ABSTRACT

This volume examines how the Ottoman Army was able to evolve and maintain a high level of overall combat effectiveness despite the primitive nature of the Ottoman State during the First World War. Structured around four case studies, at the operational and tactical level, of campaigns involving the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire: Gallipoli i

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|8 pages

From the ashes of disaster

chapter 2|47 pages

Gallipoli, 1915

chapter 3|29 pages

Kut Al Amara, 1916

chapter 4|28 pages

Third Gaza-Beersheba, 1917

chapter 5|26 pages

Megiddo, 1918

chapter 6|13 pages

Conclusion: The strength of an army