Anglo-Iraqi War
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The Anglo-Iraqi War was a British-led Allied military campaign during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq, then ruled by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani who had seized power in the 1941 Iraqi coup
British soldiers at Baghdad, 11 June 1941
HMS Cockchafer
Gloster Gladiators of No. 94 Squadron RAF Detachment, guarded by Arab Legionnaires, refuel during their journey from Ismailia, Egypt, to reinforce Habbaniya.
The aircraft carrier HMS Hermes.
The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia or the Allied invasion of Iran, was the joint invasion of the officially neutral Imperial State of Iran by the Unit
Anglo-Iraqi War
…started 8 June and ended 14 July. Iraq Command (known as Persia and Iraq Force (Paiforce from 1 September) was also used to attack Persia during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia, which took place in August to September 1941. Forward defences against a possible German invasion from the north through the Caucasus were created in…
Soviet tankmen of the 6th Tank Division driving through Tabriz on their T-26, 28 August 1941
Soviet and Indian soldiers meet in late August.
Soviet and British soldiers rendezvous near Qazvin.
British supply convoy with Soviet escorts in Iran, September 1941