Operation Ramadan - July 13th, 1982

Important tips: 
Supply your units in Basra, not in the desert!

General, the Iranians try to get Basra, if they are sucessful they will have enough oil-money to beat us 2 times, then we must give up and lose the war!!! 

Historical Backround :
The battle was preceeded by two days of heavy artillery exchanges along the front lines. Then, on July 13, the following code was broadcast on radio frequencies along Iranian lines.
Ya Saheb ez-Zaman! Ya Saheb ez-Zaman! (Though absent Imam!)
Over 100,000 Pasdaran and Basij forces charged towards the Iraqi lines. Supporting these forces were at least six regular army divisions, though they were badly understrength. 
However, the attack came to a halt with Iranians digging in for defensive measures. Seeing this, Iraq used their Mi-25s along with French-built Arospatiale Gazelles armed with Euromissile HOT against columns of Iranian Mechanized infantry and tanks. These "hunter-killer" teams of helicopters, which had been formed with the help of East German advisors, proved to be very costly for Iranians during this operation. The battle was also notable for aerial dogfights between Iraqi Migs and Iranian F-4 Phantoms.
The operation was the first of many disastrous offensives which cost thousands of lives on both sides. This one in general boosted the casualty limit up to 80,000 killed, 200,000 wounded, and 45,000 captured.
