Background: Battle of Fallujah [Brain Shavings]

Background: Battle of Fallujah

(Operation Phantom Fury)

Breaking Iraq news at The Command Post and Blogs of War
The Adventures of Chester has open-source intel on the Fallujah order of battle and overall strategy
Maps of Fallujah:
Map of Al-Anbar Province
CENTCOM news releases (look for anything marked "Operations Update")
Units involved:
- I Marine Expeditionary Force
  - 1st Marine Division
- 1st Cavalry Division
- 1st Infantry Division
- U.S. Army Special Operations Command
- U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
- U.S. Navy Special Warfare Command
- U.S. Navy Seabees
- The Black Watch (UK)
- Iraqi 36th commando battalion (A.K.A. "Shahwanis")
- Iraqi SWAT (news)
Coalition order of battle in Iraq (estimated as of 10/21/04)
Military facilities in Iraq
Marine Corps unit structure
Army unit structure
The basics of urban warfare (learned from hard-won experience in battles like Stalingrad, Berlin, Hue, Mogadishu, and the Intifada).
Urban warfare reading list

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