Battle of Khorramshahr

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Khorramshahr was a major and brutal early engagement of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980, marked by intense urban combat and heavy casualties as Iraqi forces captured the strategic Iranian port city.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Khorramshahr canonical 2
Liberation of Khorramshahr 2
Bloodbath of Khorramshahr 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath Iranian displacement from the city ⓘ
Iraqi occupation of Khorramshahr ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
surface form: Bloodbath of Khorramshahr

Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
surface form: Defence of Khorramshahr
belligerent Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
causeOf large-scale civilian displacement ⓘ
significant destruction of Khorramshahr ⓘ
characterizedBy heavy casualties ⓘ
intense street fighting ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual memorials in Iran ⓘ
conflict Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
countryAtTime Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ
Imperial State of Iran’s successor, Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
dateContext early phase of the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
endDate 1980-11-10 ⓘ
followedBy Iranian counteroffensives in Khuzestan ⓘ
Siege of Abadan ⓘ
hasCategory 1980 in military history ⓘ
Battles of the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Urban warfare battles ⓘ
involves Iranian Basij volunteers ⓘ
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps

Iraqi Army ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
location Iran ⓘ
Khorramshahr ⓘ
Khuzestan ⓘ
surface form: Khuzestan Province
militaryTheater southern front of the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
notableFor high Iraqi losses ⓘ
stubborn Iranian defense ⓘ
symbol of Iranian resistance ⓘ
objectiveOfIraq control of key port infrastructure ⓘ
seizure of Khorramshahr ⓘ
partOf Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
precededBy Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi invasion of Iran in 1980
result Iraqi victory ⓘ
capture of Khorramshahr by Iraq ⓘ
startDate 1980-09-22 ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Shatt al-Arab waterway ⓘ
gateway to Khuzestan oil fields ⓘ
major Iranian port city ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
typeOfWarfare urban warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Republican Guard → notableBattle → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
Khorramshahr → historicalEvent → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr → historicalEvent → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberation of Khorramshahr
Sacred Defense → hasPart → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberation of Khorramshahr
Operation Ramadan → after → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
this entity surface form: liberation of Khorramshahr
Khuzestan → sawBattle → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
Battle of Khorramshahr → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bloodbath of Khorramshahr
Battle of Khorramshahr → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence of Khorramshahr