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Battle of Basra

The Battle of Basra was a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra, in Ottoman Iraq, between British and Ottoman troops from November 11 to November 22, 1914. The battle resulted in the British capture of Basra.

Battle of Basra
Battle of Basra · Department of Military Art and Engineering, at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
11 Nov 1914 – 22 Nov 1914
Where
Basra
Era
Modern

Topics

Iraq2,350 BCE – today

Before and after

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