Thursday 4 May 2017

100 Years Ago - 'Baghdad is Ours'


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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-advance-towards-baghdad-n8f55fkl2?CMP=TNLEmail_118918_1779894


The advance towards Baghdad

The meaning of the later Turkish invasions of Persia was not at first clearly understood by the public, but there can be no doubt that all these movements formed part of the German scheme for gaining control of the Middle East in order ultimately to menace the British Empire of India

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