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Syk, Andrew - Command in the Indian Expeditionary Force D: Mesopotamia, 1915–16

Keywords:

Baghdad | First World War | Indian Army commanders | Indian Expeditionary Force | Mesopotamia

ISFWWS-Keywords:

India | Middle East | Military organisation of combat | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | The French and British Empires | Experience of combat

Abstract:

The growth of German influence within the Ottoman Empire, after the turn of the century and manifested in construction of the Baghdad Railway, threatened British influence and trade in the P…