units

Islamic Republic of Iran Army Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iraqi III Corps (1980–1988) 5th Division (Iraq) 8th Division (Iraq)