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The British army in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 / Paul Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knight, Paul, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Iraq.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Great Britain. Army--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- v, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "When war broke out in 1914, Britain's 6th Division sailed to Basra to bolster Britain's allies. The Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender. Under new leadership the British avenged their defeat capturing Baghdad in March 1917, creating modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Turkish question
- Securing the oil, October 1914-April 1915
- Townshend's regatta, April 1915-June 1915
- Nasariya, June-July 1915
- Kut, Ctesiphon and back to Kut, April 1915-November 1915
- The Siege of Kut, December 1915-April 1916
- The relief of Kut, December 1915-April 1916
- To Baghdad again, April 1916-March 1917
- Beyond Baghdad, March 1917-October 1918
- The fates of the Kuttites, April 1916-November 1918
- Dunsterforce, late 1917-October 1918
- The Mesopotamia Commission, December 1915-May 1917.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780786470495
- 0786470496
- OCLC:
- 793581432
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