Crisis at Kut 1915 - 1916
This presentation, which was delivered 'live' to an online audience by Alan Wakefield is about the siege and attempted relief of Kut-al-Amara in Mesopotamia.
Prior to the surrender of Singapore in 1942, the loss of the garrison at Kut was the greatest humiliation in modern British military history.
Here Alan Wakefield examines the reasons for the loss of General Charles Townshend's command, including decisions taken by Townshend and his superiors, the composition of the relief force and the performance of Turkish forces in the field.
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