✦ History

Part of World War I, Sinai and Palestine campaign

Battle of Megiddo (1918)

September 19–25, 1918 · Battle of Megiddo (1918)

Result Allied victory

Allenby broke the coastal line and sent his cavalry through to destroy the Ottoman Seventh and Eighth Armies.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

United Kingdom
Australia
British Raj
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Kingdom of Hejaz
France
Ottoman Empire
German Empire
Faisal I of Iraq military commander Edward Bulfin military commander Philip Chetwode military commander Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby military commander Harry Chauvel military commander
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk military commander Otto Liman von Sanders military commander Cevat Çobanlı military commander

Strength and losses

Wounded
4,179
Strength
32,000
Casualties
7,000
Guns
402

Units

Egyptian Expeditionary Force Desert Mounted Corps XX Corps (United Kingdom) XXI Corps (United Kingdom) 3rd (Lahore) Division 4th Cavalry Division (India) 5th Cavalry Division (India) 7th (Meerut) Division 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade 3rd Light Horse Brigade 4th Light Horse Brigade 12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)
Yildirim Army Group Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire) Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) III Corps (Ottoman Empire) XX Corps (Ottoman Empire) XXII Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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