EEF

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The EEF, or British Egyptian Expeditionary Force, was a British Empire field army that fought in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly in the Sinai and Palestine campaigns.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
EEF canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Empire military formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War I ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
EEF ⓘ
branch land forces ⓘ
campaign Palestine campaign ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
Sinai campaign ⓘ
component Australian Imperial Force units ⓘ
British Army units ⓘ
Egyptian Labour Corps ⓘ
Indian Army units ⓘ
New Zealand Expeditionary Force units ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedIn 1919 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Beersheba (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Jerusalem (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Magdhaba ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Mughar Ridge ⓘ
Battle of Rafa ⓘ
Battle of Romani ⓘ
First Battle of Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gaza

Second Battle of Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gaza

Third Battle of Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gaza
formedIn 1916 ⓘ
garrisonLocation Cairo ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cairo ⓘ
notableCommander Archibald Murray ⓘ
Edmund Allenby ⓘ
Philip Chetwode ⓘ
operatedIn Palestine ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
opponent German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
predecessor Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
primaryObjective advance into Palestine and Syria ⓘ
defend the Suez Canal ⓘ
resultOf reorganization after Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
subordinateTo British War Office ⓘ
linked to: War Office
supportedBy Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

ITU EEF → abbreviation → EEF ⓘ
Egyptian Expeditionary Force → alsoKnownAs → EEF ⓘ
subject linked to: EEF