1916 Battle of Sannaiyat by Kut British attacked Ottomans Took Hanna and Fallahiya British had
1,885 casualties
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1916 Battle of Sannaiyat by Kut British attacked Ottomans Took Hanna and Fallahiya British had
1,885 casualties
Wilber, Del, In The Shadow Of The Swords, The Baghdad Police Academy, Casemate, 2020
In The Shadow Of The Swords by D.W. Wilber might be one of the only 1st hand accounts about the Americans’ attempt to rebuild the Iraqi police. Wilber was a former St. Louis police officer who volunteered to be a trainer. It’s a very interesting read even though less than half of it is about the actual police academy. It points out some of the major flaws with the strategy.
1927 UK official wrote Foreign Sec Chamberlain saying UK got Mosul by trick Promised 25 yr Iraq
Mandate Now pushing Iraq independence
1929 Shah and King Faisal passed notes that legal barriers over Persian nationals In Iraq had been
lifted
1941 Regent of Iraq arrived at UK airbase at Habaniya Anbar after Golden Square officers tried to
arrest him after coup Regent tried and failed to organize resistance to coup in Basra Then fled to Jordan
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1916 Battle of Sannaiyat by Kut British attacked Ottomans Took Hanna and Fallahiya British had 1,885 casualties