 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. Utongi hwaRegent Abd al-Ilah hwakadzingwa muna 1941 nevakuru vemauto veGolden Square vaitsigira Italy, vaitungamirirwa naRashid Ali. Hurumende yaitsigira vaNazi iyo yakagara kwenguva pfupi yakakurirwa muna May 1941 nemauto eBritain mukurwisa nokukurumidzauye Mutongi akadzokera musimba. Iraq yakazoshandiswa senzvimbo yekurwiswa kweVichy-French Mandate yeSyria uye rutsigiro rwekupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran. 