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in Europe. However, Nuri had to tread carefully between his close relationship with
Britain and dependence on pro-German Army officers and cabinet members. By that time, Iraq became a refuge to Arab leaders who fled
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had helped the pro-Axis Iraqi nationalists and the German and
Italian air forces, providing airfields for staging and refuelling. Even before the end of the Iraq campaign, this led to RAF attacks on airbases in
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From 1939 to 1941 a pro-British government headed by the
1118:(Italian air force) biplane fighters, flew sorties from
1259:"Farhud memories: Baghdad's 1941 slaughter of the Jews"
895:. Britain claimed it was entitled to do this under its
1428:– an RAF pupil pilot's diary of the Habbaniya campaign
2445:General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries
1403:"The Battle for Habbaniya – The forgotten war RAF"
1320:"The Battle for Habbaniya – The forgotten war RAF"
972:. Additional Indian forces continued to arrive in
1825:2020 Kurdish protests in Sulaymaniyah Governorate
1381:Hidden Victory: The Battle of Habbaniya, May 1941
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984:German and Italian support for the nationalists
2859:National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
2731:Collaboration with Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy
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2475:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
1922:Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
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1434:"RAF Habbaniya Daily Intelligence Bulletins"
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2555:Coat of arms of the United Arab Republic
2485:Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
2450:Independence Party (Mandatory Palestine)
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283:Independent Mechanized Brigade Commander
97:Formation of National Defence Government
2430:Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
2415:Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
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1240:California State University, Sacramento
968:) across the desert from Palestine and
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815:and subsequent occupation until 1947.
811:. The change in government led to the
803:and accepted military assistance from
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1196:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
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31:Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
3338:1940s coups d'état and coup attempts
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1748:1983–1986 Kurdish rebellions in Iraq
1432:Dunford Wood, Colin (4 March 2012).
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1020:adding citations to reliable sources
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3398:Middle East theatre of World War II
3037:Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman
2465:National Liberation Front (Algeria)
1418:Dunford Wood, Colin (2 June 2011).
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856:Palestinian Arab nationalist leader
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2405:Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria)
1927:1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
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3423:Events that led to courts-martial
2791:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
2470:Palestine Liberation Organization
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1409:. Royal Air Force. Archived from
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2093:Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
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2899:Slovak Expeditionary Army Group
2053:November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état
1743:1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq
1686:November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état
1461:. 21 April 1941. Archived from
1420:"Habbaniya Campaign, Iraq 1941"
1299:"The Battle for Habbaniya 1941"
956:forces arrived in two columns (
2495:Union of Arab Republics (1972)
2257:Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz
1763:1996 Iraqi coup d'état attempt
1696:1966 Iraqi coup d'état attempt
1691:1965 Iraqi coup d'état attempt
1609:1931–1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt
1485:. 30 June 1941. Archived from
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1257:Ehrlich, Sarah (1 June 2011).
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922:50 miles (80 km) west of
320:Independent Mechanized Brigade
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3443:Iraq–Italy military relations
3433:Political violence in Baghdad
3383:Iraq–United Kingdom relations
2960:Collaborationist Chinese Army
1778:Republic of Iraq (since 2003)
1211:
795:army generals, known as "the
750:Thawrah Rašīd ʿAlī al-Kaylānī
546:Mediterranean and Middle East
2440:Federation of Arab Republics
2400:Arab Socialist Union (Libya)
2390:Arab Socialist Union (Egypt)
1991:Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1939:Arab separatism in Khuzestan
1711:Republic of Iraq (1968–2003)
1619:1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts
1407:History (Campaign Histories)
1324:History (Campaign Histories)
918:(RAF) base beside the River
885:Indian 20th Infantry Brigade
527:Manchuria and Northern Korea
101:British intervention in Iraq
7:
3358:Arab nationalist rebellions
2801:Battaglione Azad Hindoustan
2565:Flag of the Arab Federation
2395:Arab Socialist Union (Iraq)
2385:Arab Socialist Action Party
1604:1922 Mahmud Barzanji revolt
1589:Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)
1554:1919 Mahmud Barzanji revolt
1379:Dudgeon, Anthony G (2000).
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91:Overthrow of government of
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2990:First Indian National Army
2536:On the Way of Resurrection
2529:The Battle for One Destiny
2460:Lebanese National Movement
1901:Third International Theory
1768:1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
1738:1977 Shia uprising in Iraq
1654:Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
1564:Mandatory Iraq (1920–1932)
1532:Protests and coups in Iraq
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846:as a result of the failed
754:Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup
3418:Fascism in the Arab world
3413:April 1941 events in Asia
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2490:Unified Political Command
2380:Arab Nationalist Movement
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2277:Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi
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1944:1979 Khuzestan insurgency
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1701:17 July Revolution (1968)
1681:Ramadan Revolution (1963)
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1644:14 July Revolution (1958)
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1383:. Stroud and Charleston:
1273:"ثورة رشيد عالي الكيلاني"
1201:Vickers Type 264 Valentia
791:The coup was led by four
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3353:Arab nationalism in Iraq
2909:Ukrainian Insurgent Army
2854:National Republican Army
2849:Latvian Auxiliary Police
2774:Albanian Fascist Militia
1998:1952 Egyptian revolution
1820:2019–2021 Iraqi protests
1815:2015–2018 Iraqi protests
1810:2012–2013 Iraqi protests
1733:Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
1639:1948 Al-Wathbah uprising
1035:"1941 Iraqi coup d'état"
940:Blenheim fighter bombers
813:British invasion of Iraq
532:pre-war border conflicts
3363:Arab rebellions in Iraq
3348:Baghdad in World War II
3027:Royal Thai Armed Forces
3017:Manchukuo Imperial Army
3002:Lanka Sama Samaja Party
2950:Burma Independence Army
2882:Russian Liberation Army
2844:Kalmykian Cavalry Corps
2806:Belarusian Home Defence
2770:Albanian collaborators
2651:Palestinian nationalism
2570:Flag of the Arab Revolt
2063:1966 Syrian coup d'état
2043:1963 Syrian coup d'état
2023:1961 Syrian coup d'état
1758:Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
1181:Führer Directive No. 30
848:Palestinian Arab revolt
775:and his Prime Minister
746:ثورة رشيد عالي الكيلاني
249:Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
49:Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
3403:Military coups in Iraq
3012:Malayan Volunteer Army
2878:Russian collaborators
2826:Finnish Defence Forces
2078:1969 Libyan revolution
1956:1941 Iraqi coup d'état
1629:1941 Iraqi coup d'état
1624:1936 Iraqi coup d'état
1144:Syria–Lebanon Campaign
858:of the failed revolt.
758:the Golden Square coup
738:1941 Iraqi coup d'état
298:Chief of the Air Force
268:1st Division Commander
253:3rd Division Commander
226:Prime Minister of Iraq
194:Commanders and leaders
24:1941 Iraqi coup d'état
3032:Russian Fascist Party
2821:Croatian Armed Forces
2636:Jordanian nationalism
2370:Arab Islamic Republic
2365:Arab Higher Committee
2242:Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
2222:Salah al-Din al-Bitar
2033:North Yemen civil war
1966:Arab–Israeli conflict
1579:1920 Iraqi Revolution
936:Royal Iraqi Air Force
781:Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
457:Yugoslavian Partisans
317:1st Infantry Division
313:3rd Infantry Division
238:Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
3378:Iraq in World War II
2997:Inner Mongolian Army
2985:Indian National Army
2869:Royal Hungarian Army
2864:Romanian Land Forces
2671:Tunisian nationalism
2641:Lebanese nationalism
2601:Egyptian nationalism
2596:Algerian nationalism
2500:United Arab Republic
2375:Arab Liberation Army
2355:Arab Ba'ath Movement
2212:Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
1753:1991 Iraqi uprisings
1614:1933 Simele massacre
1016:improve this section
852:Haj Amin al-Husseini
3343:1941 crimes in Iraq
3042:Takasago Volunteers
2970:Gando Special Force
2894:Security Battalions
2661:Sahrawi nationalism
2018:1959 Mosul uprising
1951:Great Syrian Revolt
1800:2011 Iraqi protests
1676:1959 Mosul uprising
1634:1943 Barzani revolt
1303:Assyrian RAF Levies
1297:Kiwarkis, Gabriel.
1246:on 24 October 2007.
1129:authorities in the
930:, six companies of
844:Mandatory Palestine
801:German intelligence
752:), also called the
3408:Rebellions in Iraq
2904:Slovene Home Guard
2666:Syrian nationalism
2646:Libyan nationalism
2606:Greater Mauritania
2522:The Arab Awakening
2505:United Arab States
2480:Rejectionist Front
2287:Gamal Abdel Nasser
2098:Yemeni unification
2088:Lebanese Civil War
2068:17 July Revolution
2038:Ramadan Revolution
2013:14 July Revolution
1364:de Chair, Somerset
1348:on March 30, 2008.
1206:Vickers Wellington
1156:14 July Revolution
903:Siege of Habbaniya
659:French West Africa
500:South West Pacific
408:Denmark and Norway
63:1 April-2 May 1941
3388:Iraqi nationalism
3373:Conflicts in 1941
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2626:Iraqi nationalism
2317:Constantin Zureiq
2167:Abdul Rahman Arif
2147:Butrus al-Bustani
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1489:on April 13, 2008
1385:Tempus Publishing
1368:The Golden Carpet
1342:"History Section"
1186:Gloster Gladiator
1131:Syria and Lebanon
1115:Regia Aeronautica
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