Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front

Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front

Author: E. Woodfin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1137264802

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Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign.


Exhibiting War

Exhibiting War

Author: Jennifer Wellington

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1107135079

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A comparative study of how museum exhibitions in Britain, Canada and Australia were used to depict the First World War.


Australia's Palestine Campaign 1916-1918

Australia's Palestine Campaign 1916-1918

Author: Jean Bou

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1921941235

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With nearly two mounted divisions engaged against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East for almost three years the Palestine Campaign was Australia's longest running militarily significant endeavour of the First World War after the Western Front. And yet apart from the battle of Beersheba, the Palestine Campaign receives little attention in Australia compared to Gallipoli and the Western Front. In contrast to the years of grinding trench warfare in France and Belgium, the Palestine Campaign was a war of relative movement and manoeuvre. Cavalry, including Australia's light horse, played a prominent role, but it was a hard fought fully modern war, in which the latest military technologies and techniques were all used.


The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918: Volume VII - The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918: Volume VII - The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine

Author: H. S. Gullett

Publisher: Naval & Military Press

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 1014

ISBN-13: 9781783313440

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The seventh volume in Bean's history gives coverage to the fighting against the Turks following the Turkish invasion of Egypt, and its various operations including the Gaza engagement, the advance to and capture of Damascus, Aleppo and the Armistice. It comprehensively deals with the Light Horse and also with the foundation of the new Australian Flying Corps. The Turks Invade Egypt. After Gallipoli. The Light Horseman and his Horse. Sinai. Anzac Mounted Division. The Arabs. The Advance to Romani. The Desert Ordeal. Awaiting the Enemy. The Turkish Advance. Gaza Engagement. Katia and Bir el Abd. The Advance to El Arish. Magdhaba. Rafa. Towards Gaza. First Gaza Engagement. Second Gaza Engagement. Second Gaza Engagement (continued). Chetwode's Plan. Allenby and his Task. The Eve of Beersheba. Battle of Beersheba. Tel el Khuweilfe. Breaking Through. The Great Drive. Clearing the Maritime Plain. Towards Jerusalem. Nahr Auja and El Burj. The Capture of Jerusalem. The Seasoned Light Horsemen. The Advance to Jericho. The Raid to Amman. Ghoraniye and Musallabeh. The Es Salt Raid. The Es Salt Raid (continued). Summer in the Jordan Valley. Re-organisation and Preparation. Abu Tellul. Allenby's Great Scheme. Sharon and Samaria. East of Jordan. The Advance to Damascus. The Capture of Damascus. Aleppo and the Armistice. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by C.E.W. Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes, and was published between 1920 and 1942. The first seven volumes deal with the Australian Imperial Force while other volumes cover the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force at Rabaul, the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Flying Corps and the home front; the final volume is a photographic record. Unlike other official histories that have been aimed at military staff, Bean intended the Australian history to be accessible to a non-military audience. The relatively small size of the Australian forces enabled the history to be presented in great detail, giving accounts of individual actions that would not have been possible when covering a larger force.


The Arab Movements in World War I

The Arab Movements in World War I

Author: Eliezer Tauber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-05

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1135199787

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This study surveys the many revolutionary attempts carried out against the Ottoman Empire in the Fertile Cresecnt and the Arabian Peninsula during World War I. Special emphasis is laid upon the subversive activities of the Arab secret societies which preceded the outbreak of Sharif Husayn's Arab revolt in 1916. The revolt is thoroughly examined and analyzed, regarding both its military operations and its human composition, which influenced its course.


A Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948

A Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948

Author: Dov Gavish

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780714656519

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This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. This study shows that the roots of the modern survey system of Palestine are to be sought in the Balfour Declaration and its implications regarding land in Palestine. The land issue was at the core of the mapping of Mandatory Palestine, and it remains as a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.