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Conflict Middle East

Anglo-Iraqi War

1941 CE

Strategically critical WWII conflict sparked by Rashid Ali's pro-Axis coup. Had the coup succeeded, Germany could have gained access to Middle Eastern oil and threatened the Suez Canal. British forces recaptured Baghdad within a month.

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Anglo-Iraqi War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Iraq (Rashid Ali, with German/Italian support)

Key moments

Defining events in the Anglo-Iraqi War.

  1. 1941 Siege of Habbaniya
  2. 1941 Battle of Fallujah
  3. 1941 Fall of Baghdad

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

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Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Yemen

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Wadi Rum

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Oman

Attested 1530 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1941 CE and 1941 CE.

1941 CE Continuation War 1941 CE Ecuadorian-Peruvian War 1941 CE Yugoslav People's Liberation War 1941 CE Siege of Leningrad 1941 CE Attack on Pearl Harbor

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Nikola Tesla Figure · Serbia / United States 1856 CE – 1943 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
Image credits 9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Anglo-Iraqi War Tanner A R (Lieut); No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit · Public domain
  • Great Pyramid of Giza Douwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • Petra Azurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Egypt Derived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Sea لا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Yemen Nightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain
  • Wadi Rum Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Oman Own work. Vectorized from qanoon.om · OGL-om 1.0