✦ History

Part of World War II, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

August 25 – September 17, 1941 · Pahlavi dynasty

Result Anglo-Soviet victory

British and Soviet forces invaded Iran to secure its oil fields and a supply route to the Soviet Union. Reza Shah abdicated in favor of his son.

On the map Contemporaries

Soviet Union

Pahlavi Iran

Soviet Union
United Kingdom
British Raj
Australia
Iran
Joseph Stalin military commander William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim military commander Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov military commander
Reza Shah military commander

Strength and losses

Soviet Union Killed 40 · Aircraft lost 3

United Kingdom Killed 22 · Wounded 50 · Tanks lost 1

Killed
c. 850
Civilian deaths
c. 450
Aircraft
60
Aircraft lost
7
Ships lost
3
Ships captured
3

Units

Transcaucasus Front 44th Army 10th Infantry Division (India) 408th Rifle Division 63rd Mountain Rifle Division 68th Mountain Rifle Division 8th Infantry Division (India) Caspian Flotilla
Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Forces Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

Also involved 1