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Middle Eastern theater of World War I

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Part of World War I
The Gallipoli Campaign, February–April 1915
Gallipoli Campaign, April 1915.
Date 30 October 1914 – 30 October 1918
(4 years)
Location Middle East (Libya, Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Persia, Gallipoli, Arabian Peninsula, Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia), Caucasus, Central Asia
Result

Allied victory

Territorial
changes
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire
Belligerents

 British Empire

 Russian Empire (1914–17)

France France

Democratic Republic of Armenia Armenia
(1918)
 Italy
 Kingdom of Hejaz
Emirate of Asir
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

Kuwait

 Ottoman Empire
 German Empire
Flag of Cyrenaica.svg Senussi


Minor belligerents:
 Austria-Hungary
Jabal Shammar
Azerbaijan
Strength

British Empire: 2,550,000
Russian Empire: 1,000,000
France: Several hundred thousand
Democratic Republic of Armenia: Several hundred thousand
Kingdom of Italy: 70,000


Total: 3,620,000+

Ottoman Empire: 2,800,000 (total conscripted)

German Empire: 20,000 (1918)
6,500 (1916)
Flag of Cyrenaica.svg 10,000 (1915)
Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il.svg: 9,000 (1918)
Casualties and losses
~1,250,000 1,560,000
771,844 dead/missing
695,375 wounded
145,104 captured
5,000,000 civilians dead The breakdown of Ottoman casualties is listed under Ottoman casualties of World War I.

Allied victory

 British Empire

 Russian Empire (1914–17)

France France

Democratic Republic of Armenia Armenia
(1918)
 Italy
 Kingdom of Hejaz
Emirate of Asir
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa


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