Osprey's Campaign title for the Battle of Megiddo (1918), which was one of the more decisive campaigns of World War I (1914-1918). After securing the capture of Jerusalem General Allenby planned a campaign that would knock Turkey out of World War I. In a spectacular campaign General Allenby's Egyptian Expeditionary Force achieved the breakthrough in Palestine that commanders on the Western Front had only dreamed of. Supported by Lawrence and his Arab irregulars, the Desert Mounted Corps swept across the Turkish rear, destroying three armies in the process. Turkey's war was over and the days of the tottering Ottoman Empire were numbered. This was a British 'Blitzkrieg' with a speed of advance that stunned the world twenty years before Germany's Panzers rolled across Europe.
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Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.
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Bryan Perrett was born in 1934 and educated at Liverpool College. He served in the Royal Armoured Corps, the 17th/21st Lancers, Westminster Dragoons and the Royal Tank Regiment, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. During the Falklands and Gulf wars, he worked as defence correspondent for the Liverpool Echo. A highly successful author, Bryan is married and lives in Lancashire.
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Good book on a forgotten subject,
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This review is from: Megiddo 1918: The Last Great Cavalry Victory (Campaign) (Paperback)
Most people familiar with the First World War are not overly familiar with the battles fought in the Middle East (or else think Lawrence of Arabia fought them single-handedly). This book corrects that deficit, providing photos, maps, and text about the campaign that effectively knocked Turkey out of the War (until Ataturk came along, anyway). The book discusses the campaign as a predecessor to Blitzkrieg (and makes a convincing argument) but tends to repeat itself in some passages. Still, a highly-recommended book.
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Following Turkey's entry into the Great War on the side of the Central Powers, British strategy in the Middle East called for the re-opening of warm-water communications with Russia by forcing the Dardanelles, the occupation of Basra to secure the Mesopotamian oil fields, and a defensive stance in Egypt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
machine gun squadron, coastal sector, mountain batteries, car patrols, machine gun company, armoured cars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cavalry Division, Desert Mounted Corps, Cavalry Brigade, Light Horse Brigade, Australian Mounted Division, Fourth Army, Musmus Pass, Asia Korps, Tul Karm, Seventh Army, Australian Light Horse, Lieutenant-general Sir, Mount Carmel, Mysore Lancers, Wadi Far'a, Western Front, Yilderim Army Group, Depot Regiment, Middle East, Mustapha Kemal, Colonel von Oppen, Djevad Pasha, Gurkha Rifles, Indian Division, Ottoman Empire New!
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Following Turkey's entry into the Great War on the side of the Central Powers, British strategy in the Middle East called for the re-opening of warm-water communications with Russia by forcing the Dardanelles, the occupation of Basra to secure the Mesopotamian oil fields, and a defensive stance in Egypt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
machine gun squadron, coastal sector, mountain batteries, car patrols, machine gun company, armoured cars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cavalry Division, Desert Mounted Corps, Cavalry Brigade, Light Horse Brigade, Australian Mounted Division, Fourth Army, Musmus Pass, Asia Korps, Tul Karm, Seventh Army, Australian Light Horse, Lieutenant-general Sir, Mount Carmel, Mysore Lancers, Wadi Far'a, Western Front, Yilderim Army Group, Depot Regiment, Middle East, Mustapha Kemal, Colonel von Oppen, Djevad Pasha, Gurkha Rifles, Indian Division, Ottoman Empire New!
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- Five Years in Turkey by Liman Von Sanders in Back Matter
- Machine Gun: The Story of the Men and the Weapon That Changed the Face of War by Anthony Smith on page 18
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