Well Look Here: The Kurds did help the Allies in WWII [View all]

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Last edited Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:12 AM - Edit history (1)

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Oh, and would you f***ing look at that. The Kurds DID help us win World War 2. First as part of the counter-offensive to the Nazi-backed Iraqi coup of 1941. Later, some served in Albania, Italy and Greece.


Meanwhile Fred Trump apparently never got drafted


The Iraq Levies were an Allied WW2 force largely composed of Assyrian, Kurdish, Armenian, Turkman and Yazidi soldiers. All ethnic groups, I might add, represented in the Syrian Democratic Forces, the anti-ISIS coalition that Trump just betrayed.


There's a tremendous erased history of colonial soldiers serving in WW2. Indian, Arab, African soldiers in large numbers all contributed to the liberation of Axis territory including Europe in frontline combat.


But forgotten because they served under French & British flags.


His grandfather served in France, his great uncle helped liberate Buchenwald, his grandmother built B-29s.

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Fred Trump otoh was arrested at a Klan rally in 1927. According to one press report at the time he was wearing robes.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Levies#1940s
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/9/1891413/-The-Kurds-did-help-the-Allies-in-WWII?utm_campaign=trending



UPDATING FOR MORE:

9th Oct,0930 - the company paraded opposite their Landing crafts [six boats] and issued with Rum rations. At 0200 the Company sailed for two hours to reach the starting point.

At 0400 hrs Company lands at Parachute beach, with overcast sky and ground visibility Ten Yards, the landing was silent and successful.

Number 2 platoon [Assyrian] headed the advance up the slope followed ten minutes later, on its right flank by No. 3 platoon [Kurdish]. During the accent, 3 platoon drifted too far to the right and lost contact with 2 platoon. Captain E Clark was sent to tell platoon to swing back to the left. No; 2 platoon now moved up what should have been no.3 platoons line of advance. Now the company formation was; no.2 platoon in lead, No. 3 platoon right rear, No. 1 platoon left rear, H.Q. and Mortars at rear, rain began to fall as company advanced.

At 0430 Enemy light machinegun opened up on the left flank, No. 1 platoon went in and overran the position sending back prisoners. At 0500 [First light] No2 and 3 platoons engaged enemy posts, overran their positions and sent back more prisoners. 0530- No 2 platoon arrived on the right side of first objective [point 254] and came under heavy fire but could not locate enemy positions, engaged enemy among the ruins, they pushed on and arrived at the right side of main objective [point 264] at 0650hrs and came under fire from Breda 20mm Guns, firing explosive shells. No.1 platoon moved up the left flank, came under long-range enemy fire; they pushed on and arrived on the left side of point 264 at 0730.

more:
http://assyrianlevies.info/battle---albania.html