Sinai and Palestine campaign

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World War I campaign military campaign

The Sinai and Palestine campaign was a World War I Middle Eastern theatre in which Allied forces fought the Ottoman Empire across the Sinai Peninsula and into Palestine, contributing to the eventual collapse of Ottoman control in the region.

Aliases (5)

Palestine campaign ×2
Sinai and Palestine Campaign ×1
Sinai campaign ×1
World War I campaigns in the Sinai and Palestine ×1
capture of Jerusalem (1917) ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I campaign → military campaign →
belligerent	Arab Revolt forces → British Empire → British India → Dominion of Australia → Dominion of New Zealand → France → German Empire → Ottoman Empire → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
commander	Archibald Murray → Edmund Allenby → Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein NERFINISHED → Jemal Pasha →
conflict	World War I →
countryInvolved	Australia → France → Germany → India → New Zealand → Ottoman Empire → United Kingdom →
endTime	1918 →
followedBy	occupation of Syria and Lebanon →
hasEffect	reshaping of political boundaries in the Levant →
historicalPeriod	20th century →
involvedUnit	ANZAC Mounted Division → Desert Mounted Corps → Egyptian Expeditionary Force → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group →
location	Hejaz → Negev Desert → Ottoman Syria → Palestine NERFINISHED → Sinai Peninsula →
notableBattle	Battle of Beersheba → Battle of Magdhaba → Battle of Megiddo (1918) → Battle of Rafa → Battle of Romani → First Battle of Gaza → Second Battle of Gaza → Third Battle of Gaza →
opponent	Central Powers → Ottoman Empire →
partOf	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I →
precededBy	Gallipoli campaign →
result	Allied occupation of Palestine → Allied victory → collapse of Ottoman control in Palestine → contribution to dissolution of the Ottoman Empire →
startTime	1915 →
strategicObjective	conquest of Palestine → defence of the Suez Canal → expulsion of Ottoman forces from Sinai →
theatreOfOperations	Middle East →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ottoman Army → Royal Egyptian Army ("Sinai and Palestine Campaign") →	conflict
Mediterranean theatre of World War I ("capture of Jerusalem (1917)") → Ottoman Palestine ("World War I campaigns in the Sinai and Palestine") →	significantEvent
Australian Flying Corps ("Palestine campaign") → Australian Flying Corps →	theatre
Mediterranean theatre of World War I →	hasPart
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I →	includedCampaign
British Indian Army →	participatedIn
Tripartite Aggression ("Sinai campaign") →	primaryTheater
Ottoman air units →	theaterOfOperations
Canadian Expeditionary Force ("Palestine campaign") →	theatreOfOperations