Capture of Baghdad (1917)

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battle military campaign

The Capture of Baghdad (1917) was a key World War I victory in which British and Indian forces seized the Ottoman-held city of Baghdad, significantly weakening Ottoman control in Mesopotamia.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Fall of Baghdad (1917)	2
Battle of Baghdad (1917)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ surface form: Fall of Baghdad (1917)
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
campaignCommander	Frederick Stanley Maude ⓘ surface form: General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude
cityCaptured	Baghdad ⓘ
combatant	British Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: British forces British Indian Army ⓘ surface form: Indian Army Ottoman Army ⓘ surface form: Ottoman forces
commander	Frederick Stanley Maude ⓘ Khalil Pasha ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	British India ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1917-03-11 ⓘ
effect	occupation of Baghdad by British forces ⓘ weakening of Ottoman control in Mesopotamia ⓘ
endDate	1917-03-11 ⓘ
followedBy	British advance up the Diyala and Tigris rivers ⓘ
front	Mesopotamian front ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
involvedBranch	British Army ⓘ Indian Army ⓘ Ottoman Army ⓘ
location	Baghdad ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
militaryFormationInvolved	British Indian Army ⓘ Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
opponent	Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ surface form: Ottoman Sixth Army
outcome	capture of Baghdad by British and Indian forces ⓘ
partOf	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
politicalOutcome	establishment of British administration in Baghdad ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Kut ⓘ surface form: Fall of Kut (1916) Battle of Kut ⓘ surface form: Siege of Kut (1916)
region	Mesopotamia ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
river	Tigris River NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major Allied success in the Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ political blow to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
startDate	1917-03-05 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Mesopotamian oil routes ⓘ control of Tigris–Euphrates region ⓘ
theatre	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	urban capture ⓘ
year	1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Capture of Baghdad (1917) → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Baghdad (1917)

Indian Expeditionary Force D → notableBattle → Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Baghdad (1917)

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → notableBattle → Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → notableBattle → Capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Baghdad (1917)