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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Operation Dawn V
|partof=[[Iran–Iraq War]]
|image=Shatt al arab.png
|image_size=200px
|caption=
|date=16–20 February 1984<ref>{{cite book |last1=Razoux |first1=Pierre |title=The Iran-Iraq War |date=2015 |publisher=Harvard University Press, 2015 |isbn=978-0674915718 |page=262 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGsuCwAAQBAJ}}</ref><br />(5 days)
|place=[[Basra]], Southeast [[Iraq]]
|casus=Iranian [[invasion]] of [[Iraq]]
|territory=Iraq holds on to the city of Basra
|result=Iraqi victory
* Minor tactical Iranian success (Iran fails their objective but makes small gains over useless land)
* Defensive Iraqi success (Iraq holds on to the city of Basra)
|combatant1={{flagcountry|Ba'athist Iraq}}
|combatant2={{flagcountry|Iran|1980}}
|combatant3=
|commander1=
|commander2=
|commander3=
|strength1=2 Army Corps (approx; 90,000–100,000 soldiers)
|strength2=100,000–150,000 [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Pasdaran]] and [[Basij]]
|strength3=
|casualties1=25,000
|casualties2=50,000
|casualties3=
|notes=
}}
{{Campaignbox Iran-Iraq War}}
As 1984 began, [[Iran]] launched the largest offensive up to that date '''Operation Dawn V''', also known as '''Operation Dawn 5''' or '''Operation Valfajr-5''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]). The goal of the offensive was to split the [[Iraq]]i 4th Army Corps and 6th Army Corps between [[Basra]] and [[Al-Qurnah|Qurna]], and if successful, move on the suburbs or even the city of Basra itself. It was fought between the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Pasdaran]], [[Basij]] and the [[Military of Iraq|Iraqi Army]]. In the early phase, a force of an estimated 100,000-150,000 Pasdaran and Basij, using small motorboats and then on foot moved towards the objective, then attacked using human wave tactics and in places came within a few kilometers of the strategic [[Basra–Baghdad highway]]. However the [[Iran]]ians lacked artillery, air support and armored protection, while the Iraqis were well equipped and entrenched in strong fortified positions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranian.ws/iran-online/iran-iraq_war/1984-1987.htm|title=iranian.ws -&nbsp;Iranian Resources and Information.|publisher=|access-date=2009-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217033826/http://www.iranian.ws/iran-online/iran-iraq_war/1984-1987.htm|archive-date=2014-12-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> The armies inflicted severe casualties on each other and the [[Iran]]ians failed to achieve their objective. This operation was the biggest of the Dawn operations.

== The Battles ==
* [[Battle of the Marshes]]
* [[Operation Kheibar]]
* [[Operation Dawn 6]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.iranchamber.com/history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq_war1.php Iran Chamber Society on Operation Dawn V]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141217033826/http://www.iranian.ws/iran-online/iran-iraq_war/1984-1987.htm Detailed look at the operation on Operation Dawn V]

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[[Category:Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War in 1984]]
[[Category:Basra in the Iran–Iraq War]]
[[Category:History of Basra Governorate]]
[[Category:February 1984 in Asia]]


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