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rdfs:label
  • Opération Daguet
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prov:wasDerivedFrom
skos:prefLabel
  • Opération Daguet
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  • Daguet
  • Liberation of Kuwait
  • Operation Daguet
  • Opération Daguet#Naval operations
clgo:causalties
  • France:
  • United States:
  • * 1Dassault Mirage F1lost in an accident
  • * 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:
  • * 8 US army engineers died and several others were injured while moving a container of submunitions at Al-Salman Air Base
  • * 33 French troops injured during the operation (23 of those casualties were caused by the explosion of two US aircraftsubmunitionsat the Al Salman fort on February 26)
  • * 10 French fatalities (although, only 2 werekilled in combat)
  • * 4SEPECAT Jaguarslightly damaged by Iraqi air defence systems
clgo:commander
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict
clgo:place
clgo:result
  • *Coalitionvictory
  • Operation success
clgo:strength
  • French Armed Forces
  • Iraqi Armed Forces
  • *French Navy
  • **12,500 men
  • **132helicopters
  • **13ERC 90 Sagaiereconnaissance vehicles
  • **18TRF1howitzers
  • **214VABAPCs
  • **44AMX-30tanks
  • **96AMX-10RCreconnaissance vehicles
  • **Air defence weapons
  • **At least 50 tanks (T-54,T-62,Type 69andT-72)
  • **Hundreds ofmilitary trucks
  • **More than 50howitzers (122 and 132 mm caliber)
  • **Variousarmoured vehicles
  • **c. 11,000 men
  • *27th Engineer Battalion
  • *3 battalions from the325th Infantry Regiment
  • *45th Mechanized Infantry Division
  • *Division Daguet
  • *French Air Force
  • United States Armed Forces(4,500 men)
  • *1 battalion from the319th Field Artillery Regiment