Operation al-Fajr

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battle military operation

Operation al-Fajr was the U.S.-led November 2004 offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from insurgent forces during the Iraq War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation al-Fajr canonical	5
Operation Al-Fajr	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Operation Phantom Fury ⓘ Second Battle of Fallujah ⓘ
belligerent	Iraqi Interim Government forces ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Interim Government Al Anbar campaign ⓘ surface form: Iraqi insurgency al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
casualties	high insurgent casualties ⓘ significant civilian displacement ⓘ
codenameMeaning	The Dawn ⓘ
commander	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ James N. Mattis ⓘ John F. Sattler ⓘ Richard F. Natonski ⓘ
conflict	Iraq War ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
endDate	2004-12-23 ⓘ
involvedUseOf	armored vehicles ⓘ artillery ⓘ close air support ⓘ
location	Fallujah ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Armed Forces ⓘ Iraqi Army ⓘ surface form: New Iraqi Army United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
notableFor	extensive destruction of buildings in Fallujah ⓘ one of the heaviest urban battles for U.S. forces since Vietnam War ⓘ
objective	destroy insurgent stronghold in Fallujah ⓘ retake Fallujah from insurgent forces ⓘ
partOf	Iraq War ⓘ
precededBy	First Battle of Fallujah ⓘ
preparationIncluded	encirclement of Fallujah ⓘ evacuation of most civilians before main assault ⓘ
result	Coalition forces capture Fallujah ⓘ Coalition victory ⓘ insurgent forces expelled from Fallujah ⓘ
startDate	2004-11-07 ⓘ
supportedBy	air strikes ⓘ naval gunfire ⓘ special operations forces ⓘ
theater	Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	house-to-house fighting ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
year	2004 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Second Battle of Fallujah → alsoKnownAs → Operation al-Fajr ⓘ

Second Battle of Fallujah → operationName → Operation al-Fajr ⓘ

Fallujah → operationInSecondBattle → Operation al-Fajr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Al-Fajr

Operation Phantom Fury → alsoKnownAs → Operation al-Fajr ⓘ

The Dawn → usedAsCodenameFor → Operation al-Fajr ⓘ

The Dawn → associatedWith → Operation al-Fajr ⓘ