Battle of Basra

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The Battle of Basra was a key World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in 1914, where British and Indian forces captured the strategically important port city of Basra from the Ottoman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Basra canonical 2
Battle of Es Sinn (Mesopotamia) 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Basra campaign (1914) ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
campaignGoal secure lower Mesopotamia for the British Empire ⓘ
combatant Indian Expeditionary Force D ⓘ
commander Arthur Barrett ⓘ
Süleyman Askerî ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved British India ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1914 ⓘ
endDate 1914-11-22 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Qurna ⓘ
involvedBranch British Indian Army infantry units ⓘ
Royal Navy support in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
location Basra ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ottoman Iraq ⓘ
notableFor early British success in Mesopotamia during World War I ⓘ
objective capture Basra from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
opponentForces Ottoman irregular forces ⓘ
Ottoman regular troops ⓘ
partOf British campaign in Mesopotamia ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Fao ⓘ
region Shatt al-Arab waterway ⓘ
linked to: Shatt al-Arab
result British victory ⓘ
capture of Basra by British and Indian forces ⓘ
startDate 1914-11-11 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of port city of Basra ⓘ
protection of British oil interests in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
securing communications and supply lines in Mesopotamia ⓘ
territorialChange Basra occupied by British forces ⓘ
theatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
year 1914 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Es Sinn → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Es Sinn (Mesopotamia) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Basra
Graham Binns → conflict → Battle of Basra ⓘ