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In which campaign did Allenby fight against the Ottomans?

  • Sinai and Palestine Campaign

  • Gallipoli Campaign

  • Italian Front

  • Western Front

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In the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, General Edmund Allenby led British forces against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. This campaign took place between 1915 and 1918 in the Middle Eastern theaters of war, primarily in the Sinai Peninsula and Palestine (present-day Israel and Jordan). Allenby's forces aimed to secure control of the Suez Canal, protect Egypt from Ottoman advances, and ultimately capture Jerusalem.
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