| Battle of the Bridges | |||||||
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| Part of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Iraq |
 Kuwait | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Brig. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani |
Col. Salem Masoud Al-Sorour Cpt. Khaled Hassan (POW) Yazeed Al-Waleed  | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Elements of the 1st Republican Guard Corps Elements of the 1st "Hammurabi" Armored Division Elements of the 2nd "al-Medinah al-Munawera" Armored Division |
Elements of the 35th Brigade 7th Tank Bn, 3 Coy (26 Chieftains) 8th Tank Bn, 3rd Coy (10 Chieftains) 57th Mech Inf Bn, 1 Coy (5 BMP-2s & several M113s) 51st Art Bn, 1 Bty (7 M109A2s) Antitank Coy (M901 ITVs) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
36 tanks 5 infantry fighting vehicles 7 self propelled guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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No casualties (Iraqi claim)[1] 30 tanks destroyed (Kuwaiti claim) 1 self-propelled gun destroyed | All of Kuwaiti 35th Brigade elements destroyed or captured[2] | ||||||
The Battle of the Bridges (Arabic: معركة الجسور) was a battle that took place on 2 August 1990 in Kuwait, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- ^ الفريق رعد الحمداني.. إحتلال الكويت و حرب الخليج [Brig. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani – Occupation of Kuwait and the Gulf War] (YouTube) (in Arabic). RT Arabic. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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