Battle of Rumaila
The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial engagement that took place on March 2, 1991, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Lt. Gen. Barry McCaffrey engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.
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Battle of Rumaila
The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial engagement that took place on March 2, 1991, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Lt. Gen. Barry McCaffrey engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.
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Bataille de RumailaFichier:Bmp ...... la fin de la guerre du Golfe.
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La batalla de Rumaila, también ...... terminado la Guerra del golfo
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The Battle of Rumaila, also kn ...... ate aftermath of the Gulf War.
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1991-03-02
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U.S. victory
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221M2 BradleyArmored fighting vehicles
241 M1 Abrams tanks
25,000 troops
94 helicopters
Estimated 7,000
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Armored vehicles captured in t ...... 4th Infantry Division in 1991
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Likely 700 or more killed
Many wounded/captured
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General Ayad Futayih al-Rawi
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The Hammar Marshes inside Iraq
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Bataille de RumailaFichier:Bmp ...... calisation sur la carte : Irak
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La batalla de Rumaila, también ...... terminado la Guerra del golfo
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The Battle of Rumaila, also kn ...... ate aftermath of the Gulf War.
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Bataille de Rumaila
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Batalla de Rumaila
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Battle of Rumaila
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Battle of Rumaila
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