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