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11 - The Ottoman Front

from Part II - Theatres of War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2013

By
Robin Prior
Edited by
Jay Winter
Jay Winter
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
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Summary

The war against Ottoman Turkey evolved piecemeal and over disparate areas. In the initial phase, 1914-15, with the exception of Gallipoli, only relatively small forces were involved and many of these did not originate in Britain. By the end of the war, 500,000 troops had been committed against Ottoman Turkey and Egypt had become the greatest base for British troops outside the homeland. There were four areas of British involvement against the Turks and although the operations in all four areas overlapped at one time or another, they will be dealt with roughly in chronological order: Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Sinai and the Arabian Peninsula. The continued existence of the Ottoman Empire, in light of a putative German victory or a compromise peace, or its transformation into a militant Republic tied to a victorious Imperial Germany, after 1918, is a counter-factual people can all live without.

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First World warFranceFalkenhaynBritainriver SommeGermanyVerdun
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The Cambridge History of the First World War , pp. 297 - 320
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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  • The Ottoman Front
  • Edited by Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: The Cambridge History of the First World War
  • Online publication: 05 December 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675669.015
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  • The Ottoman Front
  • Edited by Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675669.015
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  • The Ottoman Front
  • Edited by Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: The Cambridge History of the First World War
  • Online publication: 05 December 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675669.015
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