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Name: Mesopotamian campaign

Type: Event

Start: 1914 AD

End: 1918 AD

Parent: World War I Middle East Theatre

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Was a military operation by the British Empire to conquer Ottoman-held Mesopotamia.

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  • November 1918: British troops led by general Cobbe marched unopposed into the city of Mosul on the 14 November 1918.
  • November 1914: The British occupied the city of Basra .
  • December 1914: The British forces defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Qurna and occupied the city.
  • March 1916: By early March 1916, the British were at the outskirts of Baghdad.
  • March 1918: An uprising began when Captain Marshall was murdered in the citadel of Najaf.
  • May 1918: Najaf is besieged by Great Britain.
  • December 1914: At the Battle of Qurna they succeeded in capturing Subhi Bey.
  • May 1917: Kifri conquered by great britain.
  • July 1915: In July 1915, a force led by General George Frederick Gorringe, a British Army officer, captured the city of Nasiriyah in present-day Iraq.
  • November 1916: The British ended up retreating from the battlefield of Ctesiphon.
  • January 1917: The British occupied Kut.
  • November 1916: The British Indian Expeditionary led by Charles Townshend arrived at Ctesiphon where an inconclusive battle took place.
  • March 1916: On 11 March 1917, the British entered Baghdad.
  • April 1917: British forces captured Hīt and Khan al Baghdadi in March.

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