The Iran–Contra Scandal (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا, Spanish: caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as Irangate,[1] Contragate[2] or the Iran–Contra affair, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.[3] The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.
The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The plan was for Israel to ship weapons to Iran, for the United States to resupply Israel, and for Israel to pay the United States. The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the hostages.[4][5] However, as documented by a congressional investigation, the first Reagan-sponsored secret arms sales to Iran began in 1981 before any of the American hostages had been taken in Lebanon. This fact ruled out the "arms for hostages" explanation by which the Reagan administration sought to excuse its behavior.[6]
Answer:Everyone in Britain was given a gas mask in a cardboard box, to protect them from gas bombs, which could be dropped during air raids. Why did people fear that chemical weapons might be used in World War Two? Gas had been used a great deal in the First World War and many soldiers had died or been injured in gas attacks.
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Palestinian Arabs opposed the plan, leading to a war over the future control over the territory. How did Palestinian Arabs react to the plan proposed by the United Nations to divide Palestine into two separate states? The plan was rejected and civil war broke out between Arabs and Jews.
The correct answer is: "Axis"
The axis powers were formed by Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and the empire of Japan in the Pacific front. These powers fought jointly against the Allies in WWII, that were constituted by France, UK, United Stated and the URSS (from 1941 onwards). The axis emerged during the German and Italian territorial expansions that took place before the war.
