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Iraqforce was a
British and
Commonwealth formation that came
together in the
Kingdom of Iraq. The
formation fought in the
Middle East
during World War...
- draw upon the Iraq
Levies especially in Habbaniyah, with
elements of
Iraqforce. The
British government justified their invasion of Iraq
under the terms...
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Before this,
Iraqforce was more or less
limited to the
forces landed at and
advancing from Basra.
After the Anglo-Iraq War,
elements of
Iraqforce (known as...
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power a
government sympathetic to the Axis powers. The
force was
known as
Iraqforce and was
engaged in the Anglo-Iraqi War
which took
place in May, and also...
- the
British divisions previously known as "Iraq Command" (also
known as
Iraqforce) were
renamed "Persia and Iraq Force" (Paiforce),
under the
command of...
- into
northern and
central Syria, by
Iraqforce. By 8 July, north-east
Syria had been
captured and
elements of
Iraqforce had
advanced up the
river Euphrates...
- campaign.
After this
Gracey and his
brigade remained in Iraq as part of
Iraqforce (subsequently Paiforce),
protecting the
Middle East from a
possible Axis...
-
landing at Basra, Iraq, and was
appointed GOC
British Troops in Iraq (
Iraqforce). At that time, the pro-German
government of Iraq led by
Rashid Ali al-Kaylani...
-
commander from 9 May 1941 to 29 July 1942. As part of
Paiforce (formerly
Iraqforce), Ford
commanded the 19th
Indian Infantry Brigade of the
Indian 8th Infantry...
- "didn't help him beat the Germans". By the end of May
Edward Quinan's
Iraqforce had
captured Baghdad and the Anglo-Iraqi War had
ended with the re-establishment...
