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Anglo-Iraqi War

Took place on May 2, 1941

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The 86th anniversary falls on May 2, 2027, in 190 days.

The Anglo-Iraqi War was a British-led Allied military campaign during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq, then ruled by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani who had seized power in the 1941 Iraqi coup d'état with assistance from Germany and Italy.

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