Battle for Mosul Dam
| Battle for Mosul Dam | |||||||
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| Part of the Northern Iraq offensive of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) and the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) | |||||||
Mosul Dam | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United States | Islamic State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 170 | 500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 11+ killed | ||||||
The Battle for Mosul Dam took place in August 2014 between militants of the Islamic State (IS) and Iraqi Special Operations Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga, supported by U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes.