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.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Mesopotamian campaign	41
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) canonical	3
Mesopotamian campaign of World War I	3
British Indian Army operations in Mesopotamia	2
Mesopotamian theatre of World War I	2
Ottoman campaigns in Mesopotamia	2
Battle of Basra (1914)	1
British Mesopotamian campaign	1
British campaign in Mesopotamia	1
British conquest of Mesopotamia	1
Fall of Kut (1916)	1
First World War Mesopotamian campaign	1
Iraq campaign (World War I)	1
Mesopotamian Campaign	1
Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia	1
Ottoman garrisons in Mesopotamia	1
Siege of Kut (1915–1916)	1
World War, 1914-1918—Campaigns—Iraq	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ theatre of World War I ⓘ
aftermath	British Iraq Mandate ⓘ surface form: British military occupation of Mesopotamia creation of British Mandate of Iraq ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Iraq campaign (World War I) Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: 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	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Basra (1914) Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ⓘ Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ Battle of Shaiba (1915) ⓘ Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fall of Kut (1916) Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siege of Kut (1915–1916)
objective	secure oil resources ⓘ secure strategic control of the Persian Gulf ⓘ
opponent	British Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: British forces Ottoman Army ⓘ surface form: 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) ⓘ

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Claude Auchinleck → participantIn → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ

British Indian Army → participatedIn → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian campaign of World War I

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → notableBattle → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Basra (1914)

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → notableBattle → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut (1915–1916)

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → notableBattle → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → alsoKnownAs → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq campaign (World War I)

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → alsoKnownAs → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian theatre of World War I

William Slim → servedIn → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ