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Halil Kut ( Istanbul, 1881 – Istanbul, 20 agosto 1957) è stato un militare ottomano . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 La prima guerra mondiale. 3 Dopo la fine della guerra. 4 Note. 5 Altri progetti. Biografia. Dopo aver terminato gli studi all'Accademia militare di Istanbul nel 1905 viene assegnato alla Terza Armata di stanza in Macedonia.
Halil Kut (1881 – 20 August 1957) was an Ottoman military commander and politician. He served in the Ottoman Army during World War I, notably taking part in the military campaigns against Russia in the Caucasus and the British in Mesopotamia.
2 nov 2022 · Died 20 August 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey. Halil Kut was an Ottoman regional governor and military commander. He is best known for his role in the victory over the British forces at Kut al-Amara and complicity in the carrying out of a campaign of mass killings of Ottoman Armenians and Assyrians.
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The 6th (Poona) Division of the Indian Army, under Major-General Charles Townshend, had fallen back to the town of Kut after retreating from Ctesiphon. The British Empire forces arrived at Kut around 3 December 1915. They had suffered significant losses, numbering only 11,000 soldiers (plus cavalry). General Townshend chose to stay and hold the pos...
The pursuing Ottoman forces under Halil Pasha arrived on 7 December 1915. Once it became clear the Ottomans had enough forces to lay siege to Kut, Townshend ordered his cavalry to escape south, which it did, led by Lieut. Colonel Gerard Leachman. The Ottoman forces numbered around 11,000 men and were increasing steadily with additional reinforcemen...
Jan Morris, a British historian, described the loss of Kut as "the most abject capitulation in Britain's military history." After this humiliating loss, General Lake and General Gorringe were removed from command. The new commander was General Maude, who trained and organized his army and then launched a successful campaign. Ten months after the Si...
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10 apr 2017 · ABSTRACT. The siege of British Indian forces by the Ottoman Army at Kut-al-Amara ın Iraq during the First World War, which ended on 29 April 1916 with the surrender of the garrison under the command of Major General Sir Charles Townshend, was an important mılıtary defeat for Great Britain. The article provides supplementary ...
World War. 4 By contrast, Halil Pasha s memoirs were dictated over 25 years after the siege of Kut, and were only made available for publication posthumously. As a result, few refer-ences exist even to the title of the Pasha s memoirs, let alone the contents. Halil Pasha s memoirs are historically of value for several reasons. They provide rst-
