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May, 1982: Iranian regulars face the reality of a fierce fighting against Iraqi troops at the second battle for Khorramshahr, Southern Iran, during the Iran-Iraq war; a war that - probably due to the lack of western casualties - was almost totally forgotten by the general media and ordinary public.

The war lasted for 8 years and caused almost 1 million casualties, among civilians and militaries alike. Military expertise from both sides was really low, and they tried to use what they had. The Iraqi troops were supplied with weapons from both US and USSR, mainly because both feared that a victorious islamic republic could spread their ideals to other countries and transform the Middle East into an even more anti-western place, and destabilize the muslim communities inside USSR itself.

Iran, without equipment, resorted to their soldier's fanatism and and filled their population with the promise of martyrdom. Squadrons of children clearing minefields (literally running through them), and utterly suicidal attacks made by volunteers without any kind of equipment to open the way for the regular army were not uncommon, their heads filled with promisses of going to the paradise and dying as martyrs.

There were no victors, and the war ended in an uneasy truce.

Description
May, 1982: Iranian regulars face the reality of a fierce fighting against Iraqi troops at the second battle for Khorramshahr, Southern Iran, during the Iran-Iraq war; a war that - probably due to the lack of western casualties - was almost totally forgotten by the general media and ordinary public.

The war lasted for 8 years and caused almost 1 million casualties, among civilians and militaries alike. Military expertise from both sides was really low, and they tried to use what they had. The Iraqi troops were supplied with weapons from both US and USSR, mainly because both feared that a victorious islamic republic could spread their ideals to other countries and transform the Middle East into an even more anti-western place, and destabilize the muslim communities inside USSR itself.

Iran, without equipment, resorted to their soldier's fanatism and and filled their population with the promise of martyrdom. Squadrons of children clearing minefields (literally running through them), and utterly suicidal attacks made by volunteers without any kind of equipment to open the way for the regular army were not uncommon, their heads filled with promisses of going to the paradise and dying as martyrs.

There were no victors, and the war ended in an uneasy truce.