![]() ![]() Fallujah was defended by more than 500 proficient and around 3,000 “part-time” insurgents. Army artillery battalions, aircraft, and U.S. The coalition troops were assisted by 2,000 Iraqi troops, U.S. ![]() Army's 2nd Battalion/2nd Infantry, 1st Battalion/3rd Marines, 1st Battalion/8th Marines, and the 2nd Battalion/12th Cavalry. Team 1 was comprised by 3rd Battalion/5th Marines, 3rd Battalion/1st Marines, 23 Seabees, the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, and the U.S. The coalition troops were grouped into two Combat Teams: Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT 1) and the Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT 7). The insurgents, with the support of al-Qaeda in Iraq, were led by Omar Hussein Hadid and Abdullah al-Janabi who had about 5,000 under their command. Natonski who had about 15,000 men under their command, including American, Biritsh, and those Iraqi soldiers loyal to the new U.S.-supported government. The coalition forces were led by Lieutenant General John F. The fierce Second Battle of Fallujah was fought between a U.S.-led Coalition and the insurgents. Most historians consider the ghastly killing and hanging of Americans in March of 2004 as the most strongly motivating precursors of the Battles of Fallujah. They started killing American troops to avenge the death of insurgents in other cities. ![]() However, by 2004, the city had become a haven for foreign fighters, insurgents, smugglers, and criminals alike. Despite the city being densely populated and strategically important, it was relatively untouched by the Coalition forces in their drive to Baghdad. Backgroundįallujah is located about 40 miles east of Baghdad, close to the ‘V-Ring’ of what was called the ‘Sunni Triangle’. Second Battle Of Fallujah, 2004 (Iraq War) A map of Fallujah. ![]()
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