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.

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
Date2 March 1991
Location
Lake Hammar, Iraq
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		 Estimated 7,000 troops
300 tanks
700 wheeled vehicles
Casualties and losses
1 wounded
1 M1 Abrams tank destroyed
1 IFV destroyed		 700+ killed
3,000 captured
247-360 tanks & armoured vehicles destroyed
400+ trucks destroyed
33 – 43 artillery pieces destroyed
8 MRLs destroyed
4 helicopters shot down
The Hammar Marshes inside Iraq
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