The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran or Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The two powers announced that they would stay until six months after the end of the war with their enemy Nazi Germany, which turned out to be 2 March 1946. On that date the British began to withdraw, but the Soviet Union delayed until May, citing "threats to Soviet security".
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
44th Army (Soviet Union)
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The 44th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was an army-level command active during World War II. Initially part of the Transcaucasian Front, its main actions included the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and the Kerch amphibious landings, before being transferred to the Southern Front on 6 February 1943. There it took part in the Rostov, Donbas and Melitopol offensives. The army was disbanded in November 1943 and its units were transferred to other armies.
Soviet troops crossing the Iranian border, 25 August 1941