The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914Ð1918

"When war broke out in 1914, Britain's 6th Division sailed to Basra to bolster Britain's allies. The Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender. Under new leadership the British avenged their defeat capturing Baghdad in March 1917, creating modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years"--