What the records say
- When
- 16 Mar 2006
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 34.20° N, 43.89° E
- Description
- 2006 military operation
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Swarmer
2006 military operation of the Iraq War
Operation Swarmer was a joint U.S-Iraqi air assault offensive targeting insurgents in Salahuddin province, near the central city of Samarra, Iraq.
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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 “Near the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, U.S. and Iraqi forces on Thursday launch an air assault known as Operation Swarmer into Salahuddin…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beginn der Operation Swarmer im Nordirak”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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