Battle of Nablus

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Nablus was a key engagement in September 1918 during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I, in which British Empire forces decisively defeated Ottoman troops around the city of Nablus, contributing to the collapse of Ottoman control in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Nablus (1918) 2
Battle of Nablus canonical 1
Battle of Tulkarm 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith collapse of Ottoman military resistance in Palestine ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
campaignObjective defeat Ottoman forces around Nablus ⓘ
disrupt Ottoman lines of communication in Palestine ⓘ
combatantSide Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Sinai and Palestine Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence breakthrough in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ
collapse of Ottoman control in the region ⓘ
date September 1918 ⓘ
followedBy further Allied advances into Ottoman-held territory in 1918 ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
involvedForce British Empire ground forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman ground forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine region NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater Sinai and Palestine front NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Mount Ebal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfOperation British offensive in September 1918 in Palestine ⓘ
precededBy earlier engagements in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ
result British Empire victory ⓘ
decisive defeat of Ottoman forces ⓘ
strategicImportance key engagement in the final Allied offensive in Palestine ⓘ
theater Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Battle of Megiddo (1918) → hasPart → Battle of Nablus ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (1918) → hasPart → Battle of Nablus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Tulkarm
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Nablus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Nablus (1918)
Ottoman Yildirim Army Group → engagement → Battle of Nablus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Nablus (1918)