Battle of Medina Ridge

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The Battle of Medina Ridge was a major tank engagement of the 1991 Gulf War in which U.S.-led coalition forces decisively defeated Iraqi armored units of the Republican Guard near Basra.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Medina Ridge canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Gulf War ⓘ
tank battle ⓘ
airSupport U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II ⓘ
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
U.S. Army AH-64 Apache ⓘ
linked to: Boeing AH-64 Apache
alsoKnownAs Medina Ridge tank battle ⓘ
belligerent Iraq ⓘ
United States ⓘ
coalition forces ⓘ
campaign Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
casualties heavy Iraqi equipment losses ⓘ
low U.S. casualties ⓘ
coalitionCommander Lieutenant General Frederick M. Franks Jr. ⓘ
Major General Ronald H. Griffith ⓘ
conflict Gulf War ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
date 1991-02-27 ⓘ
followedBy coalition advance toward Basra ⓘ
involvedUnit 1st Armored Division (United States) ⓘ
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
3rd Armored Division (United States) ⓘ
Iraqi Republican Guard Adnan Division ⓘ
Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Division ⓘ
U.S. VII Corps ⓘ
IraqiCommander officers of the Republican Guard Medina Division ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
near Basra ⓘ
notableFor decisive defeat of Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces ⓘ
one of the largest tank battles of the Gulf War ⓘ
opponent Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Iraqi armored units ⓘ
partOf 1991 Gulf War ⓘ
phaseOf ground campaign of the Gulf War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ
primaryWeaponSystem Iraqi T-55 tank ⓘ
linked to: T-55 tank

Iraqi T-72 tank ⓘ
M1A1 Abrams tank ⓘ
linked to: M1 Abrams tanks

M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
result coalition victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to collapse of Iraqi defensive positions near Basra ⓘ
helped secure coalition advance toward Basra ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Iraqi forces forced to withdraw ⓘ
U.S.-led forces destroyed large numbers of Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles ⓘ
terrainFeature Medina Ridge ⓘ
typeOfWarfare armored warfare ⓘ
mechanized warfare ⓘ
year 1991 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Republican Guard → notableBattle → Battle of Medina Ridge ⓘ
Battle of 73 Easting → followedBy → Battle of Medina Ridge ⓘ