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The Battle of Jerusalem - The Soldiers



The Theatre of War

Jerusalem during the Great War Jerusalem during the Great War
Jerusalem
The Damascus Gate.
Jerusalem
Gethsemane and the Mount of Olive.
Jerusalem during the Great War Jerusalem during the Great War Jerusalem during the Great War Jerusalem
The dismounted General Sir Edmund Allenby entering the Holy City of Jerusalem on foot 1917.

Jerusalem
Via Dolorosa

Jerusalem
Omar Mosque




The military leaders

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
GCB, GCMG, GCVO (born 23 April 1861 in Brackenhurst, Nottinghamshire; died 14 May 1936 in London) was a British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during the First World War, in which he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918.

Erich von Falkenhayn

Erich von Falkenhayn
(born 11 September 1861 in Burg Belchau near Graudenz; died 8 April 1922 in Potsdam near Berlin) was a German soldier and Chief of the General Staff during World War I. He became a military writer after World War I.

Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein

Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein
(born 24 April 1870 in Nuremberg; died 16 October 1948 in Munich) was a German General of the Artillery und member of the Offizier Corps what the Ottoman Army trained and led during World War I.




Sources:
Damscus Gate
Gethsemane
Via dolorosa
Omar Mosque
Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein

Erich von Falkenhayn

Edmund Allenby
General Allenby in Jerusalem
Book "Schlachten des Weltkrieges 1914-1918 - Jildirim"
Published by Gerhard Stalling, 1922




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