Battles on the Tigris

Fills an important gap in recent bibliography of WW1. A little known but dramatic campaign, which has been ignored by historians.

In 1914, expeditia britanica in Mesopotamia a pornit cu ambitia modesta de a proteja concesiunea petroliera in sudul Persiei, dar, dupa numeroase nenorociri, a ajuns sa cucereasca Bagdad si orasele din nordul Irakului. Nixon si Townshend s-au trezit spre nord, fiind asediati de turci la Kut.