Wars, politics & history

Fall of Baghdad

from 8 March 1917 to 11 March 1917

1917 battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign of WWI. It began on 8 March 1917 and lasted until 11 March 1917 (about 3 days). The setting was Diyala River. It was part of Mesopotamian campaign. Those involved included the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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