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Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq

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Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq - Crowley, Patrick, and Sheffield, Gary (Foreword by)
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The Allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt alArab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor logistic support, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the Turks. By 1916 the force had not been relieved, and on 29 April 1916 the British Army suffered one of the worst defeats in military history. In Kut 1916, Patrick Crowley recounts this dramatic battle story of blunders, ...

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Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq 2016, The History Press Ltd, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780750966061

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