Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) 2016
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 16 October 2016 – 20 July 2017 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2016 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Iraq | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017 | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, Iraqi Special Operations Forces, Islamic State, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nineveh Plain Protection Units, Popular Mobilization Forces | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 36.3372, 43.1358 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Mosul (Arabic: معركة الموصل, Ma'rakat al-Mawṣil) was a major battle initiated by Iraq and allied forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS), which had seized the city years prior in June 2014. It was the largest conventional land battle in the world since the capture of Baghdad in 2003. It was also the world's single largest military operation overall since the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was considered the toughest urban battle since World War II.
The operation, which was called Operation "We Are Coming, Nineveh" (قادمون يا نينوى; Qadimun Ya Naynawa), began on 16 October 2016, with forces besieging ISIL-controlled areas in the Nineveh Governorate surrounding Mosul, and continued with Iraqi troops and Peshmerga fighters engaging ISIL on three fronts outside Mosul, going from village to village in the surrounding area in the largest deployment of Iraqi troops since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. At dawn on 1 November 2016, the liberation of Mosul city proper began. The first ones to engage ISIS within Mosul itself were the Iraqi Special Operations Forces who initiated their attack from the east of the city.
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Other battles of the Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017
- Battle of Zumar 2014
- First Battle of Baiji 2014
- First Battle of Tikrit 2014
- Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar 2014
- Second Battle of Baiji 2014
- Battle of Ramadi (2015–2016) 2016
- Siege of Fallujah (2016) 2016
- Battle of Hawija 2017
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