Battle of Tikrit (1917)

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The Battle of Tikrit (1917) was a First World War engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces fought to dislodge the Ottoman Empire from the strategically important town of Tikrit along the Tigris River.

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instanceOf First World War battle
battle
belligerent British Empire
British Indian Army
Ottoman Empire
campaignContext British advance up the Tigris River
combatant British forces
British Indian Army
surface form: Indian forces

Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman forces
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War
conflictType land battle
countryAtTimeOfBattle Ottoman Empire
date 1917
era 20th century
front Tigris Front
surface form: Mesopotamian front
locatedOn Tigris
surface form: Tigris River
location Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire
Tikrit
modernCountryLocation Iraq
objectiveOfBritishForces dislodge Ottoman Empire from Tikrit
partOf Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
relatedEvent Capture of Samarra (1917)
Capture of Baghdad (1917)
surface form: Fall of Baghdad (1917)
strategicImportance control of Tikrit
control of communications along the Tigris River
theatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

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Ottoman 6th Army notableBattle Battle of Tikrit (1917)