Defense Of the Karabala City Hall
Part of 2004 spring fighting of Iraq War
Date3–6 April 2004
Location
Karbala, Iraq
Result

Polish-Bulgarian won the battle

  • defeat of Mahdi Army
Belligerents

 Poland
 Bulgaria
Iraq Iraq

 Mahdi Army
Commanders and leaders

Poland Tomasz Domański

Poland Grzegorz Kaliciak		 Unknown
Strength
34 Polish and 20 Bulgarian soldiers[1]
several Iraqi police officers		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
6 dead 13 injured 72 dead

Defense of the Karbala City Hall,[lower-alpha 1] also known as the Battle of the City Hall,[lower-alpha 2] was a series of fights that took place between 3 and 6 April 2004, between soldiers of Mahdi Army, attacking the city hall of Karbala, Iraq, and defending it Polish and Bulgarian soldiers of the Multinational Division Central-South, together with the several police officers of Iraqi Police.[1][2][3] It ended with a Polish/Bulgarian force victory, which suffered 6 killed and 13 wounded soldiers, in contrast to the attacking group, who suffered 72 deaths. On April 29, 2019 Andrzej Duda, the President of Poland awarded the Medal for the Centenary of Poland Regaining Independence to 34 soldiers who fought in the battle for Karbala City Hall. [4]

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Citations

Notes

  1. ↑ Polish: obrona ratusza w Karbali, obrona City Hall
  2. ↑ Polish: bitwa o City Hall

References

  1. 1 2 "Bitwa o City Hall". nowastrategia.org.pl (in Polish).
  2. ↑ "10. rocznica bitwy w Karbali. Polscy żołnierze w oblężeniu i bez wsparcia obronili City Hall (video)". defence24.pl. 3 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Marcin Górka; Adam Zadworny (16 September 2008). "Najkrwawsza bitwa Polaków od czasu II wojny światowej". wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
  4. ↑ "Polish, Bulgarian Army Attacked in Karbala". apnews.com. 8 April 2004.

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