✦ History

Sinai and Palestine campaign

January 28, 1915 – October 30, 1918

Result Allied victory

Ended by Armistice of Mudros

British Empire, French and Italian forces, with the Arab Revolt, fought the Ottomans from the Suez Canal into Palestine and Syria. The Allies advanced steadily and ended the campaign with the Ottoman armistice.

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Battles 8

April 1917 – October 1917
Stalemate in Southern Palestine Ended with EEF victory at the Battle of Beersheba Gaza City Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Erich von Falkenhayn, Fevzi Çakmak
October 31, 1917
Battle of Beersheba (1917) Allied victory Battle of Beersheba (1917) İsmet İnönü, Fevzi Çakmak, Philip Chetwode
November 6–7, 1917
Battle of Hareira and Sheria Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory Erich von Falkenhayn, Fevzi Çakmak, Philip Chetwode
December 20–21, 1917
Battle of Jaffa (1917) Allied victory Yarkon River Edward Bulfin, Cevat Çobanlı
March 27–31, 1918
First Battle of Amman Ottoman-German victory Amman Yasin Hashimi, Enver Pasha, Philip Chetwode
July 14, 1918
Battle of Abu Tellul British Empire victory Palestine
September 19–25, 1918
Battle of Megiddo (1918) Allied victory Battle of Megiddo (1918) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Faisal I of Iraq, Edward Bulfin
September 26 – October 1, 1918
Capture of Damascus (1918) Allied victory Damascus Nuri as-Said, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, İsmet İnönü

Key commanders

Central Powers 8

İsmet İnönü military commander Fevzi Çakmak military commander Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein military commander Mustafa Kemal Atatürk military commander Otto Liman von Sanders military commander Cevat Çobanlı military commander Erich von Falkenhayn military commander Djemal Pasha military commander

Allies 10

Philip Chetwode military commander Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby military commander Harry Chauvel military commander Edward Chaytor military commander Faisal I of Iraq military commander Edward Bulfin military commander T. E. Lawrence military commander Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy military commander Archibald James Murray military commander Charles Macpherson Dobell military commander

United Kingdom and allies 9

Nuri as-Said military commander T. E. Lawrence military commander Faisal I of Iraq military commander Edward Bulfin military commander Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby military commander Harry Chauvel military commander Philip Chetwode military commander Archibald James Murray military commander Edward Chaytor military commander

Ottoman Empire and allies 9

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk military commander İsmet İnönü military commander Otto Liman von Sanders military commander Cevat Çobanlı military commander Erich von Falkenhayn military commander Fevzi Çakmak military commander Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein military commander Yasin Hashimi military commander Enver Pasha military commander