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Palestine 1917–18

Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
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10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 and Ottoman artillerymen at Hareira in 1917 before the Southern Palestine offensive
Date 28 January 1915 – 30 October 1918
(3 years, 9 months and 2 days)
Location Egypt and the Levant (including Palestine and Syria)
Result British Empire victory
Territorial
changes
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire
Belligerents
 British Empire
 France
 Italy
 Ottoman Empire
German Empire German Empire
 Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Sir John Maxwell (to March 1916)
United Kingdom Sir Archibald Murray (to June 1917)
United Kingdom Edmund Allenby (from July)
British Empire Edward Bulfin
Australia Harry Chauvel
British Empire Philip Chetwode
Ottoman Empire Djemal Pasha
German Empire Friedrich von Kressenstein (1916 to 1917)
German Empire Erich von Falkenhayn (1917 to 1918)
German Empire Otto Liman von Sanders (1918)
Ottoman Empire Mustafa Kemal Pasha (resigned in October 1917 reinstated September 1918)
Ottoman Empire Fevzi Pasha (from October 1917)
Units involved

Force in Egypt (to March 1916) Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Fourth Army

Strength
1,200,000 (total)
January 1915:
over 150,000 men
September 1918:
467,650 men
September 1917:
~57,000
Casualties and losses

United Kingdom 61,877 battle casualties

  • 16,880 killed/missing
  • 43,712 wounded
  • 1,385 captured

5,981+ died of disease
c. 100,000+ evacuated sick


Total: 168,000+ casualties

Ottoman Empire Unknown total

  • 98,500 captured

German EmpireAustria-Hungary Unknown total

  • 3,200+ captured

Force in Egypt (to March 1916) Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Fourth Army

United Kingdom 61,877 battle casualties

5,981+ died of disease
c. 100,000+ evacuated sick

Ottoman Empire Unknown total

German EmpireAustria-Hungary Unknown total


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