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Hitler's Gulf War: The Fight for Iraq 1941 Hardcover – January 19, 2010

by Barrie G. James (Author)

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During the spring of 1941, on an isolated, indefensible airfield 55 miles from Baghdad a group of poorly armed and outnumbered RAF airman equipped with obsolete aircraft, together with a few soldiers, outfought the much larger and better equipped Iraqi forces who were aided by the Germans and Italians. The engagement would prove to be the first real defeat of the Germans in World War Two. After an heroic defense, the airfield was finally relieved by a hastily assembled column of trucks, taxis, buses and antiquated armored cars carrying infantry and Bedouins. The column had fought its way across a 500 mile barren, unmapped desert enduring temperatures approaching fifty degrees C to reach the airfield. In a gigantic game of bluff less than fifteen hundred soldiers supported by the RAF in their obsolete aircraft against odds of twenty to one went on to take Baghdad. They foiled a coup, returned a King to his throne and destroyed Axis aspirations in the Middle East.

This book is based on the research into a wide range of official, academic and public sources. It uses reported American, British, German, Italian and Iraqi dialogue to produce this remarkable account of a thirty day war in Iraq in 1941, how it played out and how it set the scene for Iraq’s turbulent future which has come to haunt the West.

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“…charts the events in 1941 during the Iraqi uprising and the sterling defense put up by a small RAF base in Habbaniya …a fascinating story…well worth investing in…”
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Barrie G James is an author and a historian.

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Pen and Sword (January 19, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 184884090X
ISBN-13: 978-1848840904
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,620,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Excellent important bit of history

ByPaul Ratcliffon March 10, 2015

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Excellent important bit of history, perhaps missing more of the human touch (soldiers on both sides must have been terrified at different times) and technically as another reviewer pointed out, maps and pictures of the equipment would help. However, this is a GREAT book on a crucial set of events that has been missed from most history books.

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Four Stars

ByMikko tapanainenon March 14, 2015

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Excellent story about a little war in nowadays irak. A little bit fiction, but well written and interesting.

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Could have been

ByKevin J. Morrowon March 4, 2012

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This very interestingly-written account of the fighting in Iraq in 1941 could have been a real winner, were it not for the fact the author Barrie James apparently wants to conceal his primary sources. There are NO FOOT NOTES at all, which in a book like this is unpardonable. There's no way one can check his work. Instead, we're left to take his word for it that all the stunning detail his reporting of events happening behind closed doors is accurate and reliable, which is never something you should assume of a historical work. One clue that there may be some slight fictionalizing of the material is the fact that at times, Barrie puts words in the mouths of some of the historical actors that sound like history lectures, rather than things real people say in actual conversation. This is a real shame, because were it not for the undermining of Barrie's credibility by this, it would be a really fantastic book. It is a fascinating read precisely BECAUSE of these poorly-documented details. Some historians are known to refuse to reveal their primary sources or even to falsify them in order to protect the tremendous work they have undertaken, but such historians fail to realize that history is a team sport, and that 1). to justify the tremendous work of primary-source historical research, you must show that you are bringing new material or a new perspective to light that builds on what has been written before, and 2). if you conceal your sources, you will destroy your credibility as Barrie has, so you might as well have not bothered to try to protect your sources, as you've produced nothing of lasting value anyway. Too bad: I would have given this a four and a half stars out of five otherwise.

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This is an enjoyable read.

ByNed Middletonon June 9, 2010

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Author Barrie James revisits a Gulf War from an earlier time when Hitler fought to control the region in 1941. In so doing, he has expertly collected stories of real-life heroes and fighters who fought there almost 70 years ago. His style of writing produces many exciting and memorable encounters which all readers will thoroughly enjoy.

In Spring 1941, an almost forgotten RAF airbase barely 50 miles from Baghdad with a few obsolete bi-plane training aircraft was manned by flying instructors, students and a small number of ill-equipped soldiers. Such was their lot, they might have all have been forgiven for thinking the war was passing them by. That was, until the war arrived!

Taking on an Iraqi army supported by well-equipped and provisioned German and Italian troops at a ratio of twenty enemy to one British soldier this, almost motley group, of 1,500 British troops supported by that handful of ancient aircraft deceived those enemy forces as they fought their way across 500 miles of uncharted desert, reached the RAF base at Habbaniya, went on to take Baghdad, foiled a coup, returned a King to his throne and shattered the Axis dream of conquest throughout the entire region. And this is their story brought vividly to life.

This was the first real defeat of Germany in World War Two and it is recounted in excellent, readable style by an author who understands the value of meticulous research and has the underlying ability to convert that research into a product everyone will wish to read.

Altogether an excellent job of work.

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