 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yemazuva ekutanga Hondo Yenyika II, nhandare yendege yakasiiwa sezvo RAF yakaendesa mauto ayo kuRAF Habbaniya panguva ye1941 Iraqi coup détatuye Hondo yeAnglo-Iraq yakatevera. Inogona kunge yakashandiswa nemamwe maGerman Luftwaffe zvikamu zvakatamira kubva kuVichy French-inodzorwa neSyria, panguva yekuyedza kudonhedza nemaGerman-anoda maGeneral eIraq avo vakagadzira kudonhedza muIraq musi wa31 Kurume 1941. Zvisinei, maBritish akaendesa mauto maviri kubva kuBritish Palestine ndokubhururuka nemabhomba eWellington neBlenheim kuenda kuRAF Habbaniya. Kubudirira kwokuputsika kwakaputsika mukusawirirana, nemasimba eNazi muIraq achizvipa musi waMay 30. Zvikamu zveLuftwaffe zvaiva muIraq zvakadzokera kuSyria. 