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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Battle of Ramadi (2004)
| colour_scheme     = background:#ffcccc
| partof            = the [[Iraq War]]
| date              = April 6–10, 2004<br />({{Age in months, weeks and days|year1=2004|month1=04|day1=06|year2=2004|month2=04|day2=10}})
| place             = [[Ramadi]], [[Iraq]]
| result            = U.S. victory
| combatant1        = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
| combatant2        = [[File:Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|22px|border]] [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Ba'ath Party loyalists]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/at-least-12-marines-killed-as-iraq-fighting-rages|title=At Least 12 Marines Killed as Iraq Fighting Rages|publisher=Fox News|date=6 April 2004}}</ref>
| strength1         = 1,800 troops
| strength2         = 1,000 insurgents
| casualties1       = 64 killed<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Michaels |first=Jim |title=The Magnificent Bastards look back on a key Iraq battle |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2014/04/09/iraq-ramadi-al-qaeda-bastards/7476343/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icasualties.org/Iraq/Fatalities.aspx |title=ICasualties &#124; OIF &#124; Iraq &#124; Fatalities Details |access-date=2010-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326034327/http://www.icasualties.org/Iraq/Fatalities.aspx |archive-date=2010-03-26 }}</ref><br />269 wounded
| casualties2       = 250 killed
| image             = Humvee In Ramadi - panoramio.jpg
| commander1        = {{ubl|{{flagicon|United States}} Paul Kennedy|
{{flagicon|United States}} Robert Weiler|
{{flagicon|United States}} Christopher J. Bronzi|
{{flagicon|United States}} John S. Anthony}}
| units1            = [[2nd Battalion, 4th Marines]], NMCB 14, Navy [[Seabee]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NMCB 14 Honors Seabees US Army 1st Infantry Div Killed in Action |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/395686/nmcb-14-honors-seabees-killed-action|access-date=July 9, 2023|website=dvidshub.com}}</ref>
| units2            = Unknown
| commander2        = Unknown
| coordinates       = {{Coord|33|21|N|43|47|E|type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=title,inline}}
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{{Campaignbox Iraq War}}
{{Campaignbox Al Anbar campaign}}

The '''Battle of Ramadi''' was fought in the spring of 2004, during the same time as the [[First Battle of Fallujah]], for control of the [[Ramadi|capital]] of the [[Al Anbar Governorate]] in western Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Coalition forces under fire in Ramadi - Apr 6, 2004 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref> A coalition military force consisting of the [[2nd Battalion, 4th Marines]] were stationed to defend the city from an insurgent assault.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Michaels |first=Jim |title=The Magnificent Bastards look back on a key Iraq battle |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2014/04/09/iraq-ramadi-al-qaeda-bastards/7476343/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>

In April 2004, [[Fallujah]] was under siege by Coalition Forces and insurgents were looking to relieve pressure on the city by attempting an offensive of their own. [[Ramadi]], the capital of [[Al Anbar Governorate|Al Anbar Province]], was seen as a [[Center of gravity (military)|center of gravity]] to coalition forces, and thus a critical city in western Iraq.

Before the battle started, insurgents cut off the highway out of Al Anbar to [[Baghdad]].

On April 6, 2004, [[United States Marines|Marines]] fought with insurgents throughout the city in running gun battles that day. At the end of the first day of fighting 12 Marines had been killed in action.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Tony |date=2014-04-07 |title=Marines and family members mark 10th anniversary of Iraq war battle |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ramadi-marines-20140407-story.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The following day fighting continued.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dao |first=James |date=2012-05-28 |title=Learning to Heal, One Memorial Day at a Time |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/us/2-4-marine-regiment-marks-ramadi-losses.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Over the course of a four-day period it was reported that 250 insurgents had been killed.

After 6 months of fighting in Ramadi, 34 Marines and a Navy corpsman had been [[Killed in action|KIA]], and 269 Marines had been wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 13, 2016 |title=After ISIS: Inside the Iraqi City Left in Ruins |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/isis-inside-iraqi-city-left-ruins/story?id=39073778 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kovach |first=Gretel C. |date=2014-04-02 |title=Ramadi remembered |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sdut-ramadi-battle-anniversary-ten-years-2014apr02-story.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> The city remained an unstable environment throughout the course of the 2000s which lead to the subsequent [[Battle of Ramadi (2006)|battle in 2006]]. Five NMCB [[Seabee]]s were killed in action and 31 were wounded.<ref name=":0" />

== Battle ==
=== 4 April ===
Beginning at 10:48, Company G received small arms and [[RPG-7|RPG]] fire in the al-Maab District. The insurgents were pursued to a nearby building where two squads and a quick reaction force continued fighting from 11:45 to 12:05. From there the squads were pinned down and the quick reaction force move to a support position where they were engaged one block east of Company G's position. [[Captain]] [[Christopher J. Bronzi]], commander of the company, led his Marines in 24 hours of action. At one point he led a team onto the street to recover the body of a fallen Marine.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Estes |first1=Kenneth W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i26UnQEACAAJ |title=U.S. Marines in Iraq 2004-2005: Into the Fray |last2=Division |first2=US Marine Corps History |date=2011 |publisher=www.MilitaryBookshop.Companyuk |isbn=978-1-78039-386-5 |language=en}}</ref>

At approximately 13:30, an explosives device was reported in Company E’s sector, on the eastern outskirts of the city, and while cordoning off the area the company received small arms fire. At approximately the same time just to the east, one of the battalion’s sniper teams set up near the Euphrates River was attacked by 12 to 15 men. At approximately 14:00, a Company E patrol was ambushed. A quick reaction force was dispatched to reinforce the patrol when it engaged with the enemy still further to the east of the city. Two Humvees were hit, and its platoon commander was critically wounded.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==

* [[Battle of Ramadi (2006)]]
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==References==
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==External links==

* Zoroya, Gregg. "[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-07-12-ramadi_x.htm Fight for Ramadi exacts heavy toll on Marines]." ''[[USA Today]]''. 12 July 2004. Accessed: 2009-10-09 (archived by [[WebCite]] at {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225153610/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-07-12-ramadi_x.htm |date=2009-02-25 }}).

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