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Iran–Iraq War

The Second Tawakal ala Allah Operation

Saturday Jun 25, 1988
Majnoon Island, Iraq

On 25 June, Iraq launched the second Tawakal ala Allah operation against the Iranians on Majnoon Island. Iraqi commandos used amphibious craft to block the Iranian rear, then used hundreds of tanks with massed conventional and chemical artillery barrages to recapture the island after 8 hours of combat.


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