 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto eIraq senyika yemazuva ano akatanga kuumbwa nemaBritish mushure mekunge vatora kutonga kwakamanikidzwa pamusoro peIraq mushure ma1917. Mukati memusangano weCairo waMarch 1921, zvakabvumiranwa kuti Hondo yeIraqi yaizosikwa maererano nemitemo yeBritain, nekudzidziswa nemidziyo inopiwa neUK. Mambo Faisal aida uto revarume 15 000 kusvika ku20 000. Uto racho chaizvoizvo rakakura kubva pa 3.500 muna 1922 kusvikira ku 7.000 muna 1927 uye ipapo kusvikira ku 11.500 muna 1932. Mauto akava pesvedzero yokuvandudza munyika. Muna 1931, Iraqi Air Force yakavambwa nenhamba duku yavatyairi. Mauto matanhatu akaedza kupidigura hurumende, rimwe ra1936 rakatungamirirwa naBakr Sidqi uye rokupedzisira raiva raRashid Ali ra1941. Kutevera kutambudzwa kwevaAsiria, uko kwakaguma nekuurayiwa kweSimele muna 1932, mutemo wekunyoresa wakatangwa, uyo wakasimbisa Mauto eIraq pamubhadharo wemachinda edzinza. Muna 1938-1939, mauto eIraqi Army akaiswa pedyo nemuganhu weKuwait, sechikamu chechiuto chehurongwa hwaMambo Ghazni wekukurudzira kubatana kwayo neIraq. Mauto eBritain gare gare akakunda vaIraq muhondo pfupi yeAnglo-IraqMay 1941, mukati meHondo Yenyika II. Iraqi Air Force yakashandisa ndege dzeBritish kusvika muna 14 Chikunguru Revolution muna 1958, apo hurumende itsva yeIraq yakatanga hukama hwehukama neSoviet Union. Iraqi Air Force yakashandisa zvose ndege dzeSoviet neBritish muma1950 nema1960. Muna 1961, mauto eIraq akaunganidzwazve pedyo nomuganhu weKuwait, uye mauto eIraq akatyisidzirazve kupinda muKuwait. Zvisinei, mauto eBritain akakurumidza kutumira mauto, ndege, uye ngarava dzehondo, dzainzi Operation Vantage, dzakarambidza chero kufamba kupi zvako. Mauto eIraq akarwa muHondo yeArabhu neIsrael ya1948, hondo yekutanga kurwisa maKurd kubva muna 1961 kusvika muna 1970, uyezve muHondo Yemazuva matanhatu ya1967. 