Battle of Samawah

Battle of Samawah
	Part of 2003 Invasion of Iraq
	; Soldiers from Bravo company 2/325th 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	United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Ba'athist Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Charles Swannack	Lt. Gen. Yahya; Mizban Khidar Hadi; Yahya Huwaish Fadani; Kinan Mansour Khaleel
Strength
2nd Brigade, U.S. 82nd Airborne Division; 1-41st Infantry Regiment ; 2-70th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division	Elements of the Saddam Fedayeen, Iraqi Republican Guard; Iraqi Army
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 6 wounded	46 killed; 23 captured

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, along with 3rd platoon 59th Chemical Company tasked with finding and removing any potential chemical or biological weapons. The battle was the largest sustained urban combat that paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne had been involved in since World War II.

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