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The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial engagement that took place on March 2, 1991, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and air elements of the 101st Airborne Division, engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.

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  • Battle of Rumaila
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  • The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial engagement that took place on March 2, 1991, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and air elements of the 101st Airborne Division, engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.
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Strength
  • Estimated 7,000
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Partof
  • the Gulf War
Date
  • 1991-03-02(xsd:date)
Commander
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • Hundreds of vehicles
  • Likely 700 or more killed
  • Many wounded/captured
Result
  • U.S. victory
combatant
  • 22(xsd:integer)
Place
  • Lake Hammar, Iraq
Conflict
  • Battle of Rumaila
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  • The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial engagement that took place on March 2, 1991, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and air elements of the 101st Airborne Division, engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.
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