2004 Iraq spring fighting

2004 Iraq spring fighting
Part of the Iraq War

US soldiers peer over a rooftop ledge to fix in enemy targets in Fallujah
DateApril 4, 2004 – June 24, 2004
Location
Result

Indecisive

  • Major strategic gains by insurgents
  • U.S. manages to retain control of at least 60% of the country
Belligerents
Coalition Forces:
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Spain Spain
Australia Australia
Poland Poland
Iraq New Iraqi Army
Multinational forces in Iraq
Insurgent groups:
Ba'ath Party loyalists
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
Islamic Army in Iraq
1920 Revolution Brigade
Army of Mujahideen
Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
Ansar al-Islam
Mahdi Army
Other insurgent groups and militias
Commanders and leaders
United States Gen. John Abizaid
United States Col. Peter Mansoor
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad)
Mahdi Al-Sumaidaie
(Islamist leader)
Abdullah al-Janabi
(Islamist leader)
Omar Hadid
(Islamist commander)
Muqtada al-Sadr (Mahdi Army)
Strength
200,000 35,000
Casualties and losses
United States 217 killed
1 captured
2,500 wounded
Iraq 150 killed;
14,800 deserted
Other coalition forces:
16 killed
107 wounded[1][2][3][4][5]
1,342 killed
430 captured
(coalition claim)

The 2004 Iraq spring fighting was a series of operational offensives and various major engagements during the Iraq War. It was a turning point in the war; the Spring Fighting marked the entrance into the conflict of militias and religiously based (Shi'a and Sunni) militant Iraqi groups, such as the Shi'a Mahdi Army.

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