Siege of Kut

The Siege of Kut, the major battle of World War I. It, part of the Mesopotamian Campaign (in what is now Iraq)

Location

Iraq, Mesopotamia, Kut

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut

Happened

December 7th 1915 - April 20th 1916, December 7th 1915 - April 29th 1916

Combatants

Percy Hobart, Fenton John Aylmer, Henry Petre, Iraq Area Command

Commander

Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Halil Kut, Nureddin Pasha

Part of

World War I, Mesopotamian Campaign, Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

Class

▶ military conflict, siege, battle, military event, behavioral event,  …

event

Start

1916, 1915

Related Websites

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34069, http://www.1914-1918.net/meso_bat8.htm

Date

1915, December 7th 1915

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DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Siege_of_Kut

Rare Terms

▶ "kutalamara", "kut-al-amara", "kut al amara", "the siege of al-kut", "the first battle of kut",  …

"first battle of kut", "the siege of kut-al-amara"

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