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Mesopotamian campaign

Mesopotamian campaign
Image: From an album compiled by Lieutenant Kindom relating to 7th Meerut Division. · Public domain · source

The Mesopotamian campaign or Mesopotamian front was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the British Empire, with troops from Britain, Australia and the vast majority from the British Raj, and the Central Powers, primarily the Ottoman Empire, over control of Ottoman Iraq.

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Timeline

  1. Battle of GumbinnenAugust 20, 1914
  2. Battle of MonsAugust 23, 1914
  3. Battle of StallupönenAugust 17, 1914
  4. First Battle of the AisneSeptember 28, 1914
  5. Mesopotamian campaign (this page)November 6, 1914 – November 14, 1918
  6. U-boat campaignJuly 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918

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