Timeline Friday 2 May 1941

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Friday 2 May 1941

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Events on Friday 2 May 1941 1

1941 Anglo-Iraqi War Britain overthrows the pro-Axis Rashid Ali government After Rashid Ali al-Gaylani seized power in a coup, Iraqi forces besieged the RAF base at Habbaniya. British and Commonwealth forces broke the siege and advanced on Baghdad, and the regent was restored.

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