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In 1917, British commanders in the Mesopotamian Campaign during ww1 were anxious about the fact that with the recent huge advance of the Russians in 1916 to the Ottomans in Erzurum, the Russians would attempt to take Baghdad.

The Russians, in reality, had purposed a Spring plan of a Mesopotamian invasion to relife the British from the recent defeat a Kut and try to get the Ottomans out of the war faster.

Fear of a Russian seizure of Baghdad from the Ottomans is one of the motivators for the Invasion of Baghdad.

It was such a real issue, a British officer reasoned that if they reached Baghdad first, "It would nullify the Sykes-Picot agreement"


So, what would happen, if the Russians did take Baghdad in 1917 before the British did?

How would it happen?

And what are it's consequences?
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