Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia or the Allied invasion of Iran, was the joint invasion of the officially neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The two powers announced that they would stay until six months after the end of the war with their mutual enemy, Nazi Germany, which turned out to be 2 March 1946. On that date the British began to withdraw, while the Soviet Union delayed until May, initially citing "threats to Soviet security", followed by the Iran crisis of 1946.

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1941  Wikidata
Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Persia; Operation Countenance
invasion, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Pahlavi dynasty, Edward Quinan, Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov, Sergey Trofimenko, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Reza Shah, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Gholamali Bayandor, Ali Mansur, 

Bayan, Bayan, Bayan, 

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1941-09-17T00:00:00Z

1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

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0755-01-01T00:00:00Z

755 Sunpadh Rebellion

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1447 Urdu Bazar Revolt

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1729 Battle of Khwar Pass

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1946-12-15T00:00:00Z

1945 — 1946 1946 Iran crisis

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1988-02-01T00:00:00Z

1984 — 1988 War of the Cities

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2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

2016 Rasan Campaign

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2023 Gaza war

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A close-up of the cuneiform inscription, the damage visible at lower right was caused by bullets fired by allied soldiers using it for target practice in World War II, or during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

1941 Events Collage V 1.0

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1750	Zand dynasty		Wikidata
area	region	1979	Iran	successor state, sovereign state, Islamic Republic, country, tripadvisor	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	755	Sunpadh Rebellion	rebellion, Abbasid Caliphate, Dabuyid dynasty, Sunpadh	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1447	Urdu Bazar Revolt	rebellion, Timurid dynasty	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1729	Battle of Khwar Pass	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran	Edward Quinan, Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov, Pahlavi dynasty, Sergey Trofimenko, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Reza Shah, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Ali Mansur, Gholamali Bayandor, invasion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	1946 Iran crisis	armed conflict, crisis	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1984	War of the Cities	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2016	Rasan Campaign	insurgency	Wikidata
event	war	2023	Gaza war	war, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Houthis, Armed Forces of Iran	Wikidata
commons	image		A close-up of the cuneiform inscription, the damage visible at lower right was caused by bullets fired by allied soldiers using it for target practice in World War II, or during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran		Commons
commons	image		1941 Events Collage V 1.0		Commons