 Panguva iyoyo, hurumende yaitsigira Germany yeIraq yaitungamirirwa naRashid Ali al-Kaylani yakanga yaedza kutora nzvimbo yeRAF paHabbaniya uye kumanikidza maBritish kuti abve munyika. Munguva yehondo pfupi yeAnglo-Iraqi, kupinda kweQuinan kubva kumaodzanyemba, kwakatsigirwa nemauto eBritish kubva kuTrans-Jordan kwakapidigura hurumende yeAxis-yakavakirwa yeIraq ndokuitsiva neyaitsigira Britain. Akava GOC 10th Army muPersia neIraq Command. Sezvo Luftwaffe yakanga yashandisa zvivako muSyria kutsigira vaIraq, kushandarakarongwa kuti ripinde muSyria richibva kuPalestine, richitsigirwa nemauto aQuinan muIraq uye kutsiva hurumende yeVichy French yeSyria neLebanon neyaFree French. Ikoku kwakapedzwa nokubudirira. Gare gare muna 1941, akaronga ndokuita kuti hondo yokupinda muPersia itange. Chikonzero chikuru nokuda kwaikoku chakanga chiri chokuchengetedza migero yokupa kuSoviet Union uye kudzivirira zvivako zvamafuta zveBritain muAbadan. 