Middle East morass: WWI diaries reveal true horror of Britain’s failed Iraq campaign 100 yrs ago
‘As parliament votes on its latest Middle East war, the diaries of a young army officer detailing the disastrous Mesopotamia campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War are going on display in London.
The young subaltern, named Lieutenant Henry Curtis Gallup, was one of thousands of troops sent to the region to fight the German-allied Ottoman Empire in the hope that the subjugated Arabs would rise up against their masters.
Branded a war in defense of British oil interests, and to liberate the region which is now modern-day Iraq from its rulers, the campaign ended in one of the most disastrous defeats of the conflict.
The diaries are now on display at the National Army Museum in London for the first time.’
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