Battle of Rumaila

Battle of Rumaila
Part of the Gulf War (aftermath)
Armored vehicles captured in the Euphrates Valley of Iraq presented to the United States Army Infantry School by the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in 1991
Date 2 March 1991 Location Lake Hammar, Iraq 30°51′23″N 46°55′07″E / 30.8562582°N 46.9184875°E / 30.8562582; 46.9184875 Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Norman Schwarzkopf Frederick Franks Barry McCaffrey	Iyad Futayyih
Units involved
24th Infantry Division	1st Hammurabi Armored Division
Strength
25,000 troops 241 M1 Abrams tanks 221 M2 Bradley armored fighting vehicles 94 helicopters[1]	Estimated 7,000 troops[2] 300 tanks[2] 700 wheeled vehicles[3]
Casualties and losses
1 wounded 1 M1 Abrams tank destroyed 1 IFV destroyed	700+ killed[4] 3,000 captured[5] 247-360 tanks & armoured vehicles destroyed[5] 400+ trucks destroyed[6][7] 33[8] – 43[6][7] artillery pieces destroyed 8 MRLs destroyed 4 helicopters shot down[9]
class=notpageimage| The Hammar Marshes inside Iraq

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.