British capture of Jerusalem

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The British capture of Jerusalem was a key World War I military operation in December 1917, when British Empire forces took the city from the Ottoman Empire, marking a major turning point in the Middle Eastern theatre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fall of Jerusalem (1917) ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
chronology occurred after Third Battle of Gaza ⓘ
commandedBy British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
commander Djemal Pasha ⓘ
Edmund Allenby ⓘ
Erich von Falkenhayn ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date December 1917 ⓘ
endDate 1917-12-09 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Jerusalem ⓘ
Battle of Tell 'Asur ⓘ
historicalContext collapse of Ottoman control in the Levant ⓘ
involvedForce artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
notableDate 1917-12-11 ⓘ
notableEvent formal entry of General Edmund Allenby into Jerusalem on foot ⓘ
opponentForce German military advisers ⓘ
Ottoman infantry ⓘ
opposedBy Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
outcome Ottoman withdrawal from Jerusalem ⓘ
surrender of Jerusalem to British forces ⓘ
partOf Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ
policy Allenby entered the city on foot to show respect for its religious significance ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Mughar Ridge ⓘ
relatedCampaign Allied advance from Gaza to Jerusalem ⓘ
relatedTo Balfour Declaration ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
religiousSignificance involved a city sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance boosted Allied morale during World War I ⓘ
major turning point in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ
marked first time in centuries that Jerusalem came under non-Ottoman rule ⓘ
startDate 1917-11-17 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surrenderDate 1917-12-09 ⓘ
surrenderedBy Ottoman authorities in Jerusalem ⓘ
surrenderedTo British forces under Edmund Allenby ⓘ
theatre Palestine ⓘ

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Occupied Enemy Territory South → significantEvent → British capture of Jerusalem ⓘ