Capture of Aleppo (1918)

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battle military offensive

The Capture of Aleppo (1918) was a late-World War I Allied offensive in which forces of the British-led Egyptian Expeditionary Force and their Arab allies seized the key Ottoman city of Aleppo, hastening the collapse of Ottoman control in the Levant.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Aleppo (1918)	1
Capture of Aleppo (1918) canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fall of Aleppo (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Arab Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ British military operations in Syria ⓘ
belligerent	Arab forces ⓘ British Empire ⓘ Egyptian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Sharifian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignObjective	seizure of Aleppo from Ottoman forces ⓘ
commander	Edmund Allenby NERFINISHED ⓘ Fakhri Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Chauvel NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuri as-Said NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharif Naser NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
date	1918 ⓘ
effect	contributed to disintegration of Ottoman military position in Syria ⓘ hastened collapse of Ottoman control in the Levant ⓘ
followedBy	Armistice of Mudros NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	collapse of Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late World War I ⓘ
involvedUnit	5th Cavalry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Arab Northern Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian Mounted Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Desert Mounted Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Aleppo NERFINISHED ⓘ Aleppo Vilayet NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Ottoman Yildirim Army Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	Allied capture of Aleppo ⓘ
participant	Arab Revolt forces NERFINISHED ⓘ British-led cavalry forces ⓘ
partOf	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai and Palestine Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Megiddo (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	helped secure Allied dominance in the Middle East at the end of World War I ⓘ marked near-complete loss of Ottoman control over Syria ⓘ
strategicImportance	key Ottoman city in northern Syria ⓘ
theatre	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfLocationCaptured	major urban center ⓘ

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

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Capture of Aleppo (1918) ⓘ

Ottoman garrisons in Syria → conflict → Capture of Aleppo (1918) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Aleppo (1918)