The Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran
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Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran in 1941 to secure unfettered access both to Iranian oil fields and the Persian corridor, a supply line from the Persian Gulf via Iran to the Soviet Union, which was under unrelenting attack by Nazi Germany.
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