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Iraqi War of Independence | |||||||
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Iraqi rebels
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120,000 [3][dubious – discuss] (later reinforced with an additional 15,414 men) 63 aircraft[3] | 131,000[4] | ||||||
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1,000 killed[5] 1,100–1,800 wounded[5] 11 aircraft destroyed[6] 600 Missing[5] | 2,050[5]–10,000 killed[6][7] |
The Iraqi War of Independence or Great Iraqi Revolution began in Baghdad in the summer of 1920 with mass demonstrations by Iraqis, including protests by embittered officers from the old Ottoman Army, against the British who published the new land ownership and the burial taxes at Najaf. The revolt gained momentum when it spread to the largely tribal Shia regions of the middle and lower Euphrates. Sheikh Mehdi Al-Khalissi was a prominent Shia leader of the revolt. Using heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, the uprising was suppressed by the British.[8]
Sunni and Shia religious communities cooperated during the revolution as well as tribal communities, the urban masses, and many Iraqi officers in Syria.[9] The objectives of the revolution were independence from British rule and the creation of an Arab government.[9] The revolt achieved some initial success, but by the end of October 1920, the British had suppressed the revolt, although elements of it dragged on until 1922.
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