Fall of Baghdad
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The Fall of Baghdad may refer to the following:
- Siege of Baghdad (1258), the Mongol Empire's capture of Baghdad, then the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
- Fall of Baghdad (1917)Fall of Baghdad (1917)The British Indian Army fought the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. On 11 March 1917, after a series of defeats, it captured Baghdad after a two-year campaign.-Arrival of General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude:...
, the British and Indian capture of Ottoman-controlled Baghdad during the First World War. - Battle of Baghdad (2003), the US capture of Saddam Hussein-controlled Baghdad following the Coalition's invasion of Iraq.