Battle of Samawah (2003)

Battle of Samawah
Part of 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Soldiers from D company 1/325th watch an Iraqi paramilitary unit's headquarters burn during an assault on Samawah's north side 4 April 2003.
Date 30 March – 4 April 2003 Location Samawah, Iraq Result American victory
Belligerents
Iraq	United States
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Yahya Mizban Khidar Hadi Yahya Huwaish Fadani Kinan Mansour Khaleel	Gen. Charles Swannack
Strength
Elements of the Saddam Fedayeen, Iraqi Republican Guard Iraqi Army	2nd Brigade, U.S. 82nd Airborne Division 1-41st Infantry Regiment 2-70th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Casualties and losses
46 killed 23 captured	1 killed 6 wounded

Lt. Gen. Yahya
Mizban Khidar Hadi
Yahya Huwaish Fadani

The Battle of Samawah took place during the 2003 invasion of Iraq as American troops fought to clear the city of Iraqi forces. The city had been bypassed during the advance on Baghdad, leaving the task of clearing it to American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division with mechanized infantry and armor provided by units of the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, and 2-70th Armor Battalions. The battle was the largest sustained urban combat that paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne had been involved in since World War II.

This info is completely wrong. Not sure where this came from. Becuase this was a Brigade fight, and I commanded this Brigade. Arnold N Gordon-Bray.

As the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division advanced northwards to Baghdad, they avoided getting bogged down in urban combat by bypassing heavily defended Iraqi towns. Keeping to the south of the Euphrates River, they planned to cross the river directly south of Baghdad, in the Karbala Gap.

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