Soldier firing a Vickers machine gun from a captured Turkish trench during the Battle of Rafa, January 1917.
Battle Of Rafa
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Sinai campaign
The Sinai campaign is less well known than other First World War campaigns like Gallipoli and those on the Western Front. But it was here, in the harsh, arid desert, that the Allies took the first major step towards their ultimate victory over the Ottoman Turks in the Middle East. Read the full article
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If the British failed to capture Rafah quickly they risked being overwhelmed by large Ottoman forces sent from
