See reviews of above text:
- Aboul-Enein, Y. (2012). Book Review of Iran at War 1500-1988. Small wars Journal, July 12
- Terpstra, R. (Sept 11, 2011). Iran at War, Business Daily Report of Egypt
See also interview with Etemad:
Iran in the 20th Century World Wars and Cold War
World War One
- –قحطي بزرگ و نسل کشي در ايران در فاصله سالهای 1917 تا میلادی 1919-Dr. Mohammad-Gholi Majd: The Great Famine and Genocide in Iran in 1917-1919
- The Americans of Urumia
World War Two
- Farrokh, K., & Sánchez-Gracia, J. (2019). La invasion Anglo-Sovietica de Iran 25 de Agostico-17 de Septiembre de 1941 [The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 25 August-17 December 1941]. Historia de la Guerra, 10, pp. 45-53.
- Sebastien Roblin: British and Soviet Troops Invaded Iran in 1941
- –یک خرس ایرانی؛ سربازی برای لهستان در جنگ دوم جهانی –Wojtek: The Iranian Bear of the Polish Army in World War Two
- Many Polish Boys were named Dariusz: A chapter of forgotten History of Iran
- Rare aerial view of British base in Qazvin in northwest Iran in 1941
- The memorial of those who died defending the border bridge at Jolfa (Iranian Azarbaijan) during the Soviet invasion of northwest Iran in August 1941-طرح یادمان شهدای شهریور ۱۳۲۰ در مرز جلفا رونمایی شد-see photo of the memorial
- Unknown Iranian Famine of World War Two
The Cold War
- Farrokh, K., & Sánchez-Gracia, J. (2022). La caída de Mossadegh [The fall of Mossadegh]. Historia de la Guerra, 28, pp.69-76. – News Release
- Declassified Docs Expose UK’s Secret Cold War Plan To Nuke Mid-East Oil Fields
History of the Iranian Army 1900-1979
- —سپهبد محمد کاظمی و سرهنگ منوچهر البرز–تاریخ پنجاه ساله نیروی زمینی ارتش شاهنشاهی–General Mohammad-Kazemi, Colonel Manouchehr Alborz. Colonel Ali Vaziri with foreword by General Glolam-Ali Oveissi C in C of land forces at time of writing (1976). The Fifty Year History of the Iranian Army. Tehran: Imperial Iranian Army. (Available in pdf) – NOTE: This is a large document, therefore it will take a little time to load on your server.
- The Iranian Army: 1900-1921
- The Iranian Army: 1921-1941
- Stephanie Cronin: A short History of the Iranian Gendarmerie
Tanks, Armored Vehicles & Mechanized Transport
- Armored Vehicles of the Iranian Army: 1921-1941
- Marmon-Herrington Trucks of the Iranian Army Before World War Two
- UNESCO nominates the Iranian railway as a world heritage site
Artillery
Helicopters & Army Aviation
Small Arms
History of the Iranian Navy 1900-1979
History of the Iranian Air Force and Aviation 1900-1979
- Farrokh, K. (2020). The First Balloon Flight and First Airplane Flight over Tehran. Persian Heritage, 96, p.20. – see also this entry: First Balloon Flight over Tehran
- The First Airplane Flight over the skies of Tehran
- Iranian Air Force: 1924-1941
- A Short History of the F-4 Fighter-Bomber in the Iranian Air Force
- A Brief Overview of the F-14A Tomcat in Iranian Service
- Iranian Air Force mission for the United Nations in the Congo (1962-1963)
- Aerial encounters between Russia and Iran: 1914-1988 (published in five parts in the Persian Heritage Magazine in 2015-2016): Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V
- Iran’s First Pioneering Women Pilots
Military Industry
Documents & Treaties
Documents of Opposition Groups (1900-1979)
- Archives of the Iranian left (download in pdf)
- Archives of the Jangali movement (download in pdf)
The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
Ground Battles
- Liberation of Khorramshahr May 24-25 1982
- Footage of Iranian infantry repelling Iraqi T-72 tank attacks
Helicopters
Air Operations
- Combat Memoirs of Iranian Air Force Pilots
- The role of the Iranian Air Force in Halting the Iraqi invasion in 1980
- Documentaries on Iranian air operations during the Iran-Iraq War
- Cinematic Recreation of Iranian Air Force Fighters in Action During the Iran-Iraq War
- A Short History of the F-4 Fighter-Bomber in the Iranian Air Force
- The F-5 Jet Fighter in Service of the Iranian Air Force
- F-14 Tomcat Fighter Ace: Fereydoun A. Mazandarani
- A Brief Overview of the F-14A Tomcat in Iranian Service
- The case of the Iranian F-14A Tomcat that downed three aircraft with a single Phoenix missile
- New York Times: Archive Offers Rare Look Into Hussein’s Private Ruminations (by Elizabeth Goodridge & Michael R. Gordon; October 26, 2011): (note references to Iranian air force and use of chemical weapons by Saddam); See also:–انتشار آرشیو صدام: واکنش نیروی هوایی ایران به حمله عراق به گونه ای بود که برای صدام قابل باور نبود.. – Reaction of Iranian air force was so powerful that Saddam refused to believe it (in persian)- see also Balatarin: Declassified captured US documents reveal Saddam Hussein was surprised at ferocity of the attacks of the Iranian air force resistance against his invasion (in Persian) (october 2011 reports)
Western support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War
- Western, Pakistani and Egyptian pilots flying Iraqi Combat Aircraft during Iran-Iraq War
- Financial Times (December 30, 2011): UK secretly supplied Saddam
- –ایران 1981 در اسناد تازه یاب بریتانیایی-مقاله هشتم- تداوم جنگ عراق و ایران -Persian article regarding British archives pertaining to the Iran-Iraq war (article discusses British training of Iraqi tank units and their repairs to Iraqi captured Iranian Chieftain tanks]
- RT News: US gave Saddam blessing to use toxins against Iranians
- Shane Harris & Matthew M. Aid (August 26, 2013): CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran | Foreign Policy
Recommended Books
- Books on the History of the Iranian Air Force by Farzad Bishop and Tom Cooper
- Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop (2004). Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat. England: Osprey Combat Aircraft 49- Osprey Publishing (pdf).
