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The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia, was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941.
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Pages in category "August 1941" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran; K. Battle of Kiev (1941) L.
The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran began. Tykocin pogrom: About 1,400 to 1,700 Jewish residents of Tykocin in occupied Poland were taken to nearby Łopuchowo forest and massacred by the SS. The Allies launched Operation Gauntlet, a raid on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen.
Solar Hijri calendar legally adopted in Iran. [11] 1941: 25 August: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: Three Soviet armies began invasion of Iran from the north, while British army invades Khuzestan and Central Iran. 1945: November: The Soviet Union established the Azerbaijan People's Government in Iranian Azerbaijan. 1946: 22 January
The Persian Corridor was a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II. Of the 17.5 million long tons of US Lend-Lease aid provided to the Soviet Union, 7.9 million long tons (45%) were sent through Iran.
Reza Shah's reign ended when he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Shah . A moderniser, Reza Shah clashed with the Shia clergy and introduced social, economic, and political reforms during his reign, ultimately laying the foundations of the modern Iranian state .
July 3 – WWII: Joseph Stalin, in his first address since the German invasion, calls upon the Soviet people to carry out a "scorched earth" policy of resistance to the bitter end. July 4 – Massacre of Lviv professors : Polish scientists and writers are murdered by Nazi German troops in the occupied Polish city of Lwów .