 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iraq yakanga iri nyika yakazvimirira muna 1939, ine kuvapo kwakasimba kweBritain, zvikurukuru muminda yemafuta. Iraq yakagura ukama neGermany asi kwakanga kune chinhu chakasimba chinotsigira Italy. Hurumende yaMutongiAbd al-Ilah yakakandirwa pasi muna 1941nevakuru vakuru vehondo vaitsigira Italy veGolden Square, vaitungamirirwa naRashid Ali. Hurumende yaitsigira vaNazi iyo yakagara kwenguva pfupi yakakurirwa muna May 1941 nemauto eBritain mukurwisa nokukurumidza uye Regent akadzokera musimba. Iraq yakazoshandiswa senzvimbo yekurwiswa kweVichy-French Mandate yeSyria uye rutsigiro rwekupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran. 