Mosul was still under Ottoman hands when the Ww1 armstice was signed. The British violated it and took the city.
Ottomans requested the city back but Damat Ferit Pasha surrendered it all while Vahdettin just stood by done nothing about it.
That just makes the collapse of the Ottomans even worse we lost all that land along with the resources in it.
Explains why Ataturk needed to capture Mosul too bad our capabilities were limited to get it back.
It burns me all that gas and oil we left behind only for the Rich Arab sheikhs to...
I think they did not have the ships, technology or the infanstructure to support drilling or perhaps politicians ass kissing another country or a company not to drill.
Cool thanks for the update. I knew Morocco was going to buy the TB2 just was not sure if it was official. I did not make the map but I think he forgot to put Morocco.
Crazy how racism was so casualised in the past with cartoons.
Pay attention to the clothes and skin colour of the women while the Arab man of Syria is represented with a fez and black skin.