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British Northern Column repulsed at Al Kadhimain but southern column now only five miles south of Baghdad
Rashid Ali, the key figure in the pro-Axis coup, flees from Baghdad, taking refuge in Iran (see also 7 May)
British retreat to the east of Suda Bay (Crete)