Tigris Front

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First World War campaign theatre of war

The Tigris Front was a key First World War campaign theater in Mesopotamia where British and Indian forces fought the Ottoman Empire along the Tigris River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mesopotamian front	10
Tigris Front canonical	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War campaign ⓘ theatre of war ⓘ
associatedWith	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: British Indian Army operations in Mesopotamia
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ British Indian Army ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
endTime	1918 ⓘ
frontType	river front ⓘ
geographicalFeatureUsed	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
involves	British forces ⓘ Indian forces ⓘ Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ottoman forces
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedOn	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
militaryTheatreType	land warfare ⓘ
notableFor	campaigns around Kut and Baghdad ⓘ riverine operations along the Tigris ⓘ
opponent	British Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian campaign Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ operations against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East ⓘ
region	modern-day Iraq ⓘ
startTime	1914 ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of Mesopotamia ⓘ control of the Tigris River line ⓘ
timePeriod	1914–1918 ⓘ