Author: Roger Evans (Major-General.)
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Brief Outline of the Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918. [With Maps.].
Author: Roger Evans (Major-General.)
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918
Author: Paul Knight
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786470496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain's allies, deny the port to enemy shipping, and secure Britain's Persian oil supplies. Further expansion followed: the capture of Al-Amara was the British Army's greatest victory of 1915. When an advance on Baghdad was repulsed, the Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender. Attempts to relieve Kut led to unsuccessful battles that were bloody and muddy even by Western Front standards. Under new leadership, revitalized and reinforced, the British avenged their defeat when Baghdad was captured in March 1917. Thereafter, the British Empire committed, in campaigns of limited value to the overall war effort, huge levels of manpower and materiel desperately needed elsewhere. What was created was modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years. This detailed history places the campaign in context of Allied operations in the Middle East and sheds light on several unsung heroes of the war, including General Charles Townshend whose spectacular 1915 victories led to humiliating defeat and captivity in 1916; General Frederick Stanley Maude whose March 1917 entry into Baghdad preceded General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem by eight months; and Miss Gertrude Bell, a "female Lawrence of Arabia" who played a central role in the creation of the new Iraqi state.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786470496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain's allies, deny the port to enemy shipping, and secure Britain's Persian oil supplies. Further expansion followed: the capture of Al-Amara was the British Army's greatest victory of 1915. When an advance on Baghdad was repulsed, the Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender. Attempts to relieve Kut led to unsuccessful battles that were bloody and muddy even by Western Front standards. Under new leadership, revitalized and reinforced, the British avenged their defeat when Baghdad was captured in March 1917. Thereafter, the British Empire committed, in campaigns of limited value to the overall war effort, huge levels of manpower and materiel desperately needed elsewhere. What was created was modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years. This detailed history places the campaign in context of Allied operations in the Middle East and sheds light on several unsung heroes of the war, including General Charles Townshend whose spectacular 1915 victories led to humiliating defeat and captivity in 1916; General Frederick Stanley Maude whose March 1917 entry into Baghdad preceded General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem by eight months; and Miss Gertrude Bell, a "female Lawrence of Arabia" who played a central role in the creation of the new Iraqi state.
Recent Geographical Literature, Maps and Photographs
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Recent Geographical Literature, Maps, and Photographs Added to the Society's Collection
Author:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918
Author: Frederick James Moberly
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Imperial Vancouver Island
Author: J. F. Bosher
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450059635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 839
Book Description
"During the century 1850-1950 Vancouver Island attracted Imperial officers and other Imperials from India, the British Isles, and elsewhere in the Empire. Victoria was the main British port on the north-west Pacific Coast for forty years before the city of Vancouver was founded in 1886 to be the coastal terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. These two coastal cities were historically and geographically different. The Island joined Canada in 1871 and thirty-five years later the Royal Navy withdrew from Esquimalt, but Island communities did not lose their Imperial character until the 1950s."--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450059635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 839
Book Description
"During the century 1850-1950 Vancouver Island attracted Imperial officers and other Imperials from India, the British Isles, and elsewhere in the Empire. Victoria was the main British port on the north-west Pacific Coast for forty years before the city of Vancouver was founded in 1886 to be the coastal terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. These two coastal cities were historically and geographically different. The Island joined Canada in 1871 and thirty-five years later the Royal Navy withdrew from Esquimalt, but Island communities did not lose their Imperial character until the 1950s."--P. [4] of cover.
The Spectator
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Catalogue ...
Author: Francis Edwards
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
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The Monthly Army List
Author: Great Britain. Army
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Category : Retired military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 2314
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Category : Retired military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 2314
Book Description
Iran and The West
Author: Cyrus Ghani
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136144668
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
First Published in 1987, this volume offers a bibliography of biographies, autobiographies and books on contemporary politics by prominent 20th century figures on the topic of Iran.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136144668
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
First Published in 1987, this volume offers a bibliography of biographies, autobiographies and books on contemporary politics by prominent 20th century figures on the topic of Iran.