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The battle took place about 60 miles east of, just 18 hours after the Battle Of Al Busayyah , and several kilometers east of the Battle Of 73 Easting , which had just ended two hours earlier. The Battle of Norfolk is named for Objective Norfolk, an area that encompassed the intersection of the IPSA Pipeline Road and several desert trails and a large Iraqi supply depot defended by Iraqi armor. Objective Norfolk was located west of Phase Line Kiwi, east of Phase Line Smash, and north of Phase Line Grape. Phase lines are map references occurring every few kilometers used to measure progress of an offensive operation. The forces involved in the battle were the American 1st Infantry Division and the Iraqi 18th Mechanized and 9th Armored Brigades of the Tawakalna Mechanized Infantry Division. On the night of 23/24 February 1991, in accordance with General , and to destroy five Republican Guard divisions near the Iraq-Kuwait border that might attack the Arab and Marine Corps units moving into Kuwait to the south. The Battle of Norfolk, in a sense a continuation of the fighting that began with the , and 30 wounded. SEE ALSO |
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