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The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran or Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941.
6 maj 2005 · British and Soviet troops invaded Iran on 25 August 1941. At the time, and for many years afterward, the main reason given for this was that German influence in Iran at the start of World...
11 lip 2018 · On 22 nd June 1941 the pact was suddenly demolished by the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, codenamed Operation Barbarossa, which created drastic implications for the situation in Iran.
The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran was the Allied invasion of the Imperial State of Iran during World War II, by British, Commonwealth, and Soviet armed forces. The invasion from August 25 to September 17, 1941, was codenamed Operation Countenance.
The invasion, codenamed Operation Countenance, occurred from August 25 to September 17, 1941. Its primary objective was to secure Iranian oil fields and establish Allied supply lines for the Soviets battling Axis forces on the Eastern Front.
The most recent study by M. Rezun argues that the threat from the Germans in Iran to the Soviet Union was the real reason for the occupation and the Soviets took the initiative on this issue.2 In this article a fuller account of the occupation, which offers a new interpretation, is presented.
The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran or Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941.
