Operation Dawn 8

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Operation Dawn 8

Part of Iran-Iraq War, First Battle of Al-Faw

Location	al-Faw Peninsula
Result	Decisive Iranian victory
Territorial changes	Iran captures the al-Faw Peninsula

Belligerents

Iraq

Iran

v • d • e

Iran-Iraq War

Kaman 99 - Abadan - Morvarid - Dezful - Undeniable Victory - Khorramshahr - Samen-ol-A'emeh - Jerusalem Way - Jerusalem - Ramadan - Before the Dawn - Dawn 1 - Dawn 2 - Dawn 3 - Dawn 4 - Dawn V - Dawn 6 - Marshes - Kheibar - Badr - Cities - 1st Al Faw - Dawn 8 - Karbala 4 - Karbala-5 - Karbala-6 - Karbala Ten - Nasr 4 - Halabja - Zafar 7 - 2nd Al Faw - Mersad

Related U.S. operations

Earnest Will - Prime Chance - Eager Glacier - Nimble Archer - Praying Mantis

Operation Dawn 8 was an Iranian military operation conducted in the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.

The Iranian operation is considered to be one of Iran's greatest achievements in the Iran-Iraq War. The Iranians were able to capture the Fao Peninsula, cutting off Iraqi access to the Persian Gulf in the process; and this in turn hardened Iraqi attitudes to prosecute the war. The Fao Peninsula was later recaptured by Iraqi forces near the end of the war by the massive and illegal use of chemical weapons.