Fliegerführer Irak
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Flyer Command Iraq was a unit of the German Air Force dispatched to Iraq in May 1941 as part of a German mission to support the regime of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani during the Anglo-Iraqi War. The mission
While the German markings were over-painted with Iraqi symbols, many Messerschmitt Bf 110s in Iraq still featured "shark teeth" markings of 4/ZG 76 on the nose.
Orders issued by Hermann Goring for German troops
Syria–Lebanon campaign
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The Syria–Lebanon campaign, also known as Operation Exporter, was the invasion of Syria and Lebanon in June and July 1941 by British Empire forces, during the Second World War.
Fliegerführer Irak
…Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II Syria–Lebanon campaign Martin Drewes…
Australian troops among the ruins of the Sidon Sea Castle, Lebanon, July 1941
Captured French Martin 167F at Aleppo 1941
Indian troops outside Damascus
11 Squadron RAF Bristol Blenheim bombing Beirut, 1941