On the 29th April 1916, after 140 day, the besieged British & Indian garrison at Kut in modern-day Iraq surrendered to the Turks.
It was the biggest surrender of british forces since Yorktown 130 years before we’re
But, why were the British were there? how did the siege end in defeat? and what happened to the garrison after Kut?
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"Kut: The Army of Death" - Ronald Millar
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6th Poona Division
2nd Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd Norfolk Regiment
20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabs)
104yh Wellesley’s Rifles
117th Mahrattas
119th Infantry (Molten Regt)
103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
22nd Punjabis
110th Mahratta Light Infantry
120th Rajputana Infantry
7th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Rajputs
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0:00 Intro
0:22 Summary
1:33 Invasion of Mesopotamia
2:44 Target Baghdad
3:08 Townshend's 6th Division
4:23 Battle of Ctesiphon
6:11 Retreat to Kut
7:52 Siege of Kut
9:23 Relief Expedition
10:31 Horse Meat
11:43 Still No Relief
13:08 Starvation
14:33 Surrender
16:06 Death March
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My name is Chris Green and I love to share stories from British history. Not just because they are interesting but because, good or bad, they have shaped the world we live in today.
History should not be stuffy or a long list of dates or kings & queens.
So rather than lectures or Youtube animations, I tell stories that bring the past to life.
My aim is to be chat as if I were having a coffee or meal with you. Jean in Maryland, USA recently wrote: "Chris, is the history teacher I wish I had at school!"
Just for the record, I do have a history degree in Medieval & Modern history from the University of Birmingham.
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