| Conflict: | Defense Of the Karabala City Hall |
| Partof: | 2004 spring fighting of Iraq War |
| Date: | 3–6 April 2004 |
| Place: | Karbala, Iraq |
| Result: | Polish-Bulgarian victory |
| Combatant1: |  Poland BulgariaIraq |
| Combatant2: | Mahdi Army |
| Commander1: | Tomasz Domański Grzegorz Kaliciak |
| Commander2: | Unknown |
| Strength1: | 34 Polish and 20 Bulgarian soldiers[1] several Iraqi police officers |
| Strength2: | Unknown |
| Casualties1: | 6 killed 13 injured |
| Casualties2: | 80 killed |
Defense of the Karbala City Hall, also known as the Battle of the City Hall, was a series of fights that took place between 3 and 6 April 2004, between soldiers of Mahdi Army, attacking the city hall of Karbala, Iraq, and defending it Polish and Bulgarian soldiers of the Multinational Division Central-South, together with the several police officers of Iraqi Police.[1] [2] [3] It ended with a Polish/Bulgarian force victory, which suffered 6 killed and 13 wounded soldiers, in contrast to the attacking group, who suffered 72 deaths.On April 29, 2019 Andrzej Duda, the President of Poland awarded the Medal for the Centenary of Poland Regaining Independence to 34 soldiers who fought in the battle for Karbala City Hall. [4]