Megiddo 1918: The last great cavalry victory

Osprey Campaign #61

by Bryan Perrett, Ed Dovey (Illustrator)

Osprey's Campaign title for the Battle of Megiddo (1918), which was one of the more decisive campaigns of World War I (1914-1918). After securing the capture of Jerusalem General Allenby planned a campaign that would knock Turkey out of World War I. In a spectacular campaign General Allenby's Egyptian Expeditionary Force achieved the breakthrough in Palestine that commanders on the Western Front had only dreamed of. Supported by Lawrence and his Arab irregulars, the Desert Mounted Corps swept across the Turkish rear, destroying three armies in the process. Turkey's war was over and the days of the tottering Ottoman Empire were numbered. This was a British 'Blitzkrieg' with a speed of advance that stunned the world twenty years before Germany's Panzers rolled across Europe.

Genres: History, World War I, Military History, Nonfiction

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Bryan Perrett was born in 1934 and educated at Liverpool College. He served in the Royal Armoured Corps, the 17th/21st Lancers, Westminster Dragoons, and the Royal Tank Regiment, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.A professional military historian for many years, his books include "A History of the Blitzkrieg" and "Knights of the Black Cross - Hitler's Panzerwaffe and its Leaders". His treatise Desert Warfare was widely consulted during the Gulf War. His most recent works, including "Last Stand, At All Costs" and "Against all Odds" examine aspects of motivation. During the Falklands and Gulf Wars Bryan Perrett served as Defense Correspondent to the Liverpool Echo. His books are widely read on both sides of the Atlantic and have been translated into several languages.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent overview of Allenby's final push from Jerusalem to Damascus, but marred by repetitions and what seems to be hasty/sloppy editing.

[Станислав · Rating 3 out of 5]

Третья Армагеддонская!
По сути ничего интересного: британцы подкопили сил и вынесли Ближневосточный турецкий фронт и их немногочисленных немецких союзников. Британцы любят символизм, поэтому вместо какой-нибудь скучной: "наступательная операция левантийского участка ближневосточного направления второстепенного удара", превратили это в библейскую битву "Третья битва при Армагеддоне" , таким образом Тутмос III, внезапно оказался героем первой битвы. Иронично, что британцы здесь играли с египетской стороны. Командовал ими человек со знаковой фамилией Алленби, что на арабском звучало примерно как "Алла-эн-Наби", "Пророк Божий". Со стороны пустыни действовала арабская армия Фейсала и Томас Лоуренс "Эмир-динамит", который к тому времени окончательно обалдел и ехал на верблюде весь в белом во главе самых отчаянных арабских головорезов во всём пёстром. Я давно читал "Восстание в пустыне" и эта книга даёт расширенное понимание событий.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

The battle of Megiddo was one of the most complete and decisive victories of the First World War. This book, with very good maps, does an excellent job of describing the campaign.

[Şevki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Türk tarafını basiretsiz yapılan her başarılı işi almanlara mal eden bir yazım biçimi var. Arapların ihaneti hakkında düzgün bilgi veriyor sayılabilir.

[HsynBuendia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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