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Fall of Baghdad | |||||||
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Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I | |||||||
General Maude's entry into Baghdad, 11 March 1917 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick Maude | Halil Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
I Corps III Corps (70,000 men) | Sixth Army (25,000 men) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 9,000+ captured |
The fall of Baghdad (11 March 1917) occurred during the Mesopotamia Campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War.