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Allied invasion of Iran - bullet - 09-20-2017 09:20 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran
I was reading on the Kurdish independence referendum which referenced a Kurdish Republic in NW Iran following WWII (Mahabad) which lead me to the above article. I hadn't realized the British had attacked Iraq and later, with the Soviet Union, invaded Iran in 1941. This was a part of the war I didn't remember ever hearing about. Really doesn't look good for the allies.
The Soviets viewed Iran as essential for the delivery of supplies in addition to the oil reserves.
RE: Allied invasion of Iran - 49RFootballNow - 12-21-2017 01:21 PM
Also toppled the government of Reza Shah and replaced him with his more pro-Allied son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah. Moving Lend-Lease through Iran was a much safer option than past German warships and airbases along the Norwegian coastline. I agree that it doesn't look all that great for the British (par for the course for Stalin), but don't forget what the Brits did to their former allies at Mers-el-Kébir when they had just a suspicion that the French Fleet might be turned over to the Nazis. The Brits were not above "Preventative Measures" when they found it of necessity.
Another interesting Lend-Lease related topic is the fact that throughout the war US built cargo ships under Soviet flag went right through the northern Pacific from America and Canada full of "Non-warfare" Lend-Lease materials and straight into Vladivostok around northern Hokkaido with the Imperial Navy watching them sail by.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Route
RE: Allied invasion of Iran - arkstfan - 12-21-2017 02:59 PM
(12-21-2017 01:21 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote: Also toppled the government of Reza Shah and replaced him with his more pro-Allied son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah. Moving Lend-Lease through Iran was a much safer option than past German warships and airbases along the Norwegian coastline. I agree that it doesn't look all that great for the British (par for the course for Stalin), but don't forget what the Brits did to their former allies at Mers-el-Kébir when they had just a suspicion that the French Fleet might be turned over to the Nazis. The Brits were not above "Preventative Measures" when they found it of necessity.
Another interesting Lend-Lease related topic is the fact that throughout the war US built cargo ships under Soviet flag went right through the northern Pacific from America and Canada full of "Non-warfare" Lend-Lease materials and straight into Vladivostok around northern Hokkaido with the Imperial Navy watching them sail by.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Route
British pragmatism ruled the day. Sort of like when they invaded Iceland.
Installing the last shah was one of the biggest long-term foreign policy mistakes the US has made.
RE: Allied invasion of Iran - bullet - 12-21-2017 10:03 PM
(12-21-2017 02:59 PM)arkstfan Wrote:(12-21-2017 01:21 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote: Also toppled the government of Reza Shah and replaced him with his more pro-Allied son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah. Moving Lend-Lease through Iran was a much safer option than past German warships and airbases along the Norwegian coastline. I agree that it doesn't look all that great for the British (par for the course for Stalin), but don't forget what the Brits did to their former allies at Mers-el-Kébir when they had just a suspicion that the French Fleet might be turned over to the Nazis. The Brits were not above "Preventative Measures" when they found it of necessity.
Another interesting Lend-Lease related topic is the fact that throughout the war US built cargo ships under Soviet flag went right through the northern Pacific from America and Canada full of "Non-warfare" Lend-Lease materials and straight into Vladivostok around northern Hokkaido with the Imperial Navy watching them sail by.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Route
British pragmatism ruled the day. Sort of like when they invaded Iceland.
Installing the last shah was one of the biggest long-term foreign policy mistakes the US has made.
Hard to tell how Iran would have turned out. Our support of dictators in South Vietnam was a bigger mistake. Maybe we aren't impacted now, but 50,000 Americans died.