Battle of Failaka

Part of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

29°23′12.96″N 47°59′50.57″E / 29.3869333°N 47.9973806°E / 29.3869333; 47.9973806Result

Iraqi victory

• Expulsion of Failaka's population to the mainland

Belligerents  Iraq  KuwaitUnits involved Iraqi Special Forces Battalion
Marine Battalion
Helicopter Support Infantry Company
Company of Border Guards

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Gulf War

Invasion of Kuwait

• Kuwaiti Bridges
• Dasman Palace
• Failaka
• British Airways Flight 149

Coalition intervention

• Khafji
• Wadi al-Batin

Naval operations

• Ad-Dawrah
• Qurah
• Maradim
• Bubiyan

Air campaign

• Air to Air combat
• Dhahran & Riyadh
• "Package Q" Air Strike
• Ras Tanura
• Samurra
• Amiriyah

Liberation of Kuwait

• Order of battle
• 73 Easting
• Al Busayyah
• Phase Line Bullet
• Medina Ridge
• Highway of Death
• Jalibah
• Norfolk
• Kuwait International Airport

Post-ceasefire

• Rumaila
• Safwan

The Battle of Failaka broke out between the Kuwaiti garrison of Failaka Island and attacking Iraqi forces during the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, on 2 August 1990.^{[citation needed]} The Kuwaiti garrison consisted of an infantry company and a company of border guards, in addition to air defense company armed with Hawk SAMs. Iraqi forces consisted of a special forces battalion transported by helicopters reinforced with a battalion of marines.

Aftermath

After the successful takeover by the Iraqi army, the island of Failaka was depopulated, with its 2,000 residents expelled to the mainland.^[1] The island was retaken by US forces in 1991, using tools of psychological warfare, making the Iraqi contingent of 1,400 surrender without a single shot.^[2]

References

See also

• The Battle of the Bridges