Batarshah, an Assyrian village destroyed in August 1933

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Batarshah, an Assyrian village destroyed in August 1933

Place
Simele · today Iraq
Date
1933

RAF aerial view of the roofless, burned-out houses of Batarshah in northern Iraq, which IWM describes as an Assyrian village destroyed by Arabs and Kurds during the disturbances of August 1933.

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Source

Wikimedia Commons (copy of Imperial War Museums HU 89458)

No. 30 (B) Squadron, Royal Air Force · Wikimedia Commons license: Public domain ({{PD-UKGov}})