Скачать или смотреть On the road to Jerusalem | World War One - The Battle of Beersheba

105 years ago, during World War One, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George ordered the Egyptian Expeditionary Force to capture Jerusalem by Christmas. The Allied victory at the Battle of Beersheba, on the road to the city, was a grave setback for the Ottoman Empire and led to the eventual defeat of the Central Powers in what was then Palestine.

Watch this fascinating insight into the Battle, with our Official Historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, George Hay, and our Social Media Manager, Alexander Marchi.

George sets out the military context in which the battle was fought and explores the use of mounted divisions, dispelling some long-held misconceptions about that battle and the war effort in the Middle East.

Finally, we discuss how we commemorate those who fell in battle, far from home.

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