British Army in the Middle East

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British Army command military formation

The British Army in the Middle East refers to the British military forces deployed across Middle Eastern territories, particularly during the First World War and the interwar period, where they conducted campaigns, administered occupied regions, and oversaw various auxiliary units such as the Jewish Legion.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Allied forces in the Middle East 1
British Army Middle East Forces 1
British Army in Mandatory Palestine 1

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army command ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
activeDuring First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
commandedBy General Archibald Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
General Claude Auchinleck NERFINISHED ⓘ
General Edmund Allenby NERFINISHED ⓘ
General Harold Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
General William Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Arab Revolt (1916–1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arab Revolt in Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Gallipoli campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq revolt of 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Sinai and Palestine campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperatedWith Arab Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisoned Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suez Canal Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
influenced development of Middle Eastern borders ⓘ
post-Ottoman state formation in the Middle East ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
notableOperation Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
North African campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria–Lebanon campaign (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ
capture of Jerusalem (1917) ⓘ
operatedIn Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversawUnit Arab irregular forces ⓘ
Australian Imperial Force units ⓘ
Egyptian Labour Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Army units NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jewish Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Zealand Expeditionary Force units NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
responsibleFor defence of Suez Canal ⓘ
enforcement of British mandates ⓘ
occupation of Mesopotamia ⓘ
occupation of Palestine ⓘ
role administered occupied territories ⓘ
conducted military campaigns ⓘ
maintained imperial security ⓘ
oversaw auxiliary units ⓘ
supported colonial administration ⓘ
supportedPolicy British Mandate for Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
British protectorate in Egypt ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedEquipment aircraft ⓘ
armoured cars ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
usedTactic air control ⓘ
combined arms operations ⓘ
desert warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Story of the Jewish Legion → historicalSetting → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Egypt → hasAuthorityOver → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army units in Egypt
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → oversawForce → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army units in Palestine
Palestine Regiment → parentFormation → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army Middle East Forces
Fighters for the Freedom of Israel → enemy → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army in Mandatory Palestine
British Tenth Army → partOf → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied forces in the Middle East