• 1918: The Ottoman Empire loses control of Iraq to the British following World War I. • 1932: The Kingdom of Iraq is granted its independence from Great Britain. • 1945: Mustafa Barzani leads a failed

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• 1918: The Ottoman Empire loses control of Iraq to the British

following World War I.
• 1932: The Kingdom of Iraq is granted its independence from Great
Britain.
• 1945: Mustafa Barzani leads a failed rebellion against the Iraqi
government.
• 1948: The Al-Wathbah uprising results in protests against the Iraqi
government before it is violently suppressed.
• 1958: The Kingdom of Iraq is overthrown by military leaders who
establish the Republic of Iraq.
• 1980: Iraq invades Iran, launching the Iran-Iraq War.
• 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait but is defeated by United Nations
forces led by the United States.
• 2003: The United States and its allies invade Iraq and remove its A
dictator, Saddam Hussein.
Which title would best suit the period in Iraqi history from 1945 through
1958?