Battle of Basra (2003)

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The Battle of Basra (2003) was a major engagement during the initial phase of the Iraq War in which British-led coalition forces captured the strategic southern city of Basra from Iraqi government control.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Basra (2003) canonical 2
Siege of Basra (2003) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alliedCommander Graham Binns ⓘ
Peter Wall ⓘ
Robin Brims ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Basra (2003) ⓘ
belligerent Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ
Iraqi government forces ⓘ
campaign Southern Iraq campaign (2003) ⓘ
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
conflictPhase initial invasion phase of Iraq War ⓘ
countryInvolved Iraq ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
date April 2003 ⓘ
March 2003 ⓘ
endDate 2003-04-06 ⓘ
followedBy occupation of Basra by coalition forces ⓘ
location Basra ⓘ
Basra Governorate ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
militaryObjective removal of Iraqi government control from Basra ⓘ
seizure of Basra ⓘ
notableFor first major urban battle for British forces in Iraq War ⓘ
securing Iraq's second-largest city ⓘ
opposingCommander Ali Hassan al-Majid ⓘ
opposingForce Ba'ath Party militia ⓘ
Fedayeen Saddam ⓘ
linked to: Fedayeen

Iraqi Army ⓘ
partOf 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
precededBy initial air strikes on Iraq in March 2003 ⓘ
primaryForce 1st (UK) Armoured Division ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
US Marine Corps units ⓘ
result capture of Basra by coalition forces ⓘ
coalition victory ⓘ
startDate 2003-03-21 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Iraq's main southern port ⓘ
control of access to Persian Gulf ⓘ
control of nearby oil fields ⓘ
theater southern Iraq ⓘ
typeOfWarfare combined arms operation ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
used air support ⓘ
armored vehicles ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Battle for Basra (2003) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Basra (2003) ⓘ
Battle of Basra (2003) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Basra (2003) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Basra (2003)