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Originally Posted by Damien435 Not really. If memory serves me correct it was Arab forces with British advisers that had the most success against the Ottomans. |
Actually, your memory has been watching too many Hollywood movies.
There were a million British Empire troops fighting in the Middle East in 1918, and only thirty-five hundred Arabs.
re, The Lawrence of Arabia myth
http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/10/sept91/fromkin.htm