The Arab Revolt - How the Ottomans Lost the Middle East
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🎥 Watch 300+ exclusive videos on ✔ youtube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join and ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on modern warfare the Great War and the Ottoman history during the World War I. Previously we covered the Rise of the Ottoman Empire from the humble beginnings as a small Turkic Beylik to the Fall of Constantinople 1453 covering all the major battles including (https://youtu.be/TDLmsiqhgns) and the reign of Mehmet II (https://youtu.be/TbqMBfxtOTI). By 1916, the Ottoman Empire was fighting for survival across the Middle East. Russia’s Caucasus Army smashed through Erzurum, seized Trabzon, and drove deep into eastern Anatolia, forcing the Ottomans to gamble on a desperate counteroffensive with Mustafa Kemal’s Gallipoli veterans. Meanwhile, Britain was still reeling from Gallipoli and the surrender at Kut, but in the Sinai the defense of Romani stopped the Ottoman adva
Tags: Ottoman Empire, World War 1, Middle East campaign, Arab Revolt, Lawrence of Arabia, T E Lawrence, Sinai campaign, Caucasus campaign, Russian Empire WW1, Mustafa Kemal, Sharif Hussein, Hejaz railway, Suez Canal, Gallipoli, Kut, Ottoman army, British Empire, ANZAC Light Horse, Magdhaba, Mecca 1916
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