Permanent historical factsheet

Invasion of Iran

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

1Records
1941Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1941

Rashid Ali al Kaylani30 May 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup leads to a British invasion of Iraq

Names involved

Rashid Ali al Kaylani

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.