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The Mesopotamian FrontBattlefield Maps: Mesopotamian Front
Updated - Saturday, 3 April, 2004

This section of the website reproduces large-scale maps categorised by battlefront covering the key battles and offensives fought from 1914-18.

Specifically, this page contains maps illustrating the course of the war fought on the Mesopotamian Front.

The sidebar to the right lists each map category available within the section.  Click here to view an introduction to the map series.

Three versions of each map are available - small, medium and large.  Generally small files possess a resolution of 800x600 (approx. 70KB); medium files 1600x1200 (approx. 140KB) and large files 4000x3000 (approx. 550KB).

Theatre of Operations 1914
Situation in 1914
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Theatre at Baghdad Capture
Situation on 11 March 1917
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Siege and Battles of Kut
Operations from 1915-17
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'Case-Shot' was the name for a short-range artillery anti-personnel shell filled with pellets, chain-links, etc.


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