Battle of Rumaila

The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial attack that took place on March 2, 1991, two days after President Bush declared a ceasefire, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Major General Barry McCaffrey engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.

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1991  Wikidata
Battle of the Causeway; Battle of the Junkyard
battle, United States, Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Ba'athist Iraq, Barry McCaffrey, Iraq, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1991	Battle of Rumaila	United States, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Ba'athist Iraq, Barry McCaffrey, battle	Wikidata