 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo pakati pemasimba eIraqi neBritish yakatanga musi wa 2 Chivabvu 1941, nekurwa kwakasimba paRAF air base muHabbaniyah. MaGerman nemaItaly vakatumira ndege nevashandi veendege kuIraq vachishandisa zvivakwa zveVichy French muSyria; izvi zvakatungamira kuAustralia, Britain, India neFree French mauto kupinda nekukunda Syriamuna June naJuly. Nokufambira mberi kwemauto eBritain neIndia kuBaghdad, kurwisa kwemauto eIraq kwakaguma pana 31 May 1941. Rashid Ali naMufti weJerusarema vakatizira kuIran, ipapo kuTurkey, Italy, uye pakupedzisira kuGermany, uko Ali akagamuchirwa naHitler somukuru wehurumende yeIraq iri muutapwa muBerlin. 