Operation Dawn 10
| Operation Dawn 10 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Iraq |
Iran Supported by: Peshmerga | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Saddam Hussein Kokeb Mohammad Amin Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat Hisham Fakhri |
Ayatollah Khomeni Mohsen Rezaee Ali Sayad Shirazi Ali Shamkhani Yahya Rahim Safavi Masoud Barzani | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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10,000+ killed or wounded 5,440 captured 270 tanks destroyed | 3,000+ killed | ||||||||
Operation Dawn-10 or Walfajr-10 (Persian: عملیات والفجر ۱۰) was an offensive operation launched by Iran against Iraq on March 15, 1988, near the end of the Iran–Iraq War. Led by the Pasdaran and supported by some regular army forces, the five-phase operation marked a shift in Iranian focus from southern to northern Iraq.