Khoramshahr 1982 - Libertaed by Iran Forces,20,000 Iraqi POW

Khoramshahr 1982 taken back- Iran Iraq war. Khorramshahr (Persian: خرمشهر) is a port city in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. It is approximately ten kilometres north of Abadan. The city extends to the right bank of the Arvand Rūd waterway near its confluence with the Karun river.
This city with a populaytion of approximateky 500,000 was completely destroyed by Saddam Hussein forces when they invaded the city in 1980. In 1982 the city was liberated by Iranina forces.
Details - The Iran-Iraq War:
During the Iran-Iraq War it was extensively ravaged by Iraqi forces as a result of Saddam Hussein's scorched earth policy. Prior to the war, Khorramshahr had become one of the world's major port cities, and home to some of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Iran.
As the Iraqis drew near at the beginning of the war, the Iranian Army evacuated much of the city. In the defense of Khorramshahr, the Iranians prepared a series of dykes on the outskirts of the city, the first dyke holding regular soldiers and the second dyke holding tanks, artillery, and anti-tank weapons. Personnel wise, the Iranian Regular Army was responsible for the city's external defenses and the Pasdaran were responsible for the center.

The Iraqi objectives were to occupy the city outskirts, the Dej Barracks in the north, and the port in the south. In the first days of the fighting, beginning on September 30th, the Iraqis cleared the dykes and captured the area around the city, cutting it off from both Abadan and the rest of the Khuzestan province. The first two attempts to enter the city, launched by an armored division and Special Forces, were met with heavy losses for the Iraqi forces. In response, the Iraqis planned on sending in additional commando units with armor providing backup. Iraqi Special Forces and Commando units took the port whilst Iraqi armored brigades took Dej, both before moving into the suburbs.

It was in the suburbs that the Iraqi attack stalled when they encountered Iranian Pasdaran and Chieftain tanks. Local counterattacks by tank-infantry teams turned back the Iraqi forces at several points. The sheer weight of the Iraqi tank force settled the issue in their favor, but when Iranian armor was encountered on the defense, it stopped attacks cold. Only repeated combined arms assaults broke the ability of the Chieftains to dominate the open areas within the suburban battle space.

As the fighting moved toward the city center, armor operations were reduced to a supporting role, since the tanks couldn't fire as effectively through the tight and narrow streets. The Iraqis tended to attack at night to advance troops and gain surprise, and place observation points on tall buildings. The Iranians would often move in snipers at night, which also bogged the battle down for the invading Iraqis. Due to the heroism of Pasdaran and Basij, battles were often fought house-to-house, floor-to-floor, and room-to-room. Reports indicate that Iraqis would at times encounter Pasdaran who were armed with anything from assault rifles all the way down to sticks and knives.

An Iranian woman in front of a mosque during Iraqi invasion to Khorramshahr in September-October 1981.The final objectives towards the end of the battle were the Government building where the Iranian headquarters was located, as well as the nearby bridge connecting the road from Khorramshahr to Abadan. Fighting for possession of the bridge took 48 hours. The last Iraqi attack started at dawn on 24 October and lasted five hours. The city was cleared by 26 October.

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[latitudegoth]

For you fucking Arab boy can i say that U.S fucked you and your countries in Persian gulf . They never can do such a thing witch they did with your Fucked Sada Husein. And you should fucking ass hole know that Bagdad is a Persian name as "God gived" on old Persian language so the hole your country beloged to Persian almost for 70 years ago. One of the grate Persian king palats were in nearly Bagdad so you fucking idiot go and read history of meddele east..

.LOL

[USB740]

@IranMarzban this idiot jers59 is proud that his fellow Americans are dying in a foreing land for the big corporations whose only goal has been to make a cheap bargain on the Iraqi oil (steal it), where is the honor in that?

There is a huge difference between making an effort & fighting to defend your homeland...and actually going to other people's land without provokation and kill them.

[jers59]

@IranValleyZameen you are fucking asshole and idiot first you believe in made up god wise up fool its 2011, iran rise up from what guess you are waiying for hidden inman to rise from the well like that other asshole ahMADinijad and khomenie said it was ok for iranian men to fuck chickens as long as his family did not eat it, you sick perverted bastards

[IranValleyZameen]

@jers59 My father was a 1st lietanant in some of the most horrific battles in that war...EAT SHIT ASSHOLE.....ITS TIME FOR IRAN TO RISE & SHIT ON STUPID BIGGOTS RACIST LIKE YOU & YOUR LIKE MINDS WITH THE POWER & CULTURE GOD GRANTED US......If you dont have anything about good to say about the compassionate Iranians...Go fuck yourself & ur mother u inbred monkey

[komigennufan]

@latitudegoth another theori is: bagh in turkish is (garden)

it was called the garden of grapes.... and that might be right cuz mesopotamia/assyrian were the first ppl who discoverd alcohol from the grapes. and they drinked the first wine (grape wine)

so thats y it might be called for the ( garden of the grapes) = Baghdad

Or the aramaic translation might be right too.... but the persian version is just faked

[komigennufan]

@USB740 u might be right in ur information but u didnt say all of it...

iraq did MORE than what u said.

[komigennufan]

@persiankid2211 lol another pissedoff iraniii,..... poor guys...

btw... y does arabs have good relation with turks. egyptian with the greeks. maroco with spain france... gulf arabs have good relation EVEN with india.. but not iran? why iran hate arabs, afghans. pakis. whatsoever? isit cuz ur so dumb and faggots?

or isit a jew/american plan. to isolate iran to prepare for a war against it??? think before u hate dude.... better for u

[komigennufan]

@latitudegoth why dont u open ur mamas pussy and get inside again to hide or i will come and put U in ur mamas ass in my way?

baghdad is persian? that was the most funny thing. its arabic as hell... u say u read history? show me the evidnce then? lol o no i forgot ur iranien ur just good at talking on the net,

iran were province in big arabia (true) but baghdad is an arabic name. but u retarded persian have nothing thats y u would want a peace on the care (iraq)

fuck u and fuck ur islamic mulla