The Anglo-Iraqi War was a short campaign fought in Iraq between British Commonwealth forces and the Iraqi army, after a pro-Axis coup brought Rashid Ali al-Gaylani to power. Rashid Ali sought German help and refused British transit rights, while the British feared for the oil fields and communications to India. The Iraqis besieged the RAF base at Habbaniya, and British troops, joined by the Arab Legion of Transjordan, defeated them and advanced on Baghdad. German aircraft sent to Iraq were too few to alter the outcome. Rashid Ali fled, and the pro-British regent returned. During the interval of lawlessness in Baghdad, a mob attacked the Jewish community in a pogrom known as the Farhud.
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- from 6 April 1941 to 15 May 1945World War II in Yugoslavia
- from 6 April 1941 to 18 April 1941Invasion of Yugoslavia
- from 10 April 1941 to 8 May 1945Independent State of Croatia
- from 2 May 1941 to 31 May 1941Anglo-Iraqi War
- 24 May 1941Birth of Bob Dylan
- 4 June 1941Death of Wilhelm II
- from 22 June 1941 to 1 March 1945Rise of Yugoslav Partisans
- from 22 June 1941 to 7 May 1945Eastern Front
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