A report on Second Battle of Fallujah
Joint American, Iraqi-government, and British offensive in November and December 2004, the highest point of conflict during the Iraq War.
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First Battle of Fallujah
5 linksOperation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contractors in March 2004.
Operation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contractors in March 2004.
The loss of the Fallujah Brigade prompted the Second Battle of Fallujah in November that year.
Fallujah
3 linksCity in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 km west of Baghdad on the Euphrates.
City in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 km west of Baghdad on the Euphrates.
The city became a major center of resistance against the Iraqi government during the Iraqi insurgency and the city was the scene of fierce fighting during the First and Second Battles of Fallujah.
United States Marine Corps
4 linksMaritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
Maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
During this occupation, the Marines lead assaults on the city of Fallujah in April (Operation Vigilant Resolve) and November 2004 (Operation Phantom Fury) and saw intense fighting in such places as Ramadi, Al-Qa'im and Hīt.
Battle of Huế
5 linksMajor military engagement in the Tết Offensive launched by North Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War.
Major military engagement in the Tết Offensive launched by North Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War.
The November 2004 anti-insurgent Marine operation in the city of Fallujah that took place during the Iraq War, has been compared to the Battle of Huế.
1st Marine Division
5 linksMarine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
The division returned to Iraq in February 2004 and took control of the Al Anbar province in western Iraq; it was the lead unit in Operation Vigilant Resolve and Operation Phantom Fury in 2004.
Iraq War
3 linksProtracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 that began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States–led coalition which overthrew the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.
Protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 that began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States–led coalition which overthrew the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.
The offensive was resumed in November 2004 in the bloodiest battle of the war: the Second Battle of Fallujah, described by the US military as "the heaviest urban combat (that they had been involved in) since the Battle of Hue City in Vietnam."
Rafael Peralta
2 linksRafael Peralta (April 7, 1979 – November 15, 2004) was a United States Marine killed in combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War.
1st Marine Regiment
4 linksInfantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Led by the 1st Marine Division, Operation Phantom Fury began with an assault north of the city, with four infantry battalions in the attack.
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
3 linksInfantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
The unit fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah as part of Regimental Combat Team 7 to clear the city of insurgents and reclaim the city.
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
3 linksAn insurgency began in Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, and lasted throughout the ensuing Iraq War which lasted from 2003 until 2011.
An insurgency began in Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, and lasted throughout the ensuing Iraq War which lasted from 2003 until 2011.
These include Operation Option North and Operation Bayonet Lightning in Kirkuk, Operation Desert Thrust, Operation Abilene and Operation All American Tiger throughout Iraq, Operation Iron Hammer in Baghdad and Operation Ivy Blizzard in Samarra – all in 2003; Operation Market Sweep, Operation Vigilant Resolve and Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah in 2004; Operation Matador in Anbar, Operation Squeeze Play and Operation Lightning in Baghdad, Operation New Market near Haditha, Operation Spear in Karabillah and the Battle of Tal Afar – all in 2005; Operation Swarmer in Samarra and Operation Together Forward in Baghdad in 2006; and Operation Law and Order in Baghdad, Operation Arrowhead Ripper in Baqouba and Operation Phantom Strike throughout Iraq – all in 2007.