| 词条 | Special Commissions (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Act 1916 |
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The Special Commissions (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. V) was set up to investigate the World War I operations in the Dardanelles Campaign and the Mesopotamian campaign. Following the disasters in Mesopotamia and the Dardanelles in 1916, the recently ousted British prime minister, H. H. Asquith, demanded a select committee to inquire into the relevant military campaigns. Instead, the new Government appointed a statutory Special Commission, because '"a Government may… prefer to… appoint… an outside element... less likely to be influenced by party bias."[1] The terms of the Act required that at least one naval and one military officer from the retired lists to serve on each Commission. Mesopotamia 1916-17The Commission of Inquiry's remit was to inquire into the origins, inception and conduct of operations of war in Mesopotamia. The following were appointed:
The Commission summonded over 100 witnesses. It was highly critical of many individuals and the administrative arrangements.
Dardanelles 1916-19See Dardanelles CommissionThe following were appointed:
References
1. ^Anson, I, 400, op.cit 5 : Public inquiries in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1916|1916 in military history|World War I legislation|Military history of the United Kingdom |
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