1941 ⟶ British Aircraft Attack Iraqi Columns

Between Habbaniya and Fallujah, two Iraqi columns are caught...

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1941

💥 British Aircraft Attack Iraqi Columns

Between Habbaniya and Fallujah, two Iraqi columns are caught in the open and attacked by roughly forty British aircraft; the Iraqis suffer heavy casualties.⟶

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✈️ British Reinforcements Airlifted to Iraq

In Iraq, a small contingent of British reinforcements are air-lifted to RAF Shaibah.⟶

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✈️ British Air Strikes Begin Anglo-Iraqi War

British forces at RAF Habbaniya launch pre-emptive air strikes against Iraqi forces besieging them and the Anglo-Iraqi War begins.⟶

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✈️ Iraqi Forces Withdraw from RAF Habbaniya

With much of the Iraqi air force destroyed and facing regular bombardment themselves, the Iraqi ground forces besieging RAF Habbaniya withdraw.⟶

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🇬🇧 British Forces Push Iraqis Out of Fallujah

British forces in the Habbaniya area advance on Iraqi-held Fallujah and, in five days fighting, push the Iraqis out.⟶

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🇮🇶 Iraqi Forces Counter-Attack British in Fallujah, Rebuffed

Iraqi forces unsuccessfully counter-attack the British forces in Fallujah and are rebuffed.⟶

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