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World War 1 - Baghdad Capturing

Time: Mar, 1917

Place: Mesopotamia, Iraq, Ottoman Empire

Details: In Mesopotamia, by contrast, after the defeat of the British defenders in the Siege of Kut by the Ottomans (1915–16), British Imperial forces reorganised and captured Baghdad in March 1917.

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