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*[http://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/11083/aboul-eneinJun05.pdf "The First World War Mesopotamian Campaigns: Military Lessons on Iraqi Ground Warfare"] by Youssef Aboul-Enein, ''Strategic Insights'', v. 6, issue 6 (June 2005). Calhoun, the Naval Postgraduate School. Monterey, California, USA, an official U.S. Navy website.     
*[http://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/11083/aboul-eneinJun05.pdf "The First World War Mesopotamian Campaigns: Military Lessons on Iraqi Ground Warfare"] by Youssef Aboul-Enein, ''Strategic Insights'', v. 6, issue 6 (June 2005). Calhoun, the Naval Postgraduate School. Monterey, California, USA, an official U.S. Navy website.     
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/77/rec/68 ''Forgotten Airwar: Airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign''] by Peter J Lambert, 2003 Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/77/rec/68 ''Forgotten Airwar: Airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign''] by Peter J Lambert, 2003 Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library
*[http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/2085/1/Thesis_fulltext.pdf  ''Cavalry of the Clouds: Aspects of the Air War in the Eastern Theatre,1914-1918''] by  C H. Whitley 1997. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in History in the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.  A  pdf download, which depending on your browser, you may need  to locate in your downloads folder.
*[http://mhhv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/The-AFC-in-Hotter-Climes-The-Air-War-Over-the-Desert-Dr-Mark-Lax-OAM-Air-Commodore-RAAF-Rtd-Former-Director-General-of-Strategic-Policy.pdf‪ "The AFC  In Hotter Climes: The Air War Over The Mesopotamian Desert"]  by Air Commodore Mark Lax. Part of the conference ''By The Seat Of Their Pants'' The Proceedings of the Conference held 12 November 2012 at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook by Military History And Heritage Victoria.
*''Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 48'' 2010. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafmuseum.org.uk%2Fdocuments%2FResearch%2FRAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf html version], [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf pdf] rafmuseum.org.uk. [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F1840A3A_5056_A318_A802860440CD93A9.pdf  raf.mod.uk version]. Includes "Only A Sideshow? The RFC And RAF In Mesopotamia 1914-1918" by Guy Warner pages 9-19 and "The RAF Armoured Car Companies In Iraq (Mostly) 1921-1947" by Dr Christopher Morris  pages 20-38.
*''Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 48'' 2010. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafmuseum.org.uk%2Fdocuments%2FResearch%2FRAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf html version], [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf pdf] rafmuseum.org.uk. [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F1840A3A_5056_A318_A802860440CD93A9.pdf  raf.mod.uk version]. Includes "Only A Sideshow? The RFC And RAF In Mesopotamia 1914-1918" by Guy Warner pages 9-19 and "The RAF Armoured Car Companies In Iraq (Mostly) 1921-1947" by Dr Christopher Morris  pages 20-38.
*[http://past.oxfordjournals.org/content/197/1/211.full#fn-112 "Developing Iraq: Britain, India and the Redemption of Empire and Technology in the First World War"] by Priya Satia ''Past & Present'' (2007) Volume 197, Issue 1, pages 211-255
*[http://past.oxfordjournals.org/content/197/1/211.full#fn-112 "Developing Iraq: Britain, India and the Redemption of Empire and Technology in the First World War"] by Priya Satia ''Past & Present'' (2007) Volume 197, Issue 1, pages 211-255
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*[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Books-Sources-Navy_Records-Naval%20Review.htm  World War 1 at Sea - Contemporary Accounts: ''The Navy Records Society'' and ''The Naval Review''] Scroll down to Part 2, ''Naval Review'' letter M “Mesopotamia & Persian Gulf”, then access the articles mentioned in the ''Naval Review'' Archives. naval-history.net  
*[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Books-Sources-Navy_Records-Naval%20Review.htm  World War 1 at Sea - Contemporary Accounts: ''The Navy Records Society'' and ''The Naval Review''] Scroll down to Part 2, ''Naval Review'' letter M “Mesopotamia & Persian Gulf”, then access the articles mentioned in the ''Naval Review'' Archives. naval-history.net  
*''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force'', Volumes II-VI by H A Jones. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] 1935, [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] 1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. Include Mesopotamia.
*''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force'', Volumes II-VI by H A Jones. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] 1935, [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] 1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. Include Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/details/australianflying00cutluoft ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918''] by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923)  ''The Official History of Australia in the War: Volume VIII'' Archive.org 
*[https://archive.org/details/incloudsabovebag00tennrich ''In the Clouds above Baghdad, being the Records of an Air Commander''] by Lt-Col J E Tennant 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/incloudsabovebag00tennrich ''In the Clouds above Baghdad, being the Records of an Air Commander''] by Lt-Col J E Tennant 1920 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/150717 ''War In The Desert:  An R. A. F. Frontier Campaign''] by John Bagot Glubb 1960. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Mainly about Iraq in the 1920s.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/150717 ''War In The Desert:  An R. A. F. Frontier Campaign''] by John Bagot Glubb 1960. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Mainly about Iraq in the 1920s.

Revision as of 12:38, 14 November 2015

Mesopotamia Campaign
6 November 1914-14 November 1918
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Mesopotamia
Combatants:
United Kingdom Ottoman Empire
Result:

Armistice of Mudros
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

Medals:
The 1914-15 Star
The British War Medal 1914-18
Links:
Category: Mesopotamia Campaign
See our interactive map of
Mesopotamia Campaign
locations and routes on Google Maps
Mesopotamia 1917 Assistant Surgeon G E Ferguson, IMD

This event is part of the First World War

Synopsis

The Mesopotamia Campaign was fought from November 1914 to November 1918 between the Allies represented by the British Empire, mostly troops from the Indian Empire, and the Central Powers, mostly of the Ottoman Empire.

However the country actually remained a theatre of warfare until a peace treaty was ratified in 1924. Large numbers of troops from India were sent to deal with a revolt in 1920[1]

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Biographies

Details of some of the protagonists in the campaign

Also see

British Library holdings

  • British Library Catalogue Link
  • An account of the operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia, December 1917 to December 1918, with the names of all the units which served with the division and a nominal roll of all the officers by Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston 1919.
  • Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932 in ten volumes (5, 500 pages): Contents: 1. 1914-1918 -- 2. 1918 -- 3-4. 1919 -- 5-6. 1920 -- 7. 1920-1924 -- 8. 1925-1927 -- 9. 1928-1930 -- 10. 1931-1932, with contents outline[2]

Volunteer Regiments

FIBIS resources

  • "Trumpeter Inwood, an Anglo-Indian hero of the Kut Garrison" by Rosemary Reardon FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014) pages 18-29. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.

Wounded and sick soldiers

Wounded and other ill soldiers from Mesopotamia were returned to India for treatment and convalescence. Some of these sadly became part of the group of soldiers who died in India.[3]

External links

Historical books online

  • History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV by F J Moberly. 1923-1927.
The titles are Volume I: Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia, published 1923; Volume II: April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara, published 1924; Volume III: April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad, published 1926; Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice, published 1927
Hathi Trust Digital Library editions
Volume I

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume II

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume III

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume IV

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Chronological Summary of the Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Titles of Indian Cavalry, Infantry and Pioneer Units who served in Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Volume II is also available on Archive.org Volume II, Contents,Index
Links to pdfs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV Digital Library of India.
Appendices To The Report Of The Commission For Medical Arrangements In Mesopotamia Vol-II (July 1916). Link to a pdf download. Digital Library of India
"The Control of Flies and Vermin in Mesopotamia" page 23 The Review of Applied Entomology Volume V 1917 Archive.org.
Loyalties: Mesopotamia; a personal and historical record, Volume II 1917-1920 by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson 1931. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also published under the title Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; a Clash of Loyalties.
Tales of Turkey by Major E W C Sandes 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932
  3. Khyber Pass 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015
  4. The dates of the entries are in the top LH corner of the Home webpage. The entries from the journal are in the format http://www.mespot.co.uk/journal/ab.cd.ef.shtml , where, for a particular entry, ab is the year, cd is the month, ef is the first mentioned day in the month (all two digits). For archive.org diary entries, scroll down to URLs containing the word journal.
  5. PassTHE knowledge by Akhi Soufyan
  6. Elias Henry Jones homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)