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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Ali Hassan al-Majid

Battles of Ali Hassan al-Majid

Iraqi politician and military commander (1941–2010)

Ali Hassan al-Majid is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1982 and 1991: 3 battles, 1 naval action and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Kuwait (2), Iran (1), Iraq (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,034 km apart end to end, 508 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gulf War (3), Iran–Iraq War (1).

Liberation of KhorramshahrIraqi invasion of KuwaitBattle of BubiyanLiberation of Kuwait CampaignBattle of KirkukLiberation of KhorramshahrIraqi invasion of KuwaitBattle of BubiyanLiberation of Kuwait CampaignBattle of KirkukTehranBaghdadDubaiAleppoMashhadDamascusIsfahanShirazAmmanDoha500 km30.733N, 48.158E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1982: 1 engagements1990: 1 engagements1991: 3 engagements3 in 199119821991
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Liberation of Khorramshahr, 1982Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 1990Battle of Bubiyan, 1991Liberation of Kuwait Campaign, 1991Battle of Kirkuk, 199119821991
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 April 1982Liberation of KhorramshahrKhorramshahr, IranIranian victory
1990Iraqi invasion of KuwaitKuwait152 km SIraqi victory
1991Battle of BubiyanPersian Gulf559 km SECoalition victory; Iraqi Navy destroyed
1991Liberation of Kuwait CampaignKuwait559 km NWCoalition victory
11 March 1991Battle of KirkukKirkuk, Iraq765 km NWIraqi victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.