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The Middle East, represented by Egyptian , is crucial to the British army's control of Suez Canal . This canal is a major transportation route for the British army to transport supplies to India. It is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and is very easy to be attacked by the Turkish army stationed in Palestine.
Today we will introduce to you the military operations that took place in Palestinian from 1914 to 1916.
Türkiye's attack on the Allied Forces of the Allied Forces quickly received a response from the British government. On November 5, Britain occupied Cyprus and began to send warships to bomb the Turkish fortress at the entrance of the Dardanelles; on December 18, Britain announced a policy of protection against Egypt. The Suez Canal is the reason why Britain is posing in various ways - as the basis for the control of Asia by the British Empire, this canal is a major transportation route that all the British army transported to India will definitely pass. In order to protect this food route, the British army and the British Empire's local coalition forces were dispatched one after another. The commander of this joint army was General John Marxwell.
Türkiye naturally also knows the importance of the Suez Canal. In early 1915, the Turkish army intended to occupy the canal for the first time. On January 14, under the leadership of Maritime Minister Diyemo Pasha, an elite unit of 22,000 people set off from Birsheba in the Palestinian region. Under the clever organization of German Chief of Staff Flandridge Clees von Cleesstern, who assisted Diyemo, the force successfully passed through the water-deficient Sinai . However, when using the pontoon bridge to cross the canal from February 2 to 3, the Turkish army was defeated by artillery fire from the British defenders, so Diemo had to lead his troops back to Bilsheba. In the following period of the year, as their main energy was scattered on the battlefields of Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, neither Britain nor Turkey could gain any advantage in the Suez Canal area.
In 1916, the British army was occupied by two things: one was that the Turkish army launched an attack on the Sinai region; the other was that a rebellion broke out in the rear of the British. The British new commander in Egypt, Achipod Mori, pushed the defense line of the Suez Canal into the Sinai Peninsula, and the establishment of a new line of defense will inevitably require the establishment of a new communication network, a new defensive fortress and a new water supply system. The construction of the British army was generally carried out steadily, and only a small part was harassed by the Desert Legion of 3,500 men under Chrys von Claysonstern.
In July 1916, the Turkish army decided to launch a large-scale attack to destroy a series of fortifications built by Mori. The operation was still under the command of Chrys von Claysonstern, but the total number reached 16,000; Germany provided machine guns, field artillery, air defense contingent and 12 aircraft. In mid-July, a large number of Turkish troops gathered in a small town about 32 kilometers away from the canal outside Romania, which is the outermost edge of the Mori Fortification. On August 4, the Turkish army launched a surprise attack on the enemy and the battle began, but a small area occupied by the Turkish army was taken back by the British army the next day.
Due to lack of drinking water, Chrys von Claysonstern was forced to retreat to El Arish, 96 kilometers away. The Battle of Romania consumed about 8,000 Turkish soldiers, while the British lost only 1/8 of this number. At this point, the British army defeated the Turkish army's threat to the Suez Canal with absolute advantage.
Okay, let’s introduce to you today the military operations in Palestine from 1914 to 1916. Hello everyone, I'm naughty, see you next time.
