Sir Frederick Stanley Maude

British officer

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Sir Frederick Stanley Maude was a British officer who significantly impacted the British campaign in Mesopotamia during World War I. He took command in August 1916 and restored morale to the neglected British forces. By December, he was ready to recapture al-Kūt and capture Baghdad. Through strategic outflanking movements along the Tigris River, British forces entered Baghdad on March 11, 1917. Maude secured the British position by capturing ar-Ramādī and driving Turkish forces from Tikrīt. Having achieved victory in Mesopotamia within a year, Maude died of cholera on November 18, 1917.1

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World War I
Mesopotamia, summer 1916–winter 1917
…second half of 1916; and Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, who became commander in chief in August, did so much to restore their morale that by December he was ready to undertake the recapture of al-Kūt as a first step toward capturing Baghdad.
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…second half of 1916; and Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, who became commander in chief in August, did so much to restore their morale that by December he was ready to undertake the recapture of al-Kūt as a first step toward capturing Baghdad.
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