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Item Details
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KUT 1916: COURAGE AND FAILURE IN IRAQ
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| By: |
Patrick Crowley, Professor Gary Sheffield (Foreword) |
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Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0752454471 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780752454474 |
| Publisher: |
THE HISTORY PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2009 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
The Allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arah delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor training, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the Turks. The author recounts this tale and its aftermath. |
| Synopsis: |
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. `There is plenty of horseflesh, which the Indians have been authorised by their religious leaders to eat, and I have to recall with sorrow, that by not having taken the advantage of this wise dispensation they have weakened my power of resistance by one month.' (Maj. Gen Townshend.) |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
The History Press Ltd |
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Returnable |
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