Iraq 1941

The battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad
Featuring full-colour maps as well as archive photography throughout, Robert Lyman examines four key battles in Iraq in this compact, detailed volume.

Featuring full-colour maps as well as archive photography throughout, Robert Lyman examines four key battles in Iraq in this compact, detailed volume.

The events in Iraq in 1941 had crucial strategic consequences. The country’s oil reserves were a highly coveted prize for the Axis powers, and its location provided a corridor in the defence of Palestine and the Suez Canal. Had Iraq fallen to the Axis powers, Britain could have lost its foothold in the Middle East and the Mediterranean and risked losing World War II.

This book examines the strategy and tactics of the Iraq campaign, the role of the Indian Army and the Arab Legion, the nature of expeditionary warfare and the complementary roles of air and land power.

Contributor: Howard Gerrard (Illustrated by)

Illustrator: Howard Gerrard

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