Iraq WW2.

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Yet more still extracts with my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

APRIL 27, 1941

Letters to the Editor

"IRAQ DANGER SPOT"

"MANY FACTORS INDICATE NEED FOR WATCHFULNESS"

To the Editor of The New York Times:

"While events in Iraq and in other Arab states are temporarily overshadowed by the war in the Balkans, there is little doubt that they will assume crucial importance in the next phase of the world struggle between the British Empire and the Axis powers."

MAY 8, 1941

"IRAQI SIEGE BROKEN BY BRITISH ASSAULT"

By DAVID ANDERSON

Special Cable to The New York Times

"LONDON, May 7 - - Iraqi troops threatening the British garrison at the airport between Lake Habbania and the Euphrates River were blasted from their strong position in the sand hills yesterday by a sustained Royal Air Force attack with bombs and machine guns, supported by infantry."

JUNE 1, 1941

"BRITISH IN BAGHDAD"

"German fliers Reported Fleeing - - Civil Group Rules The Capital"

By DAVID ANDERSON

"LONDON, May 31 - - An armistice  was signed in Baghdad late this afternoon brought to an end the rebellion in Iraq against Britain, London learned tonight. Indian fighters of the British forces took up positions in the outskirts of the capital city from which Premier Rashid Ali el Galiani, leader of the revolt and all his followers able to do so had fled."

JUNE 2, 1941

"WAR IN IRAQ ENDS"

"Vital Oil Fields of Mosul Are Under Control of London's  Friends"

"ARMISTICE TERMS GIVEN".

By DAVID ANDERSON

Special Cable to The New York Times

"LONDON JUNE 1 - - Hostilities ceased throughout Iraq today as Emir Abdul Illah, the Regent, entered Baghdad. Sixteen -year-old King Feisel II who had been reported kidnapped by Premier Rashid Ali el Galiani, who fled to Iran, is said  unofficially to be safe."

Iraq as with regard to World War Two [WW2] a backwater of a backwater but seen as vital to British interests!

THOSE OIL FIELDS OF IRAQ PERHAPS THE GREATEST PROVEN RESERVES IN THE WORLD [?] PROPER MEASURES AS TAKEN AND ALSO A RARE INSTANCE OF BRITISH SUCCESS AT THAT POINT OF THE WAR!

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