✦ History

Part of World War I

Battle of Jerusalem (1917)

November 17 – December 30, 1917 · Battle of Jerusalem (1917)

Result Allied victoryEnd of the Ottoman rule in Jerusalem and Palestine

The Egyptian Expeditionary Force took Jerusalem; Allenby entered the city on foot on 11 December.

On the map Contemporaries

Central Powers

Allies

Ottoman Empire
German Empire
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Sultanate of Egypt
British Raj
Erich von Falkenhayn military commander Djemal Pasha military commander Cevat Çobanlı military commander Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein military commander Ali Fuat Cebesoy military commander
Edward Bulfin military commander Philip Chetwode military commander Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby military commander Harry Chauvel military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
25,000
Casualties
18,000

Units

Yildirim Army Group Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire) Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) III Corps (Ottoman Empire) XX Corps (Ottoman Empire)
Egyptian Expeditionary Force Desert Mounted Corps XX Corps (United Kingdom) XXI Corps (United Kingdom) 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division 74th (Yeomanry) Division 75th Division (United Kingdom) Yeomanry Mounted Division 2nd Light Horse Brigade 3rd Light Horse Brigade 4th Light Horse Brigade 12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)