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Battle of Beersheba

The Battle of Beersheba (Turkish: Birüssebi Muharebesi, German: Schlacht von Beerscheba) was fought on 31 October 1917, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked and captured the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group garrison at Beersheba, beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.

Battle of Beersheba
Battle of Beersheba · AWM Credit reads: Lent by Brigadier General Wilson, CMG., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
31 Oct 1917
Where
Beersheba
Era
Modern

Topics

Israel1,457 BCE – today

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