Sinai & Palestine campaign
| Sinai and Palestine Campaign |
| Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
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 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 and Ottoman artillerymen at Hareira in 1917 before the Southern Palestine offensive |
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| Belligerents |
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British Empire
France
Italy
Hejaz
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Ottoman Empire
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
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| Commanders and leaders |
Sir John Maxwell (to March 1916)
Sir Archibald Murray (to June 1917)
Edmund Allenby (from July)
Edward Bulfin
Harry Chauvel
Philip Chetwode
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Djemal Pasha
Friedrich von Kressenstein (1916 to 1917)
Erich von Falkenhayn (1917 to 1918)
Otto Liman von Sanders (1918)
Mustafa Kemal Pasha (resigned in October 1917 reinstated September 1918)
Fevzi Pasha (from October 1917)
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| Units involved |
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Force in Egypt (to March 1916) Egyptian Expeditionary Force
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Fourth Army
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| Strength |
1,200,000 (total)
January 1915:
over 150,000 men September 1918:
467,650 men
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September 1917:
~57,000 |
| Casualties and losses |
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61,877 battle casualties
- 16,880 killed/missing
- 43,712 wounded
- 1,385 captured
5,981+ died of disease c. 100,000+ evacuated sick
Total: 168,000+ casualties
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189,600 battle casualties
- 25,973 killed/missing
- ~85,497 wounded
- 78,735 captured
~40,900 died of disease  Unknown total
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British Empire
Force in Egypt (to March 1916) Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Fourth Army
61,877 battle casualties
5,981+ died of disease
c. 100,000+ evacuated sick
189,600 battle casualties
~40,900 died of disease 
Unknown total
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