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and district Police force of 1,786 men. On 1 August 1919, the Levy and
Gendarmerie Orders were published in which the control of the Levies, and the duties of the Inspecting Officer of the Levies, who were limited to inspection and administration, were defined. This put the Levies under the control of three different people: the Inspecting Officer, the Political Officer of the Area, and the Local Administrative Commandant. The budget was dealt with by the Inspecting Officer, except in the Northern Iraqi Provinces of
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Levies received full pay up to and including 2 May. Those who were to be discharged on that day received pay and a ration allowance for 28 days terminal leave; plus a civilian clothing allowance and a free railway pass to their homes. Those Levies receiving vocational training had their current rates of pay and allowances continue until the end of their training.
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Assyrian soldiers with British officers. The unit initially defended the northern frontiers of the Province of Mosul when Turkey claimed
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Militia and then in July to the Iraq Levies when Iraq became a British Mandate. On 12 August 1919, the force became known as the "Arab and Kurdish Levies." Also in 1919 the Iraq Levies were split into a strike force of 3,075 men, based in Baquba,
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Britain had "failed adequately to ensure the future of the Assyrian nation after the termination of their mandate over Iraq."
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Assyrians were excellent fighters having great experience in battle because they successfully fought against ottomans and Kurds and
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took over command of the Levies and Army personnel were gradually replaced by RAF personnel. During
October 1946 the Levies battalions were redesignated as wings and squadrons to conform to the RAF Regiment procedure. In December the Kurdish Squadrons in Cyprus and the
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Assyrians helped fight off Nazis in the Balkans helping Greeks and partisans free the Balkans and Assyrians force also helped liberate Italy against the fascists and Nazis. The force thereafter grew and survived until it was disbanded when control of
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where Assyrians defeated a large force of 15.000 Iraqi nazis with British air bombings in multiple battles where Assyrians also defeated other Nazi Arabs in syria and Lebanon campaign and were also used in other theatres of the
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could be responded to. The effect of this intervention was to calm concern amongst the majority of Levies, who resumed their former duties. Two hundred and fifty men were however discharged from service.
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during World War I. Now that an Iraqi Army was to be formed, the Arabs and other Muslim peoples were required to join it rather than to go to the Levies. It was decided to enlist ethnic
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and the surrounding villages and pledged 'Never Again!' They remembered the raping and pillaging of defenseless Assyrian villagers."
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