Second Battle of Tikrit
The Second Battle of Tikrit was a battle in which Iraqi Security Forces recaptured the city of Tikrit (the provincial capital of the Saladin Governorate) from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraqi forces consisted of the Iraqi Army and the Popular Mobilization Forces (the bulk of the ground forces, consisting of Shia militiamen and also some Sunni tribesmen), receiving assistance from Iran's Quds Force officers on the ground, and air support from the American, British, and French air forces.
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Second Battle of Tikrit
The Second Battle of Tikrit was a battle in which Iraqi Security Forces recaptured the city of Tikrit (the provincial capital of the Saladin Governorate) from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraqi forces consisted of the Iraqi Army and the Popular Mobilization Forces (the bulk of the ground forces, consisting of Shia militiamen and also some Sunni tribesmen), receiving assistance from Iran's Quds Force officers on the ground, and air support from the American, British, and French air forces.
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The Second Battle of Tikrit wa ...... left behind by ISIL in Tikrit.
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causalties
230–1,000+ killed
combatant
(25–31 March only)
Airstrikes:
Ba'ath Party Loyalists
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
United Kingdom (25–29 March only)
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date
2015-04-17
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result
* Allied forces are stalled 13–30 March
* Allied forces capture most o ...... ance persisting until 17 April
* Allied forces encircled Tikrit by 9 March and push into the city 11 March
* Cleanup and defusing operati ...... –10,000IEDsleft behind by ISIL
* Partial withdraw of some Ira ...... ting with anti-ISIL airstrikes
Anti-ISIL victory
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(9,000 engaged)
(specialist reinforcements sent)
* 1,000–5,000 Sunni tribesmen
* 20,000 Shi'ite paramilitaries
* 3,200–4,000 Iraqi security forces
* 40Quds forceofficers
2,000–13,000
20,000–30,000+
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Military diagram illustrating ...... from early to mid-March 2015.
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combatant
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Airstrikes:
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France
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Iraq
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Ba'ath Party Loyalists
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United Kingdom
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commander
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Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
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Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Hadi al-Amiri
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Abu Maria
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Abu Nabil al-Anbari
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Abu Suleiman
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Ali al-Moussawi
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Gen. Sadiq Yari
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Lt. Gen. Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi
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Second Battle of Tikrit
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War in Iraq and
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the Salahuddin campaign
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result
strength
* 20,000 Shi'ite paramilitarie ...... esmen
* 40 Quds force officers
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territory
The provincial capital of Sala ...... , Al-Alam, Al-Awja, and others
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Iraq:
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Security Forces
* Armed Forces ...... *
France:
* French Air Force
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