Royal Iraqi Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military organization
gptkbp:activeDuring 1921
1958
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Arab_League
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Anglo-Iraqi_War
gptkb:Iraqi_coup_d'état_of_1958
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:disbanded 1958 coup
gptkbp:equipment British_weapons
gptkbp:established gptkb:British_Mandate_of_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:headquarters Baghdad
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Monarchy_in_Iraq
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First modern army of Iraq
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Iraqi Army
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Royal_Iraqi_Army_badge
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_modern_Iraqi_military
gptkbp:militaryRank Army
Captain
Colonel
General
Lieutenant
Major
Officer
Private
Soldier
Brigadier
Sergeant
Corporal
gptkbp:motto The_Army_of_the_King
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah (1958)
Battle of Fallujah (1920)
Battle of Mosul (1941)
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:King_Faisal_I
gptkb:King_Ghazi
General Awni Abdul-Hadi
gptkbp:operationalRole Defend_the_Kingdom_of_Iraq
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:recruitment voluntary service
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Republican_Guard
gptkbp:size approximately 100,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Iraqi_Army
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Royal_Iraqi_Army_emblem
gptkbp:training British_military_training
gptkbp:type land forces
gptkbp:uniform Khaki uniforms