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World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Historical image related to World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula. from December 23, 1916

Battle of Magdhaba

1916 WWI battle on the Sinai peninsula

The Battle of Magdhaba took place on 23 December 1916 during the Defence of Egypt section of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. The attack by the Anzac Mounted Division took place against an entrenched Ottoman Army garrison to the south and east of Bir…
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Allies of World War I

Military coalition in World War I

The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, the United States, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan against the Central Powers of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary,…
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Ottoman Empire

Turkish empire (c. 1299–1922)

The Ottoman Empire, also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th…
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Sinai Peninsula

Peninsula in Egypt between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai, is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa. Sinai has a land area of about 60,000 km2…
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