Operation Commander-in-Chief

Operation Commander-in-Chief (Persian: عملیات فرمانده کل قوا‎), (complete name: "Commander-in-Chief, Khomeini Ruhe-Khoda"), is the name of a military operation which was launched during Iran-Iraq War on 11 June 1981 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against Iraqi Ba'athist army. The operation was carried out with the purpose of opening the siege of Abadan and also as a test for the significant operation of Samen-ol-A'emeh.[1][2][3]

Operation Commander-in-Chief
Part of Iran–Iraq War
Date11 June – 15 June 1981
(4 days)
Location
Abadan, Darkhoveyn
Result Progress in enemy positions
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

At this operation[4][5][6][7] which was with a advance of 3 kilometers in the favor of Iranian forces, the powerful and significant positions of the Iraqi Ba'athist army in the area were (re)captured by IRGC and at-least 32 tanks and personnel carriers were annihilated and 1496 Iraqi forces were killed, wounded and captured; on the other hand 120 forces from IRGC were killed.[8][9][10][11]

See also

References
  1. Operation "Commander-in-Chief" at a glance defapress.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  2. Anniversary of the beginning of Operation "Commander-in-Chief isna.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  3. Operation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the Darkhovin area east of the Karun River by the IRGC rasekhoon.net, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  4. Operation "Commander-in-Chief"; The ground for the broken structure of the siege of Abadan aviny.com, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  5. Operation "Commander-in-Chief" yjc.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  6. Operation "Commander-in-Chief" tasnimnews.com, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  7. Operation Commander-in-Chief in the Darkhovin region magiran.com, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  8. Operation "Commander-in-Chief" at a glance defapress.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  9. The first operation was called the Commander-in-Chief jamaran.news, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  10. Operation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on the Darkhovin Front iranhdm.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021
  11. Anniversary of Operation Commander-in-Chief snn.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021
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