<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Following the <i id="mwkA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_Iraqi_coup_d'état" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1941 Iraqi coup d'état">coup d'état</a></i> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> Crown Prince <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Abd_al-Ilah" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="'Abd al-Ilah">'Abd al-Ilah</a> earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a> to restore him to power.