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Invasion of Iran

Name: Invasion of Iran – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1941

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck25 August 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

British & Soviet troops invade Iran

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck26 August 1941

Abadan · Warfare / World War, 2nd

British troops complete the occupation of the Abadan oilfields in Iran

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck27 August 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

A Government more sympathetic had been formed & asks the Allies for a cease-fire

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck10 September 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Allies demand that Iran expel all Axis Nationals within 48 hrs, an impossible task

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck17 September 1941

Tehran · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Russian & British troops occupy Tehran

Names involved

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck

Provenance

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