With the British Army in the Holy Land : A Concise History of the Palestine Campaign During the First World War

Henry Osmond Lock

ISBN 10: 0857069284 / ISBN 13: 9780857069283

Verlag: Oakpast Aug 2012, 2012

Beschreibung

Neuware - The Great War in the Middle EastThose with any interest in the First World War know that its principal field of conflict was in Europe, where from the English Channel coastline to the Balkans it became a grinding stalemate of attrition. However, this was a war between imperial powers and during the nineteenth century, to one degree or another, each had gained and secured dominions and colonies all over the globe. Thus the war truly did embrace the world. Each side had its allies and Germany had forged close ties with the now declining Turkish Ottoman empire. The Turkish influence spread over the Middle East around its own homeland, into Mesopotamia and through Syria to the Holy Land. All combatants were aware of the value of the Suez Canal in Egypt as a route to the east. It was a vital lifeline for men and material to be defended or taken at all costs. The stage was inevitably set for one of the Great War's most interesting 'sideshow' campaigns. The Palestine Campaigns are particularly interesting to military students because they were fought over hard terrain-often desert-and because in a time of wire and trenches this was a comparatively fluid campaign that gave opportunities for the last great manoeuvres of cavalry ever to take place on the field of battle. This concise account was written shortly after the war by an eyewitness to many of the events described and thus is an excellent entry point for those for whom the history of this theatre of war has become a subject of new interest.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780857069283

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: With the British Army in the Holy Land : A Concise History of the Palestine Campaign During the First World War
• Verlag: Oakpast Aug 2012
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0857069284
• ISBN-13: 9780857069283
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 222B x 145 H x 11 T Millimeter Breite: 222 mm, Höhe: 145 mm, Tiefe: 11 mm
• Gewicht: 329 Gramm

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The Great War in the Middle East

Those with any interest in the First World War know that its principal field of conflict was in Europe, where from the English Channel coastline to the Balkans it became a grinding stalemate of attrition. However, this was a war between imperial powers and during the nineteenth century, to one degree or another, each had gained and secured dominions and colonies all over the globe. Thus the war truly did embrace the world. Each side had its allies and Germany had forged close ties with the now declining Turkish Ottoman empire. The Turkish influence spread over the Middle East around its own homeland, into Mesopotamia and through Syria to the Holy Land. All combatants were aware of the value of the Suez Canal in Egypt as a route to the east. It was a vital lifeline for men and material to be defended or taken at all costs. The stage was inevitably set for one of the Great War's most interesting 'sideshow' campaigns. The Palestine Campaigns are particularly interesting to military students because they were fought over hard terrain-often desert-and because in a time of wire and trenches this was a comparatively fluid campaign that gave opportunities for the last great manoeuvres of cavalry ever to take place on the field of battle. This concise account was written shortly after the war by an eyewitness to many of the events described and thus is an excellent entry point for those for whom the history of this theatre of war has become a subject of new interest.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.