What the records say
- When
- 25 Mar 2008 – 31 Mar 2008
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 30.50° N, 47.80° E
- Description
- battle which began on March 25, 2008
Battle of Basra (2008)
Battle of the Iraq War
The Battle of Basra began on 25 March 2008, when the Iraqi Army launched an operation to drive the Mahdi Army militia out of the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The operation was the first major operation to be planned and carried out by the Iraqi Army since the invasion of 2003.
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