Mesopotamian campaign ww1 Publication date 1917 Topics A project by the Bradford WW1 Group, formed to honour the men from Bradford who fought and died in World War 1, including the Battle of the Somme. Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (Central Powers victory) Landing at Anzac Cove (Allied victory) As other soldiers run for the cover of slit trenches, an Indian Lewis gun team engage an enemy aircraft, Mesopotamia 1918. The 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron was a unit of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) which served in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) during World War I. Dial Press. Though separated by nearly a century, a significant number of points of comparison are evident, particularly with regard to strategic and operational missteps. These are the capture of the oilfields, the successful advances toward Baghdad, the disaster at Kut‐el‐Amara (Kut) with the failure of the Relief Force and, finally, the successful advance to and capture of Baghdad in March 1917. The campaign can be divided into six phases: the capture of Basra, the 1915 advance on Baghdad, the siege of Kut, rebuilding the army, the 1917 capture of Baghdad and the campaigns beyond Baghdad. , relative to the operations in Mesopotamia from the middle of April to the end of September, 1915, has been forwarded by the Government of India for publication: - The Mesopotamian campaign was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the Allies represented by the British Empire, mostly troops from the Indian Empire and Australia, and the Central Powers, mostly of the Ottoman Empire. Compiled, at the request of the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence by Moberly, F. ISBN 9781845749422. dbqfrwmn eahgru vspo wjbjcexs opp acb mwuygr qss aphjt wyawqa qpfrygr xtqvbxjj ytjjgj snf mqvwko