Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)

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military campaign theatre of World War I

The Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) was a series of military operations primarily between British Empire and Ottoman forces in the region of modern-day Iraq, aimed at securing oil resources and strategic control of the Persian Gulf.

Aliases (11)

Mesopotamian campaign ×14
Mesopotamian campaign of World War I ×2
Battle of Basra (1914) ×1
British Indian Army operations in Mesopotamia ×1
British campaign in Mesopotamia ×1
Fall of Kut (1916) ×1
Iraq campaign (World War I) ×1
Mesopotamian theatre of World War I ×1
Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia ×1
Ottoman garrisons in Mesopotamia ×1
Siege of Kut (1915–1916) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign → theatre of World War I →
aftermath	British military occupation of Mesopotamia → creation of British Mandate of Iraq →
alsoKnownAs	Iraq campaign (World War I) → Mesopotamian theatre of World War I →
belligerent	Austro-Hungarian Empire → British Empire → British Indian Army → German Empire → Ottoman Empire →
cause	British concern over protection of oil supplies in Persia → British desire to protect approaches to India →
conflict	World War I →
endTime	1918 →
involvedMilitaryUnit	British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division → Indian Expeditionary Force D → Ottoman 6th Army →
location	Mesopotamia → modern-day Iraq →
notableBattle	Battle of Basra (1914) → Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) → Battle of Qurna (1914) → Battle of Shaiba (1915) → Capture of Baghdad (1917) → Fall of Kut (1916) → Siege of Kut (1915–1916) →
objective	secure oil resources → secure strategic control of the Persian Gulf →
opponent	British forces → Ottoman forces →
outcome	collapse of Ottoman control in Mesopotamia → occupation of Baghdad by British forces →
partOf	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I →
primaryTheatre	Persian Gulf → Tigris–Euphrates river system →
relatedTo	Anglo-Persian Oil Company → Iraq revolt of 1920 → Sykes–Picot Agreement →
result	Allied victory →
startTime	1914 →
theatreCommander	Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend → Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz → Frederick Stanley Maude → Khalil Pasha → Nur-ud-Din Pasha → William Marshall (British Army officer) →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ("Mesopotamian campaign") → Battle of Qurna (1914) ("Mesopotamian campaign") → Capture of Baghdad (1917) ("Mesopotamian campaign") → William Marshall (British Army officer) ("British Indian Army operations in Mesopotamia") →	partOf
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("Battle of Basra (1914)") → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("Siege of Kut (1915–1916)") → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("Fall of Kut (1916)") →	notableBattle
British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division ("Mesopotamian campaign") → Indian Expeditionary Force D ("Mesopotamian campaign") → William Marshall (British Army officer) ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	theatreOfOperations
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("Iraq campaign (World War I)") → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("Mesopotamian theatre of World War I") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Qurna (1914) ("British campaign in Mesopotamia") → British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division ("Mesopotamian campaign of World War I") →	campaign
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ("Mesopotamian campaign") → Ottoman Army →	conflict
British Indian Army ("Mesopotamian campaign of World War I") → Nur-ud-Din Pasha ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	participatedIn
Mediterranean theatre of World War I ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	hasPart
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	includedCampaign
Indian Expeditionary Force D ("Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia") →	opposedBy
Claude Auchinleck →	participantIn
Armistice of Mudros ("Ottoman garrisons in Mesopotamia") →	requiredSurrenderOf
William Slim ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	servedIn
Ottoman 6th Army ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	theater
Ottoman air units ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	theaterOfOperations
Australian Flying Corps ("Mesopotamian campaign") →	theatre