RAF Habbaniya siege (1941)

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties British: 13 killed, 21 wounded
Iraqi: 500+ killed or wounded
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Iraqi_government_forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_Harry_George_Smart
Brigadier William Fraser
Colonel Muhammad Fawzi
gptkbp:endDate 6 May 1941
gptkbp:followedBy British advance on Baghdad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Habbaniya siege (1941)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya
gptkbp:notableFor RAF airfield defense
use of training aircraft in combat
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Anglo-Iraqi_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Rashid_Ali_coup
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:startDate 30 April 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7