NASIVKA, LEGION ETRANGERE CIZINECKA OPERATION DAGUET

NASIVKA, LEGION ETRANGERE CIZINECKA LEGIE nasiąka operation Daguet. Opération Daguet Part of the Gulf War An AMX-30 of the 4th Dragoon Regiment bivouacked near Al-Salman during Opération Daguet. Date 1990–1991 Location Kuwait, Iraq, Persian Gulf Result Operation success Coalition victory Belligerents France United States Iraq Commanders and leaders Michel Roquejeoffre Unknown Strength French Armed Forces Division Daguet 12,500 men 44 AMX-30 tanks 214 VAB APCs 96 AMX-10RCreconnaissance vehicles 13 ERC 90 Sagaiereconnaissance vehicles 18 TRF1 howitzers 132 helicopters French Air Force French Navy United States Armed Forces (4,500 men) 3 battalions from the 325th Infantry Regiment 1 battalion from the 319th Field Artillery Regiment 27th Engineer Battalion Iraqi Armed Forces 45th Mechanized Infantry Division c. 11,000 men At least 50 tanks (T-54, T-62, Type 69and T-72) Various armoured vehicles Hundreds of military trucks More than 50 howitzers (122 and 132 mm caliber) Air defence weapons Casualties and losses France: 10 French fatalities (although, only 2 were killed in combat) 33 French troops injured during the operation (23 of those casualties were caused by the explosion of two US aircraft submunitions at the Al Salman fort on February 26) United States: 8 US army engineers died and several others were injured while moving a container of submunitions at Al-Salman Air Base The number of combat-related injuries is unknown but based on the casualties of the main French force, likely very low as well Material losses: 1 Dassault Mirage F1lost in an accident 4 SEPECAT Jaguarslightly damaged by Iraqi air defence systems The number of dead or wounded is unknown (possibly not publicly reported) 2,956 POWs 6,000–7,000 men on the run Material losses: 20 T-54, T-62 and Type 69 tanks destroyed 2 T-72 captured 17 armoured vehicles destroyed 114 trucks destroyed and 7 captured 26 artillery pieces and anti-arcraft guns destroyed and 40 captured 70 82 mm and 120 mm mortars captured 700 tons of ammunition captured and destroyed at the Al-Salman Air Base Al-Salman Air Base rendered non-operational following extensive destruction Opération Daguet (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁasjɔ̃ daɡɛ], Operation Brocket) was the codename for French operations during the 1991 Gulf War. 18,000 members of the French Armed Forces were deployed during the conflict and they represented the second largest European contingent.[1]Operating on the left flank of the US XVIII Airborne Corps, the ground component of the French force, named Division Daguet, was formed in September 1990 in Saudi Arabia as part of France's contribution to Operation Desert Shield. France also deployed several combat aircraft and naval units. Opération Daguet was commanded by Army general Michel Roquejeoffre.[2]The task given to the Division Daguet, which was composed of units drawn from more than 25 regiments, was the capture of the Al Salman Air Base some 150 km inside Iraqi territory, passing through two intermediate objectives designated "Rochambeau" and "Chambord". 3 American battalions from the 325th Infantry Regiment, 1 from the 319th Field Artillery Regiment as well as the 27th Engineer Battalion were placed under French operational control, reinforcing by 4,500 men the 12,500-strong French ground force. The offensive was launched on 24 February 1991 at 7 a.m and the mission accomplished in no more than 48 hours by crushing the Iraqi 45th Mechanized infantry Division, which the French troops encountered on the way. The Al-Salman airfield was taken on the afternoon of February 25 and the village on the morning of February 26 without resistance.