Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
| Mesopotamian Campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I | |||||||||
 Ottoman Sixth Army troops at the Siege of Kut. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kuwait (1914) |
 Ottoman Empire German Empire
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 Sir George Younghusband
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Süleyman Askerî Bey Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (died of typhus) Nureddin Bey Khalil Pasha Kâzım Karabekir Ali İhsan Pasha
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| Strength | |||||||||
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889,702 (total)
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c. 450,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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85,200 battle casualties
16,712 died of disease Total: 256,000 casualties |
~89,500 battle casualties
Total: 325,000 casualties |
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John Nixon Percy Lake Frederick Maude Charles Townshend (POW) Mubarak Al-Sabah
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