 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Kubvumbi 1941, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani nenhengo dzeGolden Square vakaita coup détat uye vakadzinga hurumende yaAbd al-Ilah. Munguva yeHondo yeAnglo-Iraqi yakazotevera, United Kingdom iyo yakanga ichiri kuchengetedza nzvimbo dzendege muIraq yakapinda muIraq nekutya kuti hurumende yaRashid Ali ingadzora kugoverwa kwemafuta kunyika dzekuMadokero nekuda kwekubatana kwake nemasimba eAxis. Hondo yakatanga musi wa 2 Chivabvu, uye maBritish, pamwe chete nemaAssyrian Levies akavimbika, vakakunda mauto aAl-Gaylani, vachimanikidza kuti vagadzikane musi wa 31 Chivabvu. 