• Battle of Basra (1914)
  Battle of Basra (1914)
  The Battle of Basra was a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra between British and Ottoman troops from November 11th to November 21st, 1914. The battle resulted in the British capture of Basra.-Background:...
  
  
• Battle of Basra (2003)
  Battle of Basra (2003)
  The Battle of Basra was one of the first battles of the invasion of Iraq. The British 7 Armoured Brigade fought their way into Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, on 6 April coming under constant attack by regulars and Fedayeen. While elements of the Parachute Regiment cleared the 'old quarter' of...
  
  
• Battle of Basra (2008)
  Battle of Basra (2008)
  The Battle of Basra began on March 25, 2008, when the Iraqi Army launched an operation to drive the Mahdi Army militia out of the southern Iraqi city of Basra...
  
  

See also

• Battle of Bassorah
  Battle of Bassorah
  The Battle of Bassorah was a battle that took place at Basra, Iraq in 656 between forces allied to Ali ibn Abi Talib and forces allied to Aisha , who wanted justice on the...
  
  , in AD 656
• Battle of Bosra
  Battle of Bosra
  The Battle of Bosra was fought in 634 between the Rashidun Caliphate army and the Byzantine Empire for the possession of Bosra, in Syria. The city, then capital of the Ghassanid kingdom, a Byzantine vassal, was the first important one to be captured by the Islamic forces...
  
  , in AD 634
• Operation Ramadan
  Operation Ramadan
  Operation Ramadan was an offensive in the Iran-Iraq War. It was launched by Iran in July 1982 near Basra and featured the use of human wave attacks in one of the largest land battles since World War II...
  
   – Iranian attack on Basra in 1982; part of the Iran–Iraq War.