PhotographAA-0169

Assyrian troops in front of a British bomber in Iraq

Place: Iraq
Date: 1925

A line of soldiers in slouch hats and shorts, rifles at the slope, drawn up in front of a Royal Air Force biplane. The agency captioned them as Assyrian troops in Iraq; they are likely men of the Assyrian Levies.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica (Agence Rol press photographs)

Agence Rol (from a Central News photograph) · domaine public / public domain

Reference: Rol 104675; BnF Estampes EI-13 (1264)

Assyrian troops in front of a British bomber in Iraq

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