The Middle East

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    • In October 1914 The Ottoman Empire allied with Germany and Austria-Hungary
    • British and French divisions were diverted to the Middle East in the hope of limiting Turkish interference with oil supplies from Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)
    • In November 1914 The Ottoman Empire called for a military jihad against the Triple Entente which posed a severe threat to the British Empire’s possessions in the Middle East – even India
    • British colonial soldiers, including Anglo-Indian troops, fought Turkish soldiers under German command
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