WWII's Forgotten Axis Power - The Kingdom of Iraq

It's a little known fact that Iraq (specifically: the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq) was an Axis power during the second world war. Iraq would fight against the British and Indians in the Middle East in conjunction with Germany, Italy, and Vichy France.
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[@BrokeStudent-cs8my]

Need to talk about Thailand next!

[@elmosanchez]

Trueee

[@jstevinik3261]

@@elmosanchez History with Hibert did an okay vid on Thailand.

[@johnnyfives5416]

@@elmosanchez and iran

[@christopher9727]

... Only Jesus Christ blood can cleanse us of are sins come to Jesus Christ today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void. The Holy Spirit can lead you guide and confort you through it all Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@nadimulislamtonoy9604]

​@@elmosanchezYou forget about Slovakia , Croatia.

[@collegemathematics6698]

as an Iraqi, it saddens me how my country's history is full of wars and political conflicts. I wish peace for all mankind.

[@elmosanchez]

Iraq's a great and fascinating country. It is a shame to see it be torn apart. I wish your people the best

[@fLaMe427]

be proud that ur country fought for good people instead.

[@wallclock4648]

your country faught decent against the worlds biggest superpower. god bless all the brave men who died trying to kill off the invaders.

[@mohammadali3711]

@@fLaMe427😂

[@fordogaming4526]

@@fLaMe427💀💀💀

[@emadbagheri]

Growing up in Iran, we were told of a 20k Iranian SS division which took part in defense of Germany against Russians, not sure how true that is, but Reza Khan, the pro German Shah WAS removed and neutral Iran annexed by US, British and Russian forces and his pro American son put in place, that's how the allied leaders ended up in the Tehran conference and were pictured in that famous photo.

[@johnroy2567]

Excellent...like I said before my friend...i learn something new every day on KZbin...thanks for that little bit of information....😁👍

[@salarhafezi943]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Iranian_Freikorps

[@WFHermans]

@@salarhafezi943 Thank you, the wikipedophiles are trying to ban that!

[@TheZerech]

Some "Iranians" did fight for Germany but they'd mostly be not Iranians from Iran (""Persia"") but Iranic people's from the Soviet Union, like Ossetians or Tajiks.

[@emadbagheri]

@@TheZerech I think the confusion is that while you are correct that peoples from a vast number of countries from the south central steps down to the Persian Gulf and across to the Caucasus are all considered members of the Iranian language family , they have not all been Iranian nationals. Some of those regions have been a part of the country in the past like Afganistan and Tajikistan and some have never been. Iranian nationals today are also not an ethnic unit, they are Persians, Arabs, Kurds, Balooch, Lor, Azeri .... depending on where in Iran they live. But putting aside the differences between ethnic groups versus Language groups, there are so many cross overs in history that they never teach us, nothing is black and white as they want us to think.

[@Ptoly]

funfact: iraq was promised to be independent aswell as most arab nations in that area after ww1 but they were lied to and instead carved up as you see in the map of the world after ww1

[@Heath580]

Germany could have really used that oil

[@Ayham4002]

Salam, Iraqi here! Thanks for covering parts of our history. You did forget to mention the "Sunni only policy" (which basically gave more rights to Sunni faction Muslims) which is pretty important for understanding why Shia uprisings even happened in the first place because without the policy, there wouldn't be uprisings. But still, very good, informative, and accurate.

[@chillyroom8159]

I am also Iraqi ! And I love ena too!

[@Ayham4002]

@@chillyroom8159 Incredible!

[@Alinosi]

​@@chillyroom8159 چا ما تحچي عراقي

[@Alinosi]

اني هم من العراق

[@Mshi-]

Avergae Shia Zionist Bootlicker

[@OFFICERchoclet]

HOLY SHIT finally someone said it the information was spot on it's fantastic you might mispronounced some names but that doesn't matter since they're hard as fuck for none arabic speaking people this is the first video that's actually both funny and makes sense about iraq, not like those goofy videos in the internet

[@elmosanchez]

Lol. Thanks fam'

[@OFFICERchoclet]

@@elmosanchez no problem man

[@christopherfrederickson8090]

2:43 The revolution actually began in the city of Najaf, south of Baghdad and spread across the country later, and it was lead by local Iraqi clan chiefs and leaders that were assisted by ex ottoman generals.

[@davefave4351]

My father, a Royal Navy radio telegrapher, spent his war based in Basra. He was on a ship that was part of the picket for the HMSs Repulse and Prince of Wales but due to illness (Amoebic Dysentery) whilst on shore leave in Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) he was in hospital when the order to sail for the South China Sea was issued. When passed fit for duty and with no ship to serve on he had a long train journey up India to Deolalli Camp, Bombay (Mumbai) Deolalli was a large mental hospital requisitioned by the Army - when you go 'Doolally' that's where it comes from!) a boat across the Indian Ocean, up the Arabian Gulf to Iraq where he joined a small force guarding the stores for an army that would have been required had the Germans prevailed against the Soviets and managed to push south, threatening the middle eastern oilfields. He had an easy war, his life never in danger. A list of names. A tick of a box in a ministry thousands of miles away in London. Many were not so lucky...

[@elmosanchez]

Thank you for sharing!

[@christopher9727]

... No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Roachh2877]

Next Unknown Axis nations to cover Croatia Thailand Slovakia

[@elmosanchez]

True!

[@carymnuhgibrilsamadalnasud1222]

Yugoslavia

[@user-dj5ym4vj7u]

​@@elmosanchez Bharat (India) also was in Axis powers

[@project_xvi_9336]

IRAQ MENTIONED IN AXIS RAAAAH🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@climus]

2:34 Lawrence of Arabia. The film depicts Lawrence's experiences in the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Greater Syria during the First World War, in particular his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council. Its themes include Lawrence's emotional struggles with the violence inherent in war, his identity and his divided allegiance between his native Britain with its army, and his new-found comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.

[@LabiaLicker]

heavily fictionalized

[@Pola_kit1st]

Sallamu alaekum I’m Iraqi and I’m glad to be Iraqi great vid here 👌

[@AquaStockYT]

Gotta do one on the Ottoman Empires bizarre adventures

[@yourroyalchungusness]

​@patagonianpaintwhile at the same time japanese pirates raiding through the coasts of maritime south east asia

[@user-rl8nq9zr5u]

لو أن الدول المحور انتصرت في الحرب لكان الشرق الأوسط تحت حكم العراق😢🇮🇶

[@roskcity]

And jews would be no more

[@BobHooker]

Calling Iraq a power at the time is a bit much, as for being Axis, it was on the same level as Finland, the people of Iraq wanted to free themselves from a larger threat and they pragmatically allied themselves with the enemy of their enemy

[@user-yy5di3qg5u]

Finland wasn't even in the Axis, they were on their own in 1941-1944 (because Soviets attacked some Finnish airports couple days after German invasion started) and there was only The Continuation War between them and the USSR.

[@BobHooker]

@@user-yy5di3qg5u As I said it was not fair to call Iraq as being part of the Axis as their alliance was the same as Finland's. Not sure how I could have made that more clear. Finland and Iraq cooperated with Hitler because of their own security concerns, as did Romania and Bulgaria.

[@Abdirahman_Mohamed]

🇮🇶🤝🇫🇮💪🏽

[@0815Catgus]

​@@BobHookerTy finally someone with a brain that understands that the videos Titel is clickbait

[@0815Catgus]

​@@BobHookerthe title of the vid should be "the forgotten fascist country" Everything else is highly misleading

[@hashimalsmael3396]

let's be clear Iraq didn't fight the British because of their alliance with the Axies but because they were invaded and ruled by the British. plus the Axies were the only ones willing to trade weapons with Iraq so they had to accept the deal better than being re-colonized. I know this vid is not trying to make Iraq look bad but some people will try to use it to justify the invasion by saying "they supported nazis".

[@aliRazzaq8512]

👍

[@spellman007]

“Let’s be clear Ukraine didn’t fight the soviets because of their alliance with the axies but because they were invading and ruled by the Soviets”

[@VodkaPandas]

​@@spellman007 Let's be clear, only small percentage of Ukrainian sided with Nazis during WW2, sadly they survive and take over Ukrainian Government in 2014 Maidan Coup, overthrowing Democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovich.

[@SnoopsJDawg127]

That part of the world does generally love hitler and hate the Jews though. So the iraqis might as well have fought for the other reasons.

[@paithancampbell7289]

I once shook the hand of a man that had shook the hand of the last King of Iraq. He was an Iraqi Kurd who had fled when the Muslims took over the country and was then living in Germany. He said, "They killed my King!"

[@Threezi04]

When the Muslims took over? The Hashemite monarchy was also Muslim bruh, did you mean the Ba'athists?

[@voltmandk.h.sherman777]

Nice informative video. Don't forget to talk about the complex role of Switzerland during this period too.

[@elmosanchez]

Totally. The Swiss didn't take shit from anyone during WW2. They shot everyone down

[@dr.strangelove7696]

Iraq and Afghanistan still have a lot of those old British weapons. Well, I should say had because now they have all our newest weapons and gear… Cool video!

[@elmosanchez]

Thanks!

[@Human87668]

yeah there is little musum in the city I living in I want to go there one day and vlog it

[@elmosanchez]

@@Human87668 I'd watch that tbh

[@ali-haider5788]

Atleat iraq bought them all unlike Afghanistan when the us left them in there

[@dadog1517]

keep up the good work

[@elmosanchez]

Will do!

[@graybaron6430]

Nice video, the anthem in the beginning and the marching song at the whole final half was unauthentic asf

[@FreePalestine07462]

Fun fact my school is older than Iraq, yes it’s in iraq

[@Mr_Mohammed_Iraq]

damn your school is 12000 years old

[@FreePalestine07462]

@@Mr_Mohammed_Iraq if you didn’t knew Iraq didn’t existed until uk created it in 1920 before that it was Mesopotamia

[@Threezi04]

@@FreePalestine07462 Bro how are you Iraqi and don't know that the name Iraq is older than Mesopotamia and that actually the name Mesopotamia was a foreign name only ever used by Westerners?

[@FreePalestine07462]

@@Threezi04 I never learnt that in school, but I meant modern day Iraq, after we got freed from uk

[@markg3046]

underrated channel

[@elmosanchez]

Lol. Thanks

[@octavian7637]

6:19 Btw because of this move (royal family escaping) the next coup of 1958 they leanrt from their mistakes and made sure all heirs to the throne are dead because they didn't want them to return like what they did in this fascist's coup

[@Presidential_Teamwork]

You Didnt Say that after Ghazi's Death, his son, Faisal became king Faisal II

[@anti-theocrat8815]

Britain:Why are You siding with The Nazis? Iraq:You’re joking right? We’re just siding with whoever goes against You

[@xalsarajx5865]

My grandpa fought in that war(Iraqi) very cool guy.

[@walnzell9328]

Italy: Welcome to the Axis, friends! Have some planes and guns! Iraq: Cool. Thanks. Italy: No problem, Principality of Mesopotamia. Iraq: What? Italy: ...So have you ever heard of the Roman Empire? One moment, it appears we're losing the war. Germany, can you help? Germany: Of course Königsreich der Ostgoten. Italy: What?

[@stupid8581]

Informative and pretty funny to. Nice video

[@elmosanchez]

That's excellent

[@emadbagheri]

Don't forget the Mufti of Jerusalem, and the Bosnian Muslim SS brigades. The anti Jewish and anti British sentiments of the Nazis were very appealing to the Arabs and Muslims.

[@elmosanchez]

Yeah. A lot of interesting and surprisingly diverse people groups to discuss. Hopefully, at some point soon

[@emadbagheri]

@@elmosanchez keep plucking away one at a time bro, your style is good, video production is good, the skepticism of accepted narratives and the touch of salt is refreshing and new. Maybe you can eventually work your way up to covering the Azov Battalion some day (not safe now!)

[@elmosanchez]

@@emadbagheri Someday maybe. It'd be interesting for sure

[@aka99]

@@emadbagheri i agree on that. but i forgoter the free arab legion. Maybe the ones meant that when they told you about the persian ss divison? another point, interestingly there were even some blacks in the german army or black helpers. Sure the numbers were for sure surley limited, but it was for sure more than one black dude in german army. if you wonder search in the webbrowser wihich begins with the G for black soldiers germany army ww2 and black soldiers berlin 1945

[@Human87668]

as a history iraq guy thanks

[@elmosanchez]

You're welcome 👍

[@jafar809]

proud to be iraqi 🇮🇶🫡

[@FelixSkz.8]

Wow, I am from Baghdad 😂

[@rosiepie8213]

Can you make one about Somaliland?

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

Itallian tanks are actually good

[@alqaedaswag]

do any of you guys know about a video discussing another minor axis power, it was by another youtuber the video was about the first slovak republic during ww2. i think the video is deleted but i dont remember the youtube channel that uploaded it. theres more videos from this channel discussing other minor axis powers like bulgaria.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

How about a vid on the forgotten Central Powers, Darfur Sultanate and Senussi State?

[@geordiedog1749]

I knew that. No, really I did. I am THAT nerdy that I knew it.

[@iq-dw2bq]

Bro, thank you, it is true that we lost the battle, but thank you for the video. Many do not know the history of Iraq except Saddam and the Arab clothes. Even the old Iraqi clothes in the forties were not Arab, but rather a uniform with an Iraqi hat. No one knows the founder of the Iraqi Republic, Abdul Karim Qasim, and no one knows that Iraq is not only Muslims but His religion is Christ and Yezidis

[@elmosanchez]

Yeah Iraq's an interesting place. Thanks for commenting

[@germanconvert1903]

Love you Iraq 🏴🏳️🚩♥️🇮🇶

[@slobodancvejic7942]

When you were talking about axis powers you forgot Croatia.

[@safiuddinhanafy2014]

If Iraq is the forgotten ally in the Middle East,then Thailand is the forgotten ally in the Pacific

[@johnroy2567]

This was news to me...every day is a school day on KZbin...lol

[@elmosanchez]

Lol. Thanks for watching

[@LabiaLicker]

I'm pretty sure Badolf Bitler had some pretty favorable views toward middle easterners in general

[@OsamaBknLaden]

Inshalla

[@IamaCosmonaut]

Did the editor have a stroke while editing this video?

[@MA-rc2eo]

(Respectfully) please cite your sources. Nothing personal, but I would love to read and evaluate your sources.

[@ALIKN1-1]

No it is totally wrong to say Ghazi led war against refugees ……they tried to establish nation inside Iraq and they were aggressive to others

[@chaldeankurdistani2322]

Yessssss. I knew it we were in the axis ♥️😂

[@iq-dw2bq]

Oh man 🇮🇶

[@ZEZlMA]

What's the song from around 6:30 onwards? I've heard it before it's so damn catchy

[@elmosanchez]

I forgot the name. But it's some Hussein era nationalist song, I think

[@ZEZlMA]

@@elmosanchez it sounds like it was recorded pre-saddam though?

[@ZEZlMA]

It’s ‘swords of iraq’ finally found this masterpiece

[@ALIKN1-1]

9:04 XD

[@Vextonomy]

Didnt know that

[@ieatmice751]

Idk what it says about your historical authenticity when you use British and English interchangeably

[@pnelson89]

@2:00 thats Australian Parliment, not British....

[@angryfoxzd5233]

During the Africa campaign General Romel aka the desert fox enlisted the local Muslims to hunt down jews since they shared a common enemy. Germany had the weapons and Iraq had the man power. Germany did something similar in WW1 when they teamed up with Turkey aka the Ottoman empire.

[@loverofyurigagarin1149]

No? Germany in ww1 didn’t hate jews

[@angryfoxzd5233]

@@loverofyurigagarin1149 but Turkey did.

[@anonymousphantom9644]

Was Persia also an Axis power?

[@elmosanchez]

No. But the USSR and UK did invade Persia (Iran) in 1941 to better secure supply lines to Russia from the Indian Ocean.

[@emadbagheri]

The shah of Iran (name was changed from Persia to Iran in 1936) Reza Khan was pro German, he was replaced with his pro US son when Iran was annexed. Growing up in Iran I was always told there was a 20k man SS division of Persians in Germany who faught the Russians at the end of the war, never seen any actual proof of it though.

[@aka99]

@@emadbagheri maybe the ones told you that, mixed something up. there were several people from europen countries and neighboring countries the germans occupied, like Aserbaidschan. There were also muslims in ss. Prominet member is the grand mufti of Jerusalem which the british wanted for war crimes, like you already wrote in your single comment.. There were also indians in ss divison. Some turkmenistan in ss and so on. And of course some fought at the end of ww2 against the soviets, which made up thousands of soldiers. But i have never heared of a persian 20k strong ss division alone who fought the russians at the end of war.

[@salarhafezi943]

@@aka99 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Iranian_Freikorps

[@aka99]

@@salarhafezi943 learned something new today

[@nizarsaleem3234]

More Iraq history ❤

[@40kwarlord79]

>Planes of the Iraqi Luftwaffe with Iraqi tanks from Italy along wirh the Free Arab Legion and Nazi volunteers attacked the British and Jordanian/Arab forces in FALLUJAH with Vichy French and Syrian help I see my country's history never disappoints as usual.

[@Young_Sheldon422]

He forgot that the “Axis of Evil” wasn’t the “Axis” from WW2

[@0815Catgus]

The vid is just clickbait A better title would be "the forgotten fascist country"

[@Young_Sheldon422]

@@0815Catgus yeah

[@unkownhistory7660]

do azad hind next

[@parallax8207]

Looks like British didnt need to cry for the US on thid one

[@raynierjob8488]

The British still dominated the world by that point yea

[@jamisu5392]

Why keep showing varied clips from different parts of history. Make a proper documentary.

[@udfty]

Is there a translation for Iraqis?......

[@elmosanchez]

Sorry. I don't know a word of Iraqi Arabic

[@coffee6930]

@@elmosanchez thanx for the video there r so little informations about iraqs role in ww2, im iraqi btw ❤👌

[@elmosanchez]

@@coffee6930 Hey. Thanks for watching! 🇮🇶

[@Human87668]

@@elmosanchez thanks so butiful video

[@Human87668]

video translator saves me 🐸

[@stover14]

1:09 bruh what does that even mean

[@interestinglife934]

Modern talk

[@OK-yy6qz]

For Racists the Axis was surprisingly diverse

[@RandomFurry07]

Though, the Nazis didn't treat em well

[@0815Catgus]

@@RandomFurry07 bruhhhh that's some bs there The Georgian legion literally m*r de r ed their german comrades. And the Indian legon r*p e d their way through france and deserted also k.ll n g their comrades. How would they be able to pull that of if the Germans treated them lesser. You literally have no grasp on History

[@felixw8929]

It's convenient to confuse 21st century Neo Nazis with their opinions and behaviours and historical national socialism for the sake of "all Nazi bad" but that shouldn't be the approach of people interested in nuance and truth. Nazi Germany having been hostile towards non whites is a bit of a misconception. Obviously ethnically homogenious Germany without colonies and in trouble and turmoil itself was politically not occupied with non-whites to begin with but the german mindest towards brown and black people might quite likely on the on hand entail the common european conception of collective (not individual) superiority which was however at least equally predominant in the UK and the USA. Most Germans likely thought it to be odd to live in a multi racial society and certainly didn't wish that for themselves but they were also capable of showing empathy towards black people as shown by the cheering crowd when Jesse Ownes won the sprinting contest at Olympia in Berlin. There are several accounts on Hitlers reaction to Owens and it's not paranoid to suspect the negative accounts entail made up propaganda. To my knowledge Owens never condemned Hitler or voiced discontent over his behaviour towards him or his treatment in Germany.

[@globama1787]

thailand is a forgotten axis power too

[@carymnuhgibrilsamadalnasud1222]

Vichy France and Yugoslavia.

[@slobodancvejic7942]

Yugoslavia was never in axis powers it was Croatia that was a part of Yugoslavia.

[@gimel9081]

Hitler loved islam, considering it the "religion of men" and that Germany would have been far more successful had it adopted islam rather than christianity. He had talks with prominent arab leaders including discussions about the holocaust and palestine.

[@faarisjaber]

he didnt love islam simply preferred it over christianity and the other nazis were pagan satanists and homosexauls so it wouldnt have gotten far

[@RandomFurry07]

​@@faarisjaberwait Nazis hated the LGBTQ

[@Huy-G-Le]

Basically Westerner looking for any justification to claim that enemy of American are just like Nazus. Why would it be so weird to cooperates, economically and technology wise with a country that are well know for both of those thing? What choices does these semi-colonized newly form country have? are they strong enough to oppose older Colonial power like British? France? Belgium? NO. Whom are willing to work with these newly forms country? definitely the USSR, but they are also news, still fighting a civil wars till the late 30s, and are hated by all the colonial blocks for being the sole country that are ran by the working class (perfect or not, doesn't matter) and not by the Capitalist class, which all colonial block are. But then Germany under Weimar open trades with you, what do you do? not accepting it? Prevent the receiving of investment to industrialize yourself so you can better off your country people lives and be able to defend yourself latter on? Clearly you HAVE to accept the deal, because you have the luxury of choosing, it is either get industrialize and suffer through it's consequence so one day you can takes back the powers and uses what you have gains to better your people, OR get re-colonize by colonial empire like Britain and France. Even if the Weimar get replace by the Nazus, what choice do you have? Your Don't. It does not matter what you think about them, it matter less what they thinks of you when they don't actively want to wipes you out (yet), you take whatever chance you can to arms yourself in preparation for the day to come, if they or the colonial block decide your existence are the problem between Western Capitalist, Nazus or Neo-lib centrist from privatizes your entire country.

[@joemiller947]

What's the point of this comment? Are you attempting to say that the Iraqis weren't actually allied to the axis? This video isn't meant to make Iraqis look bad, it's about Iraq's role in World War Two, which is a simple fact

[@Huy-G-Le]

@@joemiller947 why was Iraq have a role in WW2? Did you ever think about the conditions and circumstances around them that make their leader to agree to do trade and technology trading with the Axis? It is need which are the mother of inventions, that it is conditions that gaves ways to thinking to overcome the conditions. So what was the conditions of these semi-colonize country like Iraq and Iran? Are they just inherently irrational demi-humans that are always do violent because their nature are violent? Or were there many needs that can be gains by a brief partnership with the Axis?

[@khalilabushahin418]

​@@joemiller947you expect the Iraqis to aligne with the country that lied to them in ww1 ..dividing them i wonder why

[@joemiller947]

@@khalilabushahin418 I don't expect them to align with anyone, if I see two bad people fighting, I'm not going to help one of them. Better to let themselves injure each other

[@khalilabushahin418]

@@joemiller947 nope....if the usa divided Canada...and then fight a massive war with big Mexico.. one if not all the divided Canadian states would align with mexico

[@narkly]

funny history man

[@hh6440]

Its iraq not eyerak The 1920 revolution begun in rumaytha not baghdad.

[@abdal-hakeemabas8908]

Nah it was not the kingdom of Iraq there was military generals who overthrew the king and since the UK was in king side the simply go to axis

[@joekurdish3385]

Faisal wasn't even iraqi, he was from Hijaz ( modern day Saudi )

[@speedyone1477]

Iraqi is a state which he was apart of and Saudi is a state he wasn’t apart of Saudi Arabian and Iraqi are not ethnicities but nationalities

[@joekurdish3385]

@@speedyone1477 Faisal wasn't a part of the state of Iraq until he turned 38, he was the king of Syria for 4 months and he was an Ottoman empire citizen before that, so technically he was not originally from Iraq and that's what I was trying to say in my original comment.

[@ggangbuhero7597]

I'm pro goerg washinton

[@elmosanchez]

Gord save the kang

[@Mr_Mohammed_Iraq]

@@elmosanchez💀

[@callumpaxton1657]

You said English like 5 times when you meant British, good video otherwise!

[@WerberDoogyBoogi]

I LOVE…. OIL!!!!!!!!!

[@elmosanchez]

Based if true

[@Johnnytree67]

Yes good

[@TheNaygars]

I am Iraqi and I am pro-Fascism as well as most the families we know. Our country is horrible now with democracy.

[@laithalmasri6985]

Iraq and Germany axis fought against Jordan and UK And wasn't kingdom of Iraq it ministers in kingdom who made the king thier peopt

[@ifyagotajaburadumsheep1752]

The Turks and British owe me billions of dollars I don’t expect payment any time soon, I have to hire a collection agency to collect it

[@0815Catgus]

The Turks should pay you by moving back to Turkmenistan or Kazakhstan where they came from

[@user-vg5zx4lx8m]

crazy how this video only has 900 likes

[@11md]

We Iraqis always get humiliated in the worst ways possible, I wonder why

[@elmosanchez]

I wish for better days ahead for Iraq. It's a great country that deserves much better

[@dragon888193ftw]

الشيعة فقط

[@11md]

@@dragon888193ftw الكل، بالعكس السنة تأذوا بقدر الشيعة و اكثر

[@dragon888193ftw]

@@11md اقصد ان السنة قاومو الامريكان و الى الان يعتزون بالفلوجة و الموصل و الرمادي و صلاح الدين و ديالى و كيف دحرو اقوى قوة في العالم. قارن بالشيعة الي رحبو بالمحتل و اصبحو نعل لهم والله مستحيل انسى خيانة الشيعة للعراق. تكرهون صدام على كيفكم لكن كيف تخلون الامر يصل الى خيانة بلدكم و بيعه للغريب؟؟؟؟ و المصيبة الان الشيعة يدعون انهم قاومو الامريكان مع انو 90% من قتلى الغزاه كانو في مناطق سنية

[@11md]

@@dragon888193ftw الشيعة قاوموا المحتل يا مناطقي يا طائفي بجيش المهدي، و ربك صدام هو السبب بإحتلال العراق و هو بسبب بمهانة و مذلة العراق و سلم العراق للأمريكان و ختل بالحفرة, و جماعتك اهل الغربية و الموصل سلموها ترابة لداعش و جوهم زلم الشيعة حرروهم و رجعوهم للحضارة و انطوهم حقوق بشرية، بس انت ناكر جميل و ناكر اصلك و هذا بعد تعلوم من اهلك ما اكدر الومك، عموما كل الحب و الاحترام الك و للسنة

[@0815Catgus]

Annnnd the Iraqis never fought for the axis and the brits began the war. Great vid again

[@smithsfan88]

Get a job

[@0815Catgus]

@@smithsfan88 get a life

[@0815Catgus]

@@smithsfan88 the video was just pointless click bait.

[@abdala7777]

@@0815Catgusانت عراقي

[@0815Catgus]

@@abdala7777 speak English, you ussy

[@AdamBuccaschie]

Iraq is always on the loser-side,

[@11md]

Always fighting a losing battle, I wonder why

[@dragon888193ftw]

not in the iran-iraq war, iraqi-kurdish wars, battle for syria in 1973, kuwait war(if u would even call that a war), iraq war

[@Ritter2749]

We are relatively white

[@Juan-qu4oj]

Not European

[@mappingshaman5280]

If you have to claim to be "relatively white" you're not white

[@11md]

No we're not

[@Juan-qu4oj]

@@11md some are kind of white looking

[@11md]

@@Juan-qu4oj yes some of us look like Italians or Spanish people, but not white as in Germany or Denmark etc, you get me

[@whatdowedoall1222]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simele_massacre