Opposition to European interference in Egyptian affairs resulted in the emergence of a nationalist movement that coalesced and spread after the British occupation of Egypt. The immediate causes of what is known to Egyptians as the 1919 Revolution, however, were British actions during the First World War that caused widespread resentment among the Egyptian populace. Specifically, these included Britain's purchase of cotton stocks and requisitioning of animal fodder at below-market prices, the British conscription of about 500,000 Egyptian "fellahin" into the Egyptian Labour Corps and the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and its use of the country as a base and a garrison populated by British, Australian, and other Imperial troops. After the war, the Egyptian economy felt the adverse effects of soaring prices and unemployment.