Palestinian Front Sang Yup, Iordan Sean

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Palestinian Front

• Sean D. Brame, Sang Yup Kim, Iordan Kohut

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The Defense of the Suez Canal

• Turkish 4th army attacks the Suez canal protected
  by Britain.
• The first assault on the 2nd of February 1915
  failed.
• The second assault on the 3rd of February failed.
• Turkish casualties 2000 men.
• British casualties 150 men.
• Full retreat back to Beersheba.
• This was the last time Turkey tried to take over
  the Suez Canal.
• Succeeded in tying up an inordinately large
  British defense.

The Suez canal
Completed in 1869 and running north-south across
the Suez Isthmus in Egypt to the Mediterranean in
the Red Sea, its importance lay in its status as
the
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Three Battle of Gazas

• 1st- March 1917
• Turkish victory
• Turks outmatched 2-1
• Disorganization caused British Loss
• 2nd- April 1917
• Turkish Victory
• Defensive lines on the road to Beersheba withheld
  British attack
• 3rd- October 1917
• British Victory
• Dual attack on Beersheba and Gaza
• Turks abandon Gaza and fall back to Jerusalem

Britain - Turkey
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The Battle of Jerusalem

• Date 17th of November to the 30th of December
  1917
• British Victory
• British Commander Sir Edmund Allenby
• German Commander Erich von Falkenhayn
• Ottoman Commander Djevad Pasha
• British Losses 18,000
• German/Ottoman Losses 25,000

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Sources

• http//www.firstworldwar.com/battles/