Fall of Baghdad

Name: Fall of Baghdad
Start: 1917-03-08
End: 1917-03-11

8 Mar 1917 – 11 Mar 1917 · 34.29° N, 45.16° E

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When: 8 Mar 1917 – 11 Mar 1917
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 34.29° N, 45.16° E
Description: 1917 battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign of WWI
War: World War I

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Capture of Baghdad (1917)

Battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign of WWI

The capture of Baghdad occurred during the Mesopotamian campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire in World War I.

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “World War I: British forces led by Sir Stanley Maude capture Baghdad, the southern capital of the Ottoman Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Britanniques reprennent Kut et occupent Bagdad le 11 mars”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000

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Capture of Baghdad (1917)

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