| Second Battle of Khorramshahr | |||||||||
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| Part of the Iran–Iraq War and Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas | |||||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Khorramshahr_POWs_crop.jpg) Iranian forces directing captured Iraqi Army prisoners following the city's return to Iranian control, 1982 | |||||||||
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35,000 troops 100 tanks[1] |
80,000 troops 400 tanks[1] | ||||||||
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8,000 killed 250 tanks, 300 APCs, 100 artillery pieces destroyed or captured[1] (In all sectors) |
12,000–15,000 killed 400 tanks destroyed[1] (In all sectors) | ||||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Iran_location_map.svg)  Khorramshahr | |||||||||
The Second Battle of Khorramshahr, also known in Iran as the Liberation of Khorramshahr (Persian: آزادسازی خرمشهر, romanized: Âzâdsâzī-ye Khorramshahr) was the Iranian recapture of the city of Khorramshahr on 24 May 1982, during the Iran–Iraq War. The city had been captured by the Iraqis earlier in the war, on 26 October 1980, shortly after the Iraqi invasion of Iran.[2][3][4] The successful retaking of the city was part of Iran's Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas. It is perceived as a turning point in the war; and the liberation of the city is annually celebrated in Iran on 24 May.[5]
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