Operation Praying Mantis

When

18 Apr 1988

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

26.00° N, 52.00° E

Description

1988 United States naval offensive against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1988 US attack on Iran in the Iran-Iraq War

Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 attack by the United States on Iranian naval targets in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of a U.S. warship four days earlier. It took place during the US presidency of Ronald Reagan and the rule of Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The United States Navy retaliates for the Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 mining with Operation Praying Mantis, in a day of strikes against Iranian oil platforms and…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im persischen Golf findet die Operation Praying Mantis genannte Seeschlacht zwischen den USA und Iran statt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille des plates-formes pétrolières Sassan et Sirri dans le golfe Persique entre l’US Navy et la marine iranienne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ВМС США проводят военную операцию против Ирана («Богомол»)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حمله نیروی دریایی ایالات متحده آمریکا به ناوگان دریایی ایران در خلیج فارس که باعث غرق شدن چندین کشتی و قایق ایرانی شد، موسم به عملیات آخوندک”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Iran-Iraq War22 Sep 1980 · Interstate war · Deaths 900,000