| Operation Dawn-1 |
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War |
| Date | 10–16 April, 1983
(7 days) |
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| Location | |
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| Result |
Iraqi victory
- Iranian offensive failure
- Iraqi defensive success
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| Belligerents |
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Iraq |
Iran |
| Strength |
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55,000 men |
50,000 men |
| Casualties and losses |
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Moderate |
6,000 killed |
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Pre-war incidents
Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)
Stalemate (1981)
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
Final stages (1988)
Tanker War
International incidents
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Operation Dawn-1 (also known as Operation Valfajr-1) was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War. On April 10, 1983, Iran struck Ayn Al-Qaws with the immediate objective of Al-Fakkah Field (east of al-Amarah) to capture the Baghdad-Basra Highway. The operation was fought mostly by Pasdaran forces and was one of the three costly human wave offensives of 1983, the Iranians failed to defeat the Iraqis.