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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:casualties
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high
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:General_Sir_William_Marshall
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gptkbp:disbanded
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gptkb:1920
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gptkbp:dissolved
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gptkb:1920
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gptkbp:engaged_in
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Mesopotamian Campaign
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gptkbp:engagement
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land warfare
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gptkbp:formed
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gptkb:1914
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Basra
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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established British control in the region
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
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gptkbp:involved_in
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oil exploration
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gptkbp:is_active_in
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gptkb:World_War_I
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced modern Iraq
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Mesopotamia
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gptkbp:logistics
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supply issues
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gptkbp:military_branch
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gptkb:Army
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gptkbp:military_conflict
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Dardanelles
gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli
gptkb:Arab_Revolt
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Shatt_al-Arab
gptkb:Battle_of_Kut-al-Amara
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tigris
Battle of the Euphrates
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Ctesiphon
gptkb:Siege_of_Kut
Battle of Daur
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gptkbp:notable_leader
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gptkb:General_Sir_Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:General_Sir_John_Nixon
gptkb:General_Sir_Charles_Townshend
General Sir George Gorringe
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gptkbp:operational_area
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gptkb:Middle_East
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gptkbp:operational_period
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1914-1920
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:recruited_from
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gptkb:British_India
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gptkbp:strategic_goals
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capture Baghdad
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gptkbp:strength
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varied over time
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gptkbp:successor
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Iraq Command
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gptkbp:supports
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Flying_Corps
gptkb:Indian_Army
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gptkbp:tactics
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trench warfare
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gptkbp:used_in
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campaign against Ottoman Empire
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:General_Sir_Stanley_Maude
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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