Sinai and Palestine campaign
January 28, 1915 – October 30, 1918 · Levant
Result Allied victory
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.
Allies
Central Powers
T. E. Lawrence
military commander
Edward Bulfin
military commander
Philip Chetwode
military commander
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
military commander
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
military commander
Archibald James Murray
military commander
Charles Macpherson Dobell
military commander
Harry Chauvel
military commander
Battles 8
- Stalemate in Southern Palestine April 1917 – October 1917 · Ended with EEF victory at the Battle of Beersheba
- Battle of Beersheba (1917) October 31, 1917 · Allied victory
- Battle of Hareira and Sheria November 6–7, 1917 · Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory
- Battle of Jaffa (1917) December 20–21, 1917 · Allied victory
- First Battle of Amman March 27–31, 1918 · Ottoman-German victory
- Battle of Abu Tellul July 14, 1918 · British Empire victory
- Battle of Megiddo (1918) September 19–25, 1918 · Allied victory
- Capture of Damascus (1918) September 26 – October 1, 1918 · Allied victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- Armistice of Mudros October 30, 1918
