Author: Black TabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Al Kūt (Iraq)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
On the Road to Kut
Author: Black TabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Al Kūt (Iraq)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
On the Road to Kut
Author: Black TabOn the Road to Kut
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331064565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Excerpt from On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign was written by an unknown author in 1917. This is a 339 page book, containing 62666 words and 22 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq
Author: Patrick CrowleyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor logistic support, training, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the Turks.By 1916 the army had not been relieved, and on 29 April 1916, the British Army suffered one of the worst defeats in its military history. Major-General Sir Charles Townshend surrendered his allied force to the Turks in the Mesopotamian (now Iraq) town of Kut-al-Amara. Over 13,000 troops, British and Indian, went into captivity; many would not survive their incarceration. In Kut 1916, Colonel Crowley recounts this dramatic tale and its terrible aftermath.
Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
Book Description
Subject Index of the Books Relating to the European War, 1914-1918
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British LibrarySubject Index of the Books Relating to the European War, 1914-1918
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher: London : Printed by order of the Trusteeds
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Luzac & Co.'s Oriental List
Author: The Ottoman Army and the First World War
Author: Mesut UyarPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000295184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
This is a comprehensive new operational military history of the Ottoman army during the First World War. Drawing from archives, official military histories, personal war narratives and sizable Turkish secondary literature, it tells the incredible story of the Ottoman army’s struggle from the mountains of the Caucasus to the deserts of Arabia and the bloody shores of Gallipoli. The Ottoman army, by opening new fronts, diverted and kept sizeable units of British, Russian and French forces away from the main theatres and even sent reinforcements to Austro-Hungary and Bulgaria. Against all odds the Ottoman army ultimately achieved some striking successes, not only on the battlefield, but in their total mobilization of the empire’s meagre human and economic resources. However, even by the terrible standards of the First World War, these achievements came at a terrible price in casualties and, ultimately, loss of territory. Thus, instead of improving the integrity and security of the empire, the war effectively dismantled it and created situations and problems hitherto undreamed of by a besieged Ottoman leadership. In a unique account, Uyar revises our understanding of the war in the Middle East.