The Mesopotamian campaign or Mesopotamian front (Turkish: Irak Cephesi) was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the...
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Iraq) during World War I. Formed in late 1915, it took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign from 1916 to 1918, providing communications to British forces. Later...
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The Mesopotamian Campaign of 1732-1733 was a military conflict during the eventful Perso-Ottoman war of 1730-1735. As a direct result of Tahmasp II's...
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Romanos IV Diogenes (redirect from Mesopotamian campaigns of Romanus IV)
under the command of Philaretos Brachamios with orders to defend the Mesopotamian frontier. Philaretos was soon defeated by the Turks, whose sack of Iconium...
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Basil I (redirect from Mesopotamian campaigns of Basil I)
Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (‹See Tfd›Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, translit. Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from...
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13th (Western) Division (section Campaigns)
Bastard War: The Mesopotamian Campaign of 1914–1918. New York: Dial Press. OCLC 2118235. Moberly, Frederick James (1997) [1923]. The Campaign in Mesopotamia...
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The Mesopotamian campaigns of Ardashir I represented the first episode in a new period of wars between the Romans and Sasanids. The war between the Roman...
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territorial defeat in Iraq in 2017 Iraq War may also refer to: Mesopotamian campaign (1914–1918) Iraqi revolt of 1920 against the British Anglo-Iraqi...
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saw military use in 1915, by the British Army in the World War I Mesopotamian Campaign. Expanded civilian use appeared in the 1930s. The earliest ancestors...
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Siege of Kut (category Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign)
p. 233. A. J. Barker: The First Iraq War 1914–1918: Britain’s Mesopotamian Campaign Архивная копия от 27 августа 2016 на Wayback Machine, Enigma Books...
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briefly The 49th Bengalee. It was disbanded in 1920. They fought in Mesopotamian campaign, and were stationed in Baghdad. After the end of World War I, they...
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The campaigns of Nader Shah (Persian: لشکرکشیهای نادرشاه), or the Naderian Wars (Persian: جنگهای نادری), were a series of conflicts fought in the early...
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Other Neolithic sites in Kuwait are located in Khiran and Sulaibikhat. Mesopotamians first settled in the Kuwaiti island of Failaka in 2000 B.C. Traders...
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maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations...
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Mesopotamia (redirect from Mesopotamian)
of Akkad around 2350 BC, characterized the subsequent 2,000 years of Mesopotamian history, marked by the succession of kingdoms and empires such as the...
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region was undertaken by British Empire forces and was known as the Mesopotamian campaign. Fighting commenced with the Battle of Basra in 1914 and continued...
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when friendly-fire incidents with the British in 1914 during the Mesopotamian campaign around the river Shatt al-Arab occurred due to Kuwait and the enemy...
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Western Front, while the peoples of India were more interested in the Mesopotamian campaign and the occupation of Baghdad. Australia did not have a war correspondent...
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Fall of Baghdad (1917) (category Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign)
The fall of Baghdad (11 March 1917) occurred during the Mesopotamian campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire...
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Ottoman wars in Europe Ottoman wars in Asia Ottoman wars in Africa Long campaign (1443–1444) Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (c. 1493 – 1593) Long War...
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The Mesopotamian Half-Flight (MHF), or Australian Half-Flight, was the first Australian Flying Corps (AFC) unit to see active service during World War...
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Kingdom of Iraq, following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. Although a League of Nations mandate was...
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Stanley Maude (category People of the Gallipoli campaign)
was a British Army officer. He is known for his operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War and for conquering Baghdad in 1917. Maude...
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British India Service / branch British Indian Army Rank Subedar Unit 89th Punjabis Battles / wars World War I Mesopotamian campaign Awards Victoria Cross...
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in the Mesopotamian campaign during World War 1. Ernest Wright Alexander, Victoria Cross recipient Tom Barry served in Mesopotamian campaign Ralph Chetwynd...
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Battle of Kirkuk (1733) (category Campaigns of Nader Shah)
Agh-Darband (Persian: نبرد آقدربند), was the last battle in Nader Shah's Mesopotamian campaign where he avenged his earlier defeat at the hands of the Ottoman...
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Home Rule leagues, and the realisation, after the disaster in the Mesopotamian campaign, that the war would likely last longer, the new viceroy, Lord Chelmsford...
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1929–1932: Lt. Colonel Sir Francis Humphrys Guardians of Independence Mesopotamian campaign Ottoman Iraq RAF Iraq Command Wright, Quincy. “The Government of...
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Western Front, in the Mesopotamian campaign, where he earned the Distinguished Service Order and in the Sinai and Palestine campaign, where he was awarded...
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Middle Eastern theatre of World War I (redirect from Suez Canal Campaign)
Powers. There were five main campaigns: the Sinai and Palestine, Mesopotamian, Caucasus, Persian, and Gallipoli campaigns. Both sides used local asymmetrical...
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