"War in Palestine 1914-1918" Topic

I need a good book or two (or more) for wargaming this era and theatre. I am not interested in the Galipoli campaign but later on. I do not want any $200 USD books but some good references for wargaming; uniforms, forces and battles.

Reecomendations?

Thanks!
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Anthony Murray's The Last Crusade. The Palestine Campaign in the First World War. It will give you a good overview of the subject, both operational and strategic. Not so thorough in the description of the battles, as it's focused in the big picture rather than in the minutiae of the operations themselves. But it's a good starting point. Check the bibliography at the end of the book for further reading.

Best regards

The Official History is were I started. You can buy the volumes you are interested in. I believe it is from Battery Press.

I found a good starting place was "Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918." While focused on Australian forces, gives a good (and free) overview. Not the most objective writing, but a good read.

Here is Volume VII – The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine:
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This one is cheap and has a lot of personal accounts of actions too: 'Turkish Front 1914-18' Field Marshal Lord Carver published by The National Army Museum.

Wavell's biography of Allenby is a good read, but I'd start with the official history. There is an osprey too.

Gulletts book (Volume VII – The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine)is fantastic although very much from the Australian side.

Also try The Desert Coloum by Ion Idress and Sand,Sweat and camels by G.F & E.M.Langley.

With the British Army in Palestine: link

With the Turks in Palestine :http://archive.org/details/turksinpalestine00aarouoft

There are probably a lot more there. I know I have downloaded a few dozen public domain accounts and histories on Gallipoli and Messpot.

2nd the Last Crusade.

Regards,

J. P. Kelly

Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 – Volume Vol7
Volume VII – The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914–1918 (10th edition, 1941)
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ANGELS OF ARMAGEDDON: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE BATTLE OF MEGIDDO
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Incomplete victory: General Allenby and mission command in Palestine, 1917-1918.
The Palestine Campaign of the First World War exhibited a fighting style that brought with it various challenges in mission command. While General Allenby, commanding the Allied Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), gained several victories in the early stages of the campaign, he did not comprehensively defeat the Turkish forces in Palestine. He drove them away from their defensive line, but they escaped, avoided destruction, and retreated north to reestablish a defense and engage the EEF at later date. This thesis argues that General Allenby did not achieve the great successes at the battles of Beersheba, Gaza, Sheria, and the pursuit of Turkish forces that ended with Allenby's capture of Jerusalem. Instead, Allenby had to learn how to succeed in Palestine to finally destroy the armies of the Ottoman Empire in Palestine at the battle of Megiddo in September 1918. The research in this study highlights the mission command challenges in Allenby's early campaigns and how he learned to overcome them and adapt his tactics to achieve complete victory at the battle of Megiddo. This thesis will use the tenets of mission command, consisting preparation, combined arms, prioritization of resources, and communication, to examine General Allenby's Palestine campaign. Mission command, both a function of war and a philosophy of leadership comprises one of the key facets of military thought that leaders must consider in order to achieve complete victory.
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Plans and preparations for the final offensive (World War – Palestine campaign).
This study includes a critical analysis of General Allenby's plans and preparations for the final offensive in Palestine in 1918.
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