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The Persian campaign or invasion of Iran (Persian: اشغال ایران در جنگ جهانی اول) was a series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, British Empire and Russian Empire in various areas of what was then neutral Qajar Iran, beginning in December 1914 and ending with the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, as part of the Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I.
World War I was the first war to see major use of planes for offensive, defensive and reconnaissance operations, and both the Entente Powers and the Central Powers used planes extensively. Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: Aviation in World War I (1914–1918)
The Swedish volunteers in Persia were a small group of military officers active in Persia between 1911 and 1916. The goal was to quell regional uprisings and modernize the Persian army, but as a result of pressure from Russia and the United Kingdom, Sweden decided to call back most of their officers during World War I.
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I; Part of World War I: From left to right: The Ottoman Shaykh al-Islām who declared Jihad against the Entente Powers; Burning oil tanks in the port of Novorossiysk after the Ottoman Empire's strike on Russian ports; Fifth Army during the Gallipoli Campaign; Third Army on the Caucasus campaign; The heliograph team of the Ottoman army in the Sinai and ...
War of 1578–1590: Murad III: Mohammad Khodabanda, Abbas I: Treaty of Constantinople (1590) Ottoman Empire War of 1603–1612: Ahmed I: Abbas I: Treaty of Nasuh Pasha: Persian Empire War of 1616–1618: Ahmed I, Mustafa I, Osman II: Abbas I: Treaty of Serav (1618) Persian Empire War of 1623–1639: Murad IV: Abbas I, Safi: Treaty of Zuhab ...
BBC Persian's documentary Iran 1918: A Forgotten War for Oil. In recent years, the famine has been subject to conspiracy theories, polarization and historical revisionism in Iran. [41] Much of the controversy is about the death toll and root causes, and lack of sufficient data on this period has been described as the "principal driver" for it. [41]
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
Middle Eastern, Persian: Persian campaign (World War I). Ottomans occupy the Persian border town of Qatur as a bridgehead to the Caucasus, but withdraw after their defeat at Sarıkamış. December 16 Naval, Atlantic: Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. The German fleet shells Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Hartlepool, and Whitby England ...