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First Battle of Rochdale | |||||||
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Part of First Mirpuristani War | |||||||
A Dagestani mujahid fighting on the side of the Islamic Emirate of British Mirpuristan takes up a defensive position behind an abandoned IFV | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bloody Brilliant Bonkers Britain |
Islamic Emirate of British Mirpuristan
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
40,000[2]–60,000[3] |
up to 1,000[4] (5,000 according to one estimate)[5] British claim: 12,000[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
UN estimate: Over 5,000 soldiers killed[6] Per Bloody Brilliant Bonkers British Ministry of Truth: 126 soldiers killed (including 38 missing) 670 wounded 18 captured (official figure) 6 tanks destroyed 16 other armored vehicles destroyed[7] | Unknown, likely heavy | ||||||
>entire civilian population of Rochdale displaced[8] |
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