Battle of Route Bismarck

The Battle of Route Bismarck was a series of military engagements fought between Australian forces from Overwatch [Battle Group (West)|Overwatch Battle Group (West) 2] in southern Iraq, and Iraqi [insurgency (Iraq War)|Anti-coalition insurgents] over the period 23–24 April 2007. The engagements occurred on Route Bismarck, the Secondary Supply Route within Dhi [Qar Governorate|Dhi Qar Province, Iraq]. Three Australians were wounded by IEDs which also damaged a number of ASLAVs, while a number of insurgents were killed or wounded by the Australians in the fighting that ensued.