British Army in the Middle East

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The British Army in the Middle East refers to the British military forces deployed across Middle Eastern territories, particularly during the First World War and the interwar period, where they conducted campaigns, administered occupied regions, and oversaw various auxiliary units such as the Jewish Legion.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army command ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
activeDuring First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

interwar period ⓘ
commandedBy General Archibald Murray ⓘ
General Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
General Edmund Allenby ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Allenby

General Harold Alexander ⓘ
linked to: Harold Alexander

General William Marshall ⓘ
commandStructure British Empire ⓘ
conflict Arab Revolt (1916–1918) ⓘ
linked to: Arab Revolt

Arab Revolt in Palestine ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Iraq revolt of 1920 ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
cooperatedWith Arab Bureau ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisoned Aden ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Suez Canal Zone ⓘ
headquartersLocation Baghdad ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
influenced development of Middle Eastern borders ⓘ
post-Ottoman state formation in the Middle East ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
notableOperation Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Iraqi War

Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
Syria–Lebanon campaign (1941) ⓘ
capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ
capture of Jerusalem (1917) ⓘ
operatedIn Middle East ⓘ
oversawUnit Arab irregular forces ⓘ
Australian Imperial Force units ⓘ
Egyptian Labour Corps ⓘ
Indian Army units ⓘ
Jewish Legion ⓘ
New Zealand Expeditionary Force units ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
responsibleFor defence of Suez Canal ⓘ
enforcement of British mandates ⓘ
occupation of Mesopotamia ⓘ
occupation of Palestine ⓘ
role administered occupied territories ⓘ
conducted military campaigns ⓘ
maintained imperial security ⓘ
oversaw auxiliary units ⓘ
supported colonial administration ⓘ
supportedPolicy British Mandate for Iraq ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
British protectorate in Egypt ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Aden ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
usedEquipment aircraft ⓘ
armoured cars ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
usedTactic air control ⓘ
combined arms operations ⓘ
desert warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Story of the Jewish Legion → historicalSetting → British Army in the Middle East ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Egypt → hasAuthorityOver → British Army units in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → oversawForce → British Army units in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
Palestine Regiment → parentFormation → British Army Middle East Forces ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
Fighters for the Freedom of Israel → enemy → British Army in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
British Tenth Army → partOf → Allied forces in the Middle East ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
British Troops in Egypt → partOf → British forces in the Middle East ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
Egyptian Labour Corps → supportTo → British Expeditionary Force in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East
Desert Column → subordinateTo → British Empire high command in the Middle East ⓘ
linked to: British Army in the Middle East