1/5 RWR battalion camp, Samarra, Mesopotamia, 1918. Artist: Unknown

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1/5 RWR battalion camp, Samarra, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918. The new nation of Iraq came into being in 1921.

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Size: 3979px × 2651px
Location: World,Middle East,World,Asia,Iraq,World,Asia,Iraq,Şalāḩ ad Dīn,Sāmarrā'
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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