Modern era · 1941
Anglo-Iraqi War
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 d'état with assistance from Germany and Italy.
- When
- 2 May 1941 – 31 May 1941
- Where
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Era
- Modern
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