Persia
Persia around 1921, when both Russia and Britain eyed the region for its economic and strategic advantages
![Persian Gulf Command map depicting the 'Persian Corridor.'](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/367px-PersianGulfCommand.jpg?itok=1xUXwX28)
"Persian Corridor"
This Persian Gulf Command map depicts the corridor through which the Allies supplied the Soviet Union during World War II.
![Map of the border between Iran and Iraq during the war.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/490px-Karte_Frontverl%C3%A4ufe_im_ersten_Golfkrieg.jpg?itok=REOEn9ux)
Iran-Iraq War
This map of the border between Iran and Iraq during the war shows the extent of Iraqi advances 1980-82 (purple), and Iranian advances 1985-88 (orange).