Germany secures Baghdad Railway contract

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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The Ottoman Turks first gave Germany permission to begin a railway from Berlin to Ankara eleven years previously, in the first stage of a line that Germany envisages stretching as far as Baghdad. Now Germany secures a contract to build the projected Baghdad Railway.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Germany secures Baghdad Railway contract". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19306, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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