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Persian Campaign
The
Persian Campaign
or
Invasion of Persia
also known as
Invasion of Iran
was a series of engagements at northern
Persian Azerbaijan
and western
Persia
between the
British Empire
,
Russian Empire
and
Armenian
and
Assyrian
forces against the
Ottoman Empire
, beginning in December 1914 and ending with the
Armistice of Mudros
on October 30, 1918 as part of
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
. The Russian operations were halted by the
Russian Revolution
on February 23, 1917 when the
Russian Caucasus Army
was replaced with Armenian units and an Allied force named
Dunsterforce
.
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