Battle of Failaka
29°23′12.96″N 47°59′50.57″E / 29.3869333°N 47.9973806°E / 29.3869333; 47.9973806
Iraqi victory
- Expulsion of Failaka's population to the mainland
Ghazi Ahmed †
Marine Battalion
Helicopter Support
Company of Border Guards
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- Kuwaiti Bridges
- Dasman Palace
- Failaka
- British Airways Flight 149
Coalition intervention
- Khafji
- Wadi al-Batin
Naval operations
- Air to Air combat
- Dhahran & Riyadh
- "Package Q" Air Strike
- Ras Tanura
- Samurra
- Amiriyah
- Order of battle
- 73 Easting
- Al Busayyah
- Phase Line Bullet
- Medina Ridge
- Highway of Death
- Jalibah
- Norfolk
- Kuwait International Airport
Post-ceasefire
The Battle of Failaka broke out between the Kuwaiti garrison of Failaka Island and attacking Iraqi forces during the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, on 2 August 1990.[citation needed] The Kuwaiti garrison consisted of an infantry company and a company of border guards, in addition to air defense company armed with Hawk SAMs. Iraqi forces consisted of a special forces battalion transported by helicopters reinforced with a battalion of marines.
Aftermath
After the successful takeover by the Iraqi army, the island of Failaka was depopulated, with its 2,000 residents expelled to the mainland.[1] The island was retaken by US forces in 1991, using tools of psychological warfare, making the Iraqi contingent of 1,400 surrender without a single shot.[2]