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	CCC - War Against Iraq: The British Invasion of 1941
		In London, the 30 April news that a large Iraqi force was marching on Habbaniya caused the Chiefs of Staff to exult that their intervention in Basra had caused Rachid Ali's "plot" to "go off at half-cock" before the Axis could organize military support for the Iraqi regime.
		Habbaniya was an airfield that housed a Flying Training School of 1000 airmen, supported by 9000 civilians, many of them British dependents.
		Fortunately, the arrival from Egypt of eight Wellington medium bombers, a few Gladiators, and 300 soldiers of the King's Own Royal Regiment that were air-lifted from the RAF base at Shaibah caused the air vice-marshal in command to conclude on 2 May that attack was the best form of defense.
	www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /rsepResources/si/dec02/middleEast.asp (3508 words)

	RAF Habbaniya 1941 Diorama
		Luckily most of RAF Habbaniya was flat with packed earth runways and the Polo pitch from which some aircraft operated.
		But I've also just joined the RAF Habbaniya Association and hope to get some better idea of aircraft paint schemes and Habbaniya layout from other members; some of whom were actually there.
		I now need to find out if the Gordon's at Habbaniya were Mk Is or IIs, as they had different rudder styles.
	airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org /archive/raf-habbaniya-1941-diorama__o_t__t_38.html (1419 words)

	RAF HABBANIYA - Find Friends from RAF HABBANIYA at Forces Reunited
		Ralph Carrigan was at RAF Habbaniya between 1952 and 1954
		Ernest Cox was at RAF Habbaniya between 1956 and 1958
		Charles Sullock was at RAF Habbaniya between 1923 and 1945
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/RAFNames/RAF-Habbaniya.html (732 words)

	Habbaniya, Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the late 1930s and 1940s Lake Habbaniyah was used as a refuelling point for seaplanes flying from the United Kingdom to India.Nearby on the banks of the Euphrates had already been established the RAF base of Dhibban, later renamed RAF Habbaniya.
		It was the scene of action during the Anglo-Iraqi War when the troops there effectively defended themselves against attacks from Iraqi troops.
		Habbaniya is now site of a major US military base known as Al Taqqadum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Habbaniya,_Iraq (219 words)

	WFHAirmansSon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RAF HABBANIYA was under siege from an army assembled by the dissident Iraqi Prime Minister 'Rachid Ali el Ghailani' who'd seized power in Iraq in a coup de-tat on the 3rd of April 1941.
		The Town sized Station at Habbaniya with its nearly eight miles of perimeter fencing was positioned on the southern bank of the River Euphrates some 50 odd miles west of Baghdad.
		At RAF Habbaniya preparations included the flattening of the Golf Course and Polo Pitch to serve as a dispersal area for the Aircraft of the Flying School.
	www.42c1.com /WFHHabbanyaBattle.html (2564 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History (Campaign Histories) - Habbaniya 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Habbaniya was still cut off from all communication with the outside world except by air, and unless communication could be restored quickly, German intervention on a serious scale, already apparently forecast by events in Syria, could hardly fail to render the position of the garrison untenable.
		The knowledge that this force as being sent to Habbaniya, together with the reinforcements received by air from Basrah and the re-organisation of the ground forces of the garrison with the equipment captured from the Iraqis, made it possible to consider plans for offensive action from Habbaniya.
		On 16 May, Habbaniya was attacked for the first time by German aircraft, three Heinkel III's bombing the Cantonment and doing considerable damage including the destruction of the EFS at the Aircraft Depot.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/opsrep.html (7132 words)

	revolt
		Behind the plateau was Lake Habbaniya, which was used by the Empire flying boats of the BOAC on its routes to the Far East.
		The forces at Habbaniya were as ready as they would ever be, the main problem was the lack of pilots, a total of 39 pilots were available to fly the 65 aircraft present.
		Over Habbaniya a Northrop was intercepted by a Gladiator and was damaged in the process, However on the ground two of the Gladiator pilots were injured by flying splinters.
	www.geocities.com /acrawford0/revolt.html (3412 words)

	Iraqi Coup: British Operations in Iraq.
		Habbaniya is about fifty miles west of Baghdad and is connected to it by a desert highway which crosses the Euphrates near the town of Falluja.75 The Iraqis had the great fortune of occupying a series of strategically advantageous uplands overlooking the British base.
		Meanwhile, on 2 May, while the defenders of Habbaniya were fighting for their lives, the Chiefs of Staff in London were in the process of gathering a relief column for the besieged base.
		Having joined the Habbaniya forces, you should exploit the situation to the utmost, not hesitating to try to break into Baghdad even quite small forces, and running the same kind of risks the Germans are accustomed to run and profit by.
	www.csus.edu /indiv/s/scottjc/british.htm (2490 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| World War II: Air War Over Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beyond that was Lake Habbaniya, from which British flying boats evacuated the base's civilian personnel, including women and children, on April 30.
		Aside from the unsuitability of its aircraft for combat, Habbaniya's greatest vulnerability lay in its dependence on a single electric power station that powered the pumps necessary to supply its base with water.
		Habbaniya's RAF base commander, Group Captain W.A.B. Savile, divided his airplanes into four squadrons.
	www.historynet.com /ahi/bl_air_war_over_iraq (1433 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial
		On the night of April 29, the Iraqi army surrounded Habbaniya airfield, emplacing heavy weapons and tanks on a plateau overlooking the marshy airfield.
		The RAF had 64 operational aircraft at Habbaniya, of which 39 were flight worthy, and mustered fewer than 1,000 troops.
		The remaining Iraqi guns began raining fire down upon Habbaniya from less than a half-mile away, tearing up the runway and forcing the British to use the base polo and cricket fields as airfields.
	starbulletin.com /2003/03/23/editorial/special.html (1237 words)

	Vol. 10 Fasc. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The salinity in Lake Habbaniya was 0.2‰, on average, in Lake Tharthar it was 2‰, and in Lake Razzazah it was 11‰.
		In lakes Tharthar and Habbaniya, water transparency is probably the factor which determines the differences in their flora and vegetation.
		The composition and abundance of the zooplankton in the littoral and pelagic zones of the central Iraqi lakes Tharthar, Habbaniya and Razzazah were studied from March 1982 to January 1983.
	www.infish.com.pl /Suplementy/Vol9Suppl1.html (3967 words)

	Second World War Books: History Page
		The RAF maintained bases at Habbaniya (outside Baghdad) and Shaibah (near Basra) -- both were on the peacetime air route to India -- and retained tranist rights for troops.
		British infantry began shuttling by air from Shaibah to reinforce Habbaniya; approximately 400 troops were airlifted north.
		On the 30th British troops from Habbaniya reached the outskirts of Baghdad.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/history/iraq.shtml (1287 words)

	Assyrian Information Medium Exchange
		Once, two groups of Habbaniya sports enthusiasts debated whether William Daniel or another renowned tennis player, in Baghdad, named Eramia Youshia who was trained and coached by a Squadron Leader Freith at the YMCA where Eramia's father worked, was the Assyrian champion.
		In Habbaniya, William and his partner Andrew Simon dominated the tennis court for a decade in the 1940's and 1950's and were star players on the hockey field.
		In December 1955, William Daniel left Habbaniya, with his family, and settled in Baghdad, where he was offered a job as an assistant superintendent by KOC (Khanaquin Oil Company).
	www.edessa.com /sports/wdaniel.htm (1197 words)

	Moggy's Iraq 1941 Habbaniya Taqaddum Greene Field TQ
		The purpose of this addon is to establish an Iraq/Syria theatre for April-May 1941, and provide historical single mission packages for British air forces and the Axis forces and their supporters (German, Italian, Iraqi Nationalist and Vichy Fench).
		British forces in the theatre consisted of the obsolete training and support aircraft at No.4 Training School Habbaniya, and hastily improvised support from Middle East Command based at or flying in from Cyprus, Palestine and Basra.
		At the school were Gloster Gladiator fighters, Fairey Gordons, Airspeed Oxfords, and Hawker Audaxes, all hastily rigged to carry bombs, and huge Vickers Valentias used both to transport raiding troops and as a night and day bomber.
	mogggy.org /iraq/iraq.htm (644 words)

	BATTLE FOR HABBANIYA
		Defenses (Col. Brawn) made an early reconnaissance from No.10 B.H and reported to Col. Roberts (AHQ) that there was considerable rearward enemy movement, from the area of the riffle ranges, in Lorries and armored cars in an Easterly direction across the Plateau.
		The Habbaniya Artillery opened fire on an enemy M.G post reported to be to the west of
		The advanced Bn HQ was withdrawn to Habbaniya.
	www.assyrianlevies.com /subpage24.html (5725 words)

	Second World War Books Review
		On the advice of Col Roberts in Habbaniya, the column was to turn south-east at Kilo 25, thus avoiding a confrontation with the Iraqi brigade at Ramadi, so as to skirt underneath Lake Habbaniya and advance on the cantonment across the bridge at Mujara village.
		Kingcol, the small Habbaniya garrison, and the troops who had been airlifted into the base as reinforcements were promptly formed into a makeshift brigade to capture Fallujah and threaten Baghdad.
		Meanwhile, the reinforced RAF based at Habbaniya whittled away the Luftwaffe squadrons, rumors swirled through Baghdad about the approach of a British force of a hundred tanks, and the Iraqi regime lost its nerve.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/060402.shtml (3573 words)

	Royal Air Force Regiment Squadro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Squadrons which participated in operations, albeit at a slightly lower level of danger, are awarded the Battle Honour without the right to emblazon the honour on their Standards.
		Note: 1 Sqn RAF Regt where the only Sqn to have the Gulf 1991 emblazoned as they where in direct contact with the enemy.
		Amman — Habbaniya — Sharjah — Habbaniya — Nicosia — Luqa — Felixstowe —
	www.rafregt.8k.com /RAF_Regt_Battle_Honours.htm (700 words)

	The Last Time (1941) Iraq Was Invaded
		They also flew 400 troops to the Habbaniya airbase outside Baghdad, as they knew that the Iraqis were already moving troops to seize the base.
		The British had a battalion of Assyrian (Iraqi Christians) militia, plus a company of Kurds and Arabs, guarding Habbaniya, and sent additional troops to show the Assyrians that they would be supported.
		On April 30th, the Iraqis moved 50 pieces of artillery and 9,000 troops to Habbaniya, as well as several times that number (no one got an exact count) of tribal militiamen.
	www.strategypage.com /dls/articles2002/20021126.asp (1082 words)

	Youra Eshaya Pera - first Iraqi football player abroad
		Youra went onto to represent the RAF Habbaniya station team that played other RAF teams in Iraq and the Middle East, while he also played for the C.C. select team, that represented the Civil Cantonment, where Youra and other employees of the RAF lived with their families.
		He was later "unfrozen" and transferred to the Habbaniya air base as a sports officer to coach and oversee the training of military sportsmen, but retired later on and emigrated to Sweden the next year, where he brought up 3 children while also coaching youngsters.
		On July 21, 1992 at the age of 59, Youra collapsed and died of a heart attack in Gothenburg, Sweden, while running on a football field coaching a bunch of youngsters.
	www.rsssf.com /players/eshaya.html (711 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Habbaniya
		RAF Habbaniya was built in 1934, on the banks of the river Euphrates, 60 miles from Bagdad.
		The station was transferred to the control of Iraqi forces in 1955 but remained in use by the RAF until 1959.
		I am told the above photo was taken at Habbaniya sometime in late 1940 or early 194.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /airfields/habbaniya.html (394 words)

	Commonwealth biplane fighter aces - R. B. ‘Dicky’ Cleaver (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In reprisal on 29 April, a 9000-strong Iraqi force invested the large RAF base at Habbaniya, to the west of Baghdad.
		In the morning on 2 May British aircraft attacked the Iraqi positions around Habbaniya and in response the Iraqis started to shelling the base and by 10.00 Iraqi aircraft began to appear in strength.
		It was later discovered that the SM.79B and the Northrop had both force-landed in the desert; subsequently both the pilots had their claims upgraded to confirmed victories.
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/commonwealth_cleaver.htm (1069 words)

	Iraqi Sport.com - View Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As a youngster he started playing football in Habbaniya alongside his friends and the airmen at the RAF base.
		The talented left-sided player was one of the last players to come out of Habbaniya after the likes of Aram Karam, Youl Gorgis, Ammo Baba, Edison and Youra Eshaya, who all started their playing careers there before moving onto greater things in other places in Iraq.
		Like many Assyrian greats, Albert participated in a variety of sports while growing up at the RAF Base but there were no questions about what Albert wanted to be when grew up, a footballer.
	www.iraqisport.com /article.php?id=53 (923 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| US attack helicopter down in Iraq
		The two crew members were unhurt after their aircraft came down near the town of Habbaniya, 80 kilometres (48 miles) west of the capital Baghdad.
		Meanwhile, at least two Iraqi civilians are reported killed by US troops who opened fire in the town of Falluja.
		It was part of the US Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which operates the air base north of Habbaniya.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3392211.stm (585 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Wilfred (Pip) Hill's Diary 1940/1941 - Extract 6 Bombay to Habbaniya
		The driver told us we had 57 miles of rough desert road to cover before we got to Habbaniya.
		We have now been in Habbaniya two and a half months.
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	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/91/a7503491.shtml (1745 words)

	Political Correctness Trumping History at the US Holocaust Museum? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Force from Palestine can relieve Habbaniya and hold approaches from Baghdad to prevent further advance on Habbaniya, but it is not capable of entering Baghdad against opposition or maintaining itself there.
		Having joined tbe Habbaniya forces, you should exploit the situation to the utmost, not hesitating to try to break into Baghdad even with quite small forces, and running the same kind of risks as the Germans are accustomed to run and profit by.
		We hoped that the column would be ready to move on the 10th, and would reach Habbaniya on the 12th, assuming Habbaniya could hold out, which they have done, and a good deal more.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1557397/posts (13557 words)

	Iraq, 1941, Second World War
		Encouraged by hints of German assistance and swift German triumphs in Greece and Crete, Ali began to move against the British by abrogating the 1930 British treaty rights and beseiging the air base of Habbaniya.
		The besieged air force in Habbaniya took the offensive and destroyed the Iraqi air force.
		The Battle for Habbaniya and Falluja, by Gaby Kiwarkis.
	www.regiments.org /wars/20ww2/iraq.htm (1194 words)

	Winston Churchill, The Second World War, Volume III, The Grand Alliance (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950), ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Meanwhile at Habbaniya the squadrons of the Flying School, together with Wellington bombers from Shaiba, at the head of the Persian Gulf, attacked the Iraqi troops on the plateau.
		The advance-guard of the relieving "Habforce", a motorised brigade group from Palestine, arrived at Habbaniya on May 18 to resume the attack on the enemy, now holding the bridge across the Euphrates at Falluja.
		Inundations hampered direct approach from the west, and small columns were therefore dispatched over a flying bridge upstream from the town to cut off the retreat of the defenders; another party made an air landing to block the road to Baghdad.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/Petroleum/iraq.htm (4418 words)

	Commonwealth biplane fighter aces - Gerald Herrtage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gerald Herrtage was born in 1917 and was from Sussex.
		On 7 May Wightman was ready with his detachment to fly down to Habbaniya.
		The aircraft, two Mk Is and three Mk IIs, arrived at Habbaniya next day, The pilots involved were Wing Commander W.
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/commonwealth_herrtage.htm (730 words)

	Youra Eshaya
		Youra was shy, but he had a genuine warm smile, and he was friendly with everyone, and everybody liked him.
		Before Ammo Baba's soccer talent began to surface in 1951-52, Youra became a very popular player in Habbaniya while still in his teens, and I, another local freelance contributor of sports reports, named him "Most Popular Footballer in Habbaniya" in a feature article published in the Christmas 1951 magazine of The Iraq Times.
		Youra left Habbaniya in July 1952 to establish himself elsewhere in the country.
	www.aina.org /aol/bulls/stars/youra/youra3.htm (351 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Iraq and Habbaniya - A1126522
		Before the outbreak of war, the British presence in Iraq was reduced to two RAF bases; one at Shaibah, near Basra, and a flying school at Habbaniya, west of Baghdad.
		After a brigade of the 10th Indian Division landed at Basra on 30 April, Ali assembled a force to attack Habbaniya.
		London decided that proper action was required and hastily assembled Habforce to march on Baghdad from Palestine.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A1126522 (557 words)

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