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First Battle of Rochdale
	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
Date	22 April 2028 – 6 July 2028; (2 months and 2 weeks)
Location	Rochdale, Islamic Emirate of British Mirpuristan, Great Britain53°36′36″N 2°9′36″W / 53.61000°N 2.16000°W
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Bloody Brilliant Bonkers Britain	Islamic Emirate of British Mirpuristan foreign Mujahideen; Grey Wolves;
Commanders and leaders
Lindsay Hoyle; Tobias Ellwood †; Tom Tugendhat †;	George Galloway; Baroness Warsi; that ginger teenage convert who did the "I choose Deen instead of Dunya" rap; Peter Oborne; My barber (probably);
Strength
40,000–60,000	up to 1,000 (5,000 according to one estimate) ; British claim: ; 12,000
Casualties and losses
UN estimate: Over 5,000 soldiers killed ; 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	Unknown, likely heavy
	>entire civilian population of Rochdale displaced

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