Middle Eastern theatre 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 Armistice of Mudros Collapse of the Ottoman Empire Foundation of new states in the Middle East Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of Batum, Treaty of Sèvres
Territorial changes	Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

Belligerents

British Empire

Russian Empire (1914–17)

Armenian volunteers

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

Ottoman Empire
German Empire
Senussi

Minor belligerents:

Austria-Hungary

Strength

: 2,550,000
: 1,000,000
: Several hundred thousand
: Several hundred thousand
: 70,000

Total: 3,620,000+

: 2,800,000 (total conscripted)

800,000 (peak)
323,000 (Day of Armistice of Mudros)

: 20,000 (1918)
6,500 (1916)

10,000 (1915)

: 9,000 (1918)

Casualties and losses

~1,250,000

Breakdown

Casualties by country
- 1,005,000
- 140,000+
- 47,000+
- 11,000+

1,680,000
771,844 killed/missing
763,753 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)

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

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