Draft:Battle of Maidan Morik
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2012) |
| Battle of Maidan Morik(1945) | |||||||
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| Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Iraq |
Barzani tribesmen Allied Kurdish tribes | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Prince Abdullah Nuri al-Said Hamdi al-Pachachi |
Mustafa Barzani Ahmed Barzani | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Maidan Morik(1945) was a Kurdish On 4 September 1945 the Iraqi assault continued, as army units from Aqra and Rawanduz and a police unit from Amadia were deployed towards Barzan.[1] A few days later in the Battle of Maidan Morik, Barzani fighters once again held their own against Iraqi mechanized and artillery batteries.[1] As the battles degenerated to hand-to-hand combat, the Iraqi army, presumably losing command and control, was forced to retreat temporarily from the region. While Iraqi ground forces withdrew, the air raids kept on going.[1]