Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front [electronic resource] : The Experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916-18 /
Woodfin, E.author.
Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Maps, Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Prologue; 2 The Rotten Wilderness: The Sinai; Politics and military movements; The men and the advance; Physical conditions; Combat; The enemy; The dual fight against the Turk and the Sinai; Conclusion; 3 Crossing the Line; Politics and military movements; Combat; Physical conditions; Conclusion; 4 The Gaza Trenches; Politics and military movements; Combat; Physical conditions; Conclusion; 5 Mountains of Mourning; Politics and military movements; Combat; The enemy
Physical conditionsLocals; Changing politics; Conclusion; 6 ""The Unholy Land"": The Trenches of Samaria and Jordan; Politics and army movements; Politics and its impact on the EEF; Physical conditions: Samarian plains and hills; Physical conditions: Jordan Valley; Combat and the enemy; Life, death, and the enemy during the Big Push; Armistice; Conclusion; 7 Epilogue: The Long Journey Home; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign.
Great Britain. Army
Great Britain. Army
History, Modern.
Great Britain—History.
Imperialism.
Middle East—History.
World War, 1939-1945.
World history.
Modern History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
History of the Middle East.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
World History, Global and Transnational History.