Battle of Dasman Palace

Battle of Dasman Palace
Part of the Gulf War
Date2 August 1990
Location
Dasman Palace, Kuwait City
29°23′12.96″N 47°59′50.57″E / 29.3869333°N 47.9973806°E / 29.3869333; 47.9973806
Result Iraqi victory
Belligerents
 Iraq  Kuwait
Commanders and leaders
Ba'athist Iraq Brig. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani Kuwait Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 
Units involved
Republican Guard
Elements of the 1st "Hammurabi" Mechanised Division
Elements of the 8th "As Saiqa" Special Forces Division
Kuwait National Guard
Kuwait Army

The Battle of Dasman Palace (Arabic: معركة قصر دسمان maʿraka Qaṣr Dasmān), also called the Battle of Dasman, took place between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi forces during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990.