MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military correspondent...
Iranian territory, although Moscow had the right to station its forces there, if Soviet borders were threatened, under the 1921 Soviet-Iranian treaty.Consequently, the Allies were forced to conduct a full-scale military operation involving three Soviet armies advancing from the north, as well as three British divisions, two brigades and one independent (detached) regiment. They were opposed by only five Iranian divisions.
Despite their numerical advantage, the Allies sustained casualties in the first few days of the fighting. In all, 50 Soviet soldiers were killed and over 4,000 were either wounded or became sick.
British forces, which encountered much smaller Iranian units, suffered 22 killed and just over 40 wounded and sick.
Hostilities did not last long because the new Iranian government ordered the army to cease fighting. Iranian forces surrendered to the British and the Soviets on August 29-30. By that time, the Allies had advanced deep into
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5