About Iraq
About Iraq
As previously mentioned Iraq was attacked by the British in May 1941 after the coup d'état happened on 3 April 1941
The force fielded by Iraq was
The Royal Iraqi Army (RIrA) was composed of four infantry divisions[10] with some 60,000 men. The 1st and 3rd Divisions[24] were stationed near Baghdad.[10] Also based within Baghdad was the Independent Mechanized Brigade, composed of a light tank company, an armoured car company, two battalions of "mechanized" infantry transported in trucks, a "mechanized" machine-gun company, and a "mechanized" artillery brigade. The Iraqi 2nd Division was stationed in Kirkuk and the 4th Division was in Al Diwaniyah on the main rail line from Baghdad to Basra.[12] Unlike the modern use of the term "mechanized," in 1941 "mechanized" for the RIrA meant transported by trucks.[25][nb 4]
The Royal Iraqi Air Force (RIrAF) had a total of 116 aircraft in 7 squadrons and a training school.[12] However, only between 50 and 60 Iraqi aircraft were in serviceable condition.[7] Most Iraqi aircraft were located at the newly re-named "Rashid Airfield" in Baghdad (formerly RAF Hinaidi). In addition to the 116 aircraft, the Iraqi Air Force had another 9 aircraft not allocated to specific squadrons and 19 aircraft available in reserve.[12]
The Royal Iraqi Navy (RIrN) had four 100-ton Thornycroft gunboats, one pilot vessel, and one minesweeper. All were armed and all were based in the Shatt-al-Arab waterways.[26]
source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War
Italians and Germans sent some airplanes (respectively 12 and 29) to help and planned to do more.
In terms of SMEP I would like to see what is written above better represented. For example I noticed (but I can be wrong) only two divisions fielded by Iraq (no Air, no Navy). Moreover there are some divisions sent by Iraq as expeditionary force that should be deleted after the coup (my prefered option is to prevent Iraq sending any expeditionary force at all).
The second point is that the conquered Iraqi provinces should go back to Iraq. In the game this holds only if that territories are conquered by Iraq.
Last but not least a Kuwait state never existed in the history: The independent caza of the
city of Kuwait it was set up by Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 because a threat that British made to the Ottomans. After the WWI Kuwait (the city plus some more land rich of oil) become a state puppeted by British and for this reason I think that when lost by British it should go back to Iraq as national province.
