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The Occupation of Basra' . Scene from the First World War: 'For three hundred years the Turks had been trying to acquire influence in the Persian...

The Occupation Of Basra

British soldiers provide security outside the presidential palace during a handover ceremony on December 16 in Basra, 340 miles south of Baghdad,...

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British soldiers from Britain's Desert Rats secure a factory unit April 6, 2003 in Basra, Iraq. British forces are pushing forward into Iraqi's...

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After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2 the United Nations responds immediately, condemning the invasion, ordering the withdrawal of Iraqi...

Convoy of "Desert Rats"

British transport column passing the ruins of the ancient arch of Ctesiphon', . '...near the scene of General Townshend's costly victory on November...

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Royal Marines of 539 Assault Squadron train their weapons on the marshes, in case of ambush, while on patrol during the first days of the conflict....

British soldiers patrolling from boat

British army C group detachment, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control...

British army C group detachment, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918.

British troops march through a town in Mesopotamia en route to Baghdad, 1917. Baghdad was captured in 1917 from the Turkish Army.

British troops in Mesopotamia during WW1

After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2 the United Nations responds immediately, condemning the invasion, ordering the withdrawal of Iraqi...

Desert Rats in Antitank Vehicle

In this handout from the British Army, soldiers from the The Royal Welch Fusiliers mount helicopter borne Eagle VCP's , July 2, 2004 around the...

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Soldiers of the heavy machine gun platoon of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Battle Group travel past a burning oil well March 22, 2003 in southern...

Royal Irish Regiment Advances In Southern Iraq

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British army soldiers stand next to the coffin of British Army soldier, Corporal Marc Taylor, from the Royal Horse Artillery Regiment on October 5,...

Bodies Of British Soldiers Repatriated in Basra

British army soldiers carry the coffin of Corporal Marc Taylor, from the Royal Horse Artillery Regiment into an ambulance prior to the ceremony of...

Bodies Of British Soldiers Repatriated in Basra

In this handout from the British Army, soldiers from the The Royal Welch Fusiliers mount helicopter borne Eagle VCP's , July 2, 2004 around the...

British Troops Combat Insurgent Activity In Southern Iraq

Chinook Helicopter flies above The Houses of Parliament on September 26, 2014 in London, England. MPs will vote later today on whether the UK should...

Parliament Votes On Air Strikes Against The Islamic State In Iraq

Winston Churchill, seen here in the uniform of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in Teheran on his 69th birthday after receiving gifts from officers and...

EDITORIAL Winston Churchill, seen here in the uniform of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in Teheran on his 69th birthday after receiving gifts from officers and men of the Persia and Iraq commands

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British Forces In Iraq British troops on a firing range in Kuwait during preparations for Operation 'TELIC', the invasion of Iraq, 2003.

Operation Telic: British Forces In Iraq, 2003

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Colonel of the Welsh Guards speaks with soldiers and family members after presenting "Operation SHADER" medals to...

The Prince of Wales Presents Medals To The Welsh Guards

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Foreign soldiers train Peshmerga in Bnaslava near Arbil

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Protest To Condemn U.S. And Britain Airstrikes Against Houthis In Yemen

British Forces In Iraq At Bridge Four on the outskirts of Basra, a soldier of 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards looks for possible Iraqi enemy...

Operation Telic: British Forces In Iraq, 2003

British soldiers marching through the desert to Baghdad, World War I, 1914-1918. The British captured Baghdad from the Turks in March 1917....

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Said Pasha, Foreign Minister Burhan Ed-Din Bashayan, Undersecretary of the Foreign Office Yusuf Gailana, General Rafiq Arif...

The Bagdad Pact Conference

British Prime Minister Tony Blair greets Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad as they arrive December 16, 2002 in London....

Blair Meets Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad In London

British Forces In Iraq Javelin anti-tank weapons being fired from Landrovers in Kuwait, as the troops prepare for operations in Iraq, 2003.

Operation Telic: British Forces In Iraq, 2003

From a vantage point at Basra Technical College near Bridge Four, a sniper of 1st Irish Guards provides covering fire for Royal Engineers as they...

Operation Telic: A British Sniper In Basra, Iraq, 2003

The Union Jack Flying Over Bagdad', 1917.From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A....

The Union Jack Flying Over Bagdad

British soldier, Cpl Carol Jones with the Queens Royal Hussars, takes part in a training exercise with soldiers from the 51 Brigade on February 8...

British Forces Train Iraqi Army Recruits As They Prepare To Leave Basra

British soldier from 51 Squadron RAF Regiment talks to children as he patrols the Qamat Ali area of Basra close to the main British base at Basra...

51 Squadron Continue Their Hearts And Minds Programme

British soldier from 5 Rifles, an infantry battalion currently on tour in Iraq, chats to local children as he takes part in a patrol from FOB Oxford...

British Soldiers Patrol Leaf Island

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British Royal Marine Commandos patrol the streets near the Iranian border April 3, 2004 in Basra, Iraq. Iraqi demonstrators demanding jobs clashed...

Unemployed Workers Continue To Protest In Basra

British soldiers from the 1st Batallion Royal Regiment Fusiliers Regiment capture a trench as they take part in a training excercise March 13, 2003...

British Troops Train In Kuwait

English troops in Mesopotamia, December 1918, World War I.

English troops in Mesopotamia

The Kurdish and British flags are pinned the lapel of a British soldier. The British government has equipped the Kurdish Peshmerga forces with 40...

Iraq - British Troops Train Peshmerga

British troops from the Second Battalion Yorkshire Regiment train Kurdish peshmerga on new machine guns. The British government has equipped the...

Iraq - British Troops Train Peshmerga

Paratroopers with the Prince of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment participate in exercises with helicopters from the 845 Royal Navy Squadron January 16,...

British troops in Basra

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Elaine Stewart Putting On Necklace

Nairobi, Kenya- Royal Inniskillings troops of the 24th Infantry Brigade prepare to board a Royal Air Force transport plane, enroute to the Persian...

British Soldiers En Route to Persian Gulf

British Soldier from the Theater Military Working Dog Unit plays with his English Springer Spaniel at the British Military base on September 29, 2004...

British Army Specialist Dog Training Units In Basra

British army, Samarra, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October...

British army, Samarra, Mesopotamia, 1918.

British troops unloading dates on the shore of the Tigris river, 1918. The two decker barge used to move British troops up the Tigris from Amarah to...

British troops unloading dates on the shore of the Tigris river, 1918.

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Brent Walker from Harrisburg, Illinois, watches a group of M1/A1 Abrahms tanks prepare for exercises February 3, 2003...

U.S. Marines Train In Kuwait For Possible War With Iraq

Britain's Home Secretary Yvette Cooper , flanked by UK ambassador to Iraq Stephen Hitchen and UK Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt , speaks...

UK Home Secretary Visits Iraq

Britain's Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is greeted by UK Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Hitchen, upon her arrival at Baghdad International Airport on...

UK Home Secretary Visits Iraq

British soldier stands guard over recently arrested Iraqi POW's April 2, 2003 just outside of Basra, Iraq. Aid into the port town has been frustrated...

Life Goes On In Umm Qasr

British tanks block a road into Basra as fighting continues in the city March 30, 2003 in Basra, Iraq. Coalition forces launched more air raids on...

Basra Residents Flee Fighting

British troops search Iraqi prisoners of war March 22, 2003 north of the city of Safwan, Iraq. British and American troops have moved into Iraq...

American And British Troops Move Into Iraq

This image released by the British Royal Navy, shows British Royal Marine troops of Delta Company 40 Commando removing a critically injured Iraqi...

Royal Navy Troops Remove Iraqi Prisoner

Members of the British Royal Navy stand under the Union Jack flag aboard the HMS Chatham while listening to British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon...

British Defense Secretary Rallies Troops

British Forces In Iraq British Army Stormer armoured vehicles fitted with the Shielder minelaying system, in Kuwait during preparations for Operation...

Operation Telic: British Forces In Iraq, 2003

Sassoon was born in Baghdad, where his father, Saleh Sassoon, was a wealthy businessman and chief treasurer to the pashas from 1781 to 1817, and...

Iraq-India: David Sassoon (October 1792 Ð November 7, 1864) was the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829. He became the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay (now Mumbai) after Baghdadi Jews emigrated there

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki looking at the RQ-21 Blackjack, company name Integrator, an American unmanned air vehicle, during a visit to the...

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki Visits The Military Unit In Krakow

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