Battle of Jerusalem
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The Battle of Jerusalem also known as the Fall of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the Ottoman Empire, in World War I, when fighting for the city developed
General Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot, 11 December 1917
Situation at 18:00 on 16 November 1917 as known to GHQ EEF
German soldiers in Jerusalem in 1914
Filling fantasies and loading them onto camels near Jaffa
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, was a senior British Army officer and imperial governor. He fought in the Second Boer War and in the First World War, in which he led t
Battle of Jerusalem
…to Jerusalem via Hebron and Bethlehem, together with substantial Ottoman territory south of Jerusalem, the city was secured. On 11 December, General Edmund Allenby entered the Old City on foot through the Jaffa Gate instead of horse or vehicles to show respect for the holy city. He was the first Christian in many…
Allenby in 1917
Allenby (centre), together with General Sir Herbert Plumer (left) and General Sir Henry Horne in conference at Camblain-Chatelain, France, 1916.
Allenby and King Albert I of Belgium.
Drawing of Allenby from journal "The War" c. 1917