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As the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division advanced northwards to Baghdad, they avoided getting bogged down in urban combat by bypassing heavily defended Iraqi towns. Keeping to the south of the Euphrates River, they planned to cross the river directly south of Baghdad, in the Karbala Gap. Outside of Samawah from March 22 - March 25, the 3rd Infantry Division made contact with Iraqi forces outside Samawah, using artillery and airstrikes. Iraqi forces attacked the American armored columns and were slaughtered. It is estimated that 120-160 Iraqis died in this action, in which no Americans were killed.

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  • Battle of Samawah (2003)
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  • As the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division advanced northwards to Baghdad, they avoided getting bogged down in urban combat by bypassing heavily defended Iraqi towns. Keeping to the south of the Euphrates River, they planned to cross the river directly south of Baghdad, in the Karbala Gap. Outside of Samawah from March 22 - March 25, the 3rd Infantry Division made contact with Iraqi forces outside Samawah, using artillery and airstrikes. Iraqi forces attacked the American armored columns and were slaughtered. It is estimated that 120-160 Iraqis died in this action, in which no Americans were killed.
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Strength
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • Elements of the Saddam Fedayeen, Iraqi Republican Guard and Iraqi Army
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Partof
  • 2003(xsd:integer)
Date
  • --03-30
Commander
  • Gen. Charles Swannack
  • Lt. Gen. Yahya
Caption
  • --04-04
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 6(xsd:integer)
  • 23(xsd:integer)
  • 38(xsd:integer)
Result
  • U.S. victory
combatant
  • United States
  • Iraq
Place
  • Samawah, Iraq
Conflict
  • Battle of Samawah
abstract
  • As the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division advanced northwards to Baghdad, they avoided getting bogged down in urban combat by bypassing heavily defended Iraqi towns. Keeping to the south of the Euphrates River, they planned to cross the river directly south of Baghdad, in the Karbala Gap. Outside of Samawah from March 22 - March 25, the 3rd Infantry Division made contact with Iraqi forces outside Samawah, using artillery and airstrikes. Iraqi forces attacked the American armored columns and were slaughtered. It is estimated that 120-160 Iraqis died in this action, in which no Americans were killed. The city was bypassed and did not seriously impede the 3rd Infantry Division's advance on Baghdad, but irregular forces based inside the city staged attacks on American supply lines. On March 25, the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division received the order to clear Samawah and by March 28 they had re-deployed to Talil Air Base in southern Iraq.
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