Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force

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The Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force was a British-led World War I field army that conducted operations in the Mesopotamian theatre against the Ottoman Empire, culminating in the occupation of key cities such as Baghdad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military formation
World War I military unit
field army
areaServed Baghdad Governorate
surface form: Baghdad vilayet

Basra Governorate
surface form: Basra vilayet

Ottoman Iraq
surface form: Ottoman Mesopotamia
belligerent British Empire
United Kingdom
branch land forces
composedOf British troops
British Indian Army
surface form: Indian Army troops

units from other parts of the British Empire
conflict World War I
country United Kingdom
endTime 1918
engagement Battle of Basra (1914)
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
Battle of Qurna (1914)
Battle of Shaiba (1915)
Capture of Baghdad (1917)
Battle of Kut
surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)

Second Battle of Kut
surface form: Second Battle of Kut (1917)

Battle of Kut
surface form: Siege of Kut (1915–1916)

operations along the Euphrates River
operations along the Tigris River
headquartersLocation Baghdad
Basra
historicalRegion modern-day Iraq
notableCommander Frederick Stanley Maude
surface form: Sir Frederick Stanley Maude

Sir John Nixon
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake
surface form: Sir Percy Lake

Sir William Marshall
notableEvent capture of Baghdad on 11 March 1917
objective advance up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
capture Baghdad
protect British oil interests in the Persian Gulf
seize Basra
opponent Ottoman Empire
partOf British Army
British Indian Army
result expulsion of Ottoman forces from much of Mesopotamia
occupation of Baghdad
occupation of Basra
startTime 1914
subordinateUnit Indian Expeditionary Force D
theatreOfOperations Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

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Capture of Baghdad (1917) militaryFormationInvolved Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Indian Expeditionary Force D partOf Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
this entity surface form: Allied Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Ottoman 6th Army engagedAgainst Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
this entity surface form: British Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Kut-al-Amara associatedWith Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force partOf Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
13th (Western) Division servedIn Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force