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Armageddon, 1918 - The Final Palestinian Campaign of World War I (Paperback)
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Armageddon, 1918 - The Final Palestinian Campaign of World War I (Paperback)
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At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the British
government realized that it had to keep the Suez Canal open at all
costs because it was the primary sea route connecting Britain to
its far-flung eastern colonies. The Suez bordered Egypt, a nominal
Turkish province, and, when Turkey became involved in the war on
Germany's side in 1915, Turkey attacked the canal. As a result the
British declared war on Turkey and began an offensive against the
Ottoman forces and their German advisers. The British, aided by
various Arab groups, swept north through Palestine, Jordan, and
Syria to Turkey's ultimate defeat in October 1918.
In "Armageddon, 1918," eminent military historian Cyril Falls
discusses the background of the World War I Middle East conflict
and relates the final, critical campaign through Palestine, along
with its notable personalities, including T. E. Lawrence, Emir
Feisal, Kress von Kressenstein, and Edmund Allenby. Falls ends with
a pertinent reflection on the subsequent history of the region,
from the formation of Iraq in 1920 through the establishment of
Israel, showing how the campaign in the Middle East brought into
the international spotlight the tangled alliances and imperialistic
and nationalistic desires that have left an indelible mark on the
region to this day.
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