Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force

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The Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force was a British-led World War I field army that conducted operations in the Mesopotamian theatre against the Ottoman Empire, culminating in the occupation of key cities such as Baghdad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military formation ⓘ
World War I military unit ⓘ
field army ⓘ
areaServed Baghdad vilayet ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Governorate

Basra vilayet ⓘ
linked to: Basra Governorate

Ottoman Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Iraq
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
branch land forces ⓘ
composedOf British troops ⓘ
Indian Army troops ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

units from other parts of the British Empire ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Basra (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ⓘ
Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Shaiba (1915) ⓘ
Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ
Fall of Kut (1916) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kut

Second Battle of Kut (1917) ⓘ
Siege of Kut (1915–1916) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kut

operations along the Euphrates River ⓘ
operations along the Tigris River ⓘ
headquartersLocation Baghdad ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
historicalRegion modern-day Iraq ⓘ
notableCommander Sir Frederick Stanley Maude ⓘ
Sir John Nixon ⓘ
Sir Percy Lake ⓘ
Sir William Marshall ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Baghdad on 11 March 1917 ⓘ
objective advance up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ⓘ
capture Baghdad ⓘ
protect British oil interests in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
seize Basra ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
result expulsion of Ottoman forces from much of Mesopotamia ⓘ
occupation of Baghdad ⓘ
occupation of Basra ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
subordinateUnit Indian Expeditionary Force D ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Mesopotamia ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ

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Capture of Baghdad (1917) → militaryFormationInvolved → Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Indian Expeditionary Force D → partOf → Allied Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Ottoman 6th Army → engagedAgainst → British Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Kut-al-Amara → associatedWith → Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force → partOf → Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
13th (Western) Division → servedIn → Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ