"The Kurds DID fight on the Allied side in WW2! They helped break the seize following the 1941 pro-Nazi Coup d’etat in Iraq and were part of the (pro-Allied) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Levies Iraq Levies]. By 1942 Kurds made up 25% of the force. By 1943, 10 of the 44 companies the Iraq Levies were Kurdish."<br> | "The Kurds DID fight on the Allied side in WW2! They helped break the seize following the 1941 pro-Nazi Coup d’etat in Iraq and were part of the (pro-Allied) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Levies Iraq Levies]. By 1942 Kurds made up 25% of the force. By 1943, 10 of the 44 companies the Iraq Levies were Kurdish."<br> |