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Kitchen, James E. - The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force: Palestine 1918

Keywords:

Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) | Indianization | Palestine | Turkish defences

ISFWWS-Keywords:

India | Middle East | Military organisation of combat | Experience of combat | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | Religion | The French and British Empires

Abstract:

By the time the campaign ended in Palestine in October 1918, the majority of Britain's imperial army, known as the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), was made up of units drawn from the Indian Army. In order…