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IOTL, during the mesopotamian campaign of WWI, british forces were achieving victories in southern Iraq. The british commander, Charles Townshend, could not hold his excitement and ordered a quick advance towards the city of Kut-al-amara, despite the fact that his supply train could not catch up in speed. British forces and indian auxiliaries hunkered down in the city in december 1915 and were promptly besieged by the ottomans, who managed to destroy all relief attempts. Townshend's forces eventually surrendered after five months of fighting and were taken as PoW's, and the battle ended up as a significant, if a bit forgotten, disaster.
But what if Townshend had either been born with more neurons or sacked from his post earlier, preventing the hasty rush towards Kut? How could this change the mesopotamian front?
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