Súvislosti vzniku irackej armády (1920 – 1922)

Circumstances for the Establishment of the Iraqi Army (1920 – 1922)

Autor: SORBY Karol

SORBY, Karol, ml.: Súvislosti vzniku irackej armády (1920 – 1922)

SORBY, Karol, Jr.: Circumstances for the Establishment of the Iraqi Army (1920 – 1922).

Vojenská história, 21, 1, 2017, pp. 92-109.

The study is devoted to situation after World War I, when in the San Remo Conference (April 1920) Britain was granted a mandate over Iraq to help it advance to readiness for full independence. In June 1920 an armed revolt against British rule broke out and quickly spread through the mid-Euphrates regions. The heavily armed and surprisingly determined tribes scored a number of early and signifi cant successes. The crushing of the revolt involved besides cost of lives the expenditure of huge amounts from the British Treasury. Mr. Churchill, in taking charge of Near and Middle East affairs, called a conference to Cairo on March 1921. The questions considered by the conference included as problems concerning Iraq the immediate reduction of British expenditure in Iraq with the consequent revision of policy involving 1. the future relationship of Iraq to Great Britain; 2. the person of the future ruler of Iraq; 3. the nature and composition of the defence forces of the new state which was to assume an increasing share of its own defence.

Keywords: Military History. The Middle East. The British Middle Eastern policy after WWI; the Cairo Conference; the coronation of Fayœal; the establishment of the Iraqi army; the role of Jac far al-c Askarī.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2017.21.1.5

Ročník: 21 | Číslo: 1/2017 | Stránky: 92-109