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A six year war leads to the development of a new kingdom of Saudi Arabia with huge oil reserves about to be discovered.
New DVD, Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I exposes Western greed and political intrigue laying the foundation for wars, coups, revolts, oppressive dictators ...
Special Features - Interview with David Woodward.
Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have ...
Special Features - Interview with David Fromkin.
Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have ...
Special Features - Interview with Edward Erickson.
Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I ...
Part 21 - New Nations. The British negotiate a truce with the Turkish nationalists and withdraw from Istanbul. Superseding the Sevres accord, the Treaty of Lausanne (July ...
Part 20 - Greco-Turkish War. The Allies, exhausted from four years of total war, readily accept Greece's offer to suppress the Turkish nationalist movement. On May 15, 1919,...
Part 19 - Turkey Fights Back. Turkish forces under General Kazim Karibakir go on the offensive against Armenia in October 1919. They capture the city of Kars on October 21st ...
Part 22 - Hollow Victory. The creation of artificial states by the Western Powers gives rise to a Middle East characterized by military conflict and political instability....
Part 18 -- Spoils of War. Since the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, France and Great Britain have planned to carve up the Ottoman Empire between them. On August 20, 1919, ...
Part 17 - Mustafa Kemal. Leaving Istanbul under the ruse of disarming Ottoman forces in the Anatolian interior, Colonel Mustafa Kemal lands at the Black Sea port of Samsun ...
Part 16 - Istanbul Surrenders. As Turkish troops retreat toward Istanbul, Allenby's army marches into Damascus on October 1, 1918 and takes Beirut the next day. The Desert ...
Part 15 - Oil in Baku. By 1918, the oil fields of Baku become the objective for British, Turkish, and even Bolshevik forces. In January, General L.C. Dunsterville leads his ...
Part 14 - Palestine Front. Reinforced during the summer of 1918, General Allenby plans a decisive drive against Istanbul. Utmost secrecy is maintained. British air power ...
Part 13 -- Arab Revolt. On June 5, 1916, Sherif Hussein proclaims Arab independence from the sultan in Istanbul; five days later, the Turkish garrison at Mecca surrenders....
Part 11 - Gaza Battles. In March and April of 1917, the Turks win the first and second battles of Gaza, driving back the forces of General Archibald Murray. In June, the ...
Part 10 - Baghdad Taken. Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have been largely overlooked ...
Part 9 - Desert War. Beginning in early 1917, British troops under General Archibald Murray clear the Sinai Peninsula of Turkish forces. Murray begins a limited offensive ...
Part 8 - Iraq Revisited. General Townshend's troops, besieged by the Turks at Kut, wait in vain for rescue in the spring of 1916. British forces under the command of General ...
Part 7 - Caucasus Front. After the disaster at Sarikamesh, Russian troops arrive in force by February 1915 and begin an advance into eastern Turkey. In a series of battles,...
Part 12 - Jerusalem Falls. Allenby pursues the retreating enemy, splitting the two Turkish armies -- the Eighth retreats up the coast and the Seventh falls back to Jerusalem....
Part 5 - Gallipoli. April 25, 1915: 78,000 British and Anzac troops land on two beachheads on the Gallipoli peninsula. They are opposed by 60,000 Ottoman troops, commanded ...
Part 6 - Iraq Expedition. The British land near Basra in southern Iraq to protect the oil fields in nearby Iran. British General John Nixon sends General Charles Townshend ...
Part 3 - A Franco-British fleet under Admiral Sackville Carden bombards Ottoman fortifications along the Dardanelles Straits, hoping to break through to Istanbul. Carden ...
Part 1 - Surprise Attack. Enver Pasha, minister of war for the Ottoman Empire, agrees to a secret alliance with Germany in August 1914. Istanbul mobilizes its army but remains ...

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