1915 6th Army created by Ottomans under command of German Gen von der Goltz to defend
Mesopotamia from British
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1915 6th Army created by Ottomans under command of German Gen von der Goltz to defend
Mesopotamia from British
1920 All of Upper Euphrates modern day Anbar was under British control during 1920 Revolt
(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
Review Keegan, John, The Iraq War, Vintage Books, 2005
John Keegan is a noted British military historian. He made a notable achievement with his The Iraq War because it gets progressively worse the further you read into it.
1920 Gertrude Bell called Shiite clergy a group of popes standing in the way of UK plans Claimed
Shiites were problem in Iraq Said Sunnis should rule Iraq because Shiites would impose a religions state That was why Mosul province had to be included in Iraq to add more Sunnis Said that British were looking for Iraqi to be new ruler but couldn’t find one so had to pick a son of the Sharif of Mecca
(Musings On Iraq review The Shi’is Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell And Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia)
1914 London told India to prepare to send ships and men to Shatt al-Arab and land troops in
Persia to protect oil interests
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq In World War I, From Ottoman Rule to British Conquest)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1915 6 th Army created by Ottomans under command of German Gen von der Goltz to defend Mesopotamia from British