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(Preview) World War Civ 40: How Britain Took Palestine in 1917
Manage episode 418397920 series 2481962
(A preview of the latest episode of Justin Podur's World War Civ series on his very excellent Anti-Empire Project podcast)
General Allenby, Sharif Hussein and his son Feisal, and their handler TE Lawrence array the forces of the British Empire and the Arab Revolt against the Turco-German forces in Palestine. The battle starts in Gaza and ends with Allenby walking into the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem. The story of the fateful campaign that brought British imperialism to Palestine (and Lebanon, and Syria…). We note that the British found Gaza to be a “fortress” from which it was impossible to dislodge the Turkish forces; Justin felt TE Lawrence was overrated, just another imperialist; and we compare admiration of the stoicism with which Allenby took news of his son’s death, with an analogous situation today.
https://podur.org/2024/05/13/world-war-civ-40-how-britain-took-palestine-in-1917/
503 episodes
Manage episode 418397920 series 2481962
(A preview of the latest episode of Justin Podur's World War Civ series on his very excellent Anti-Empire Project podcast)
General Allenby, Sharif Hussein and his son Feisal, and their handler TE Lawrence array the forces of the British Empire and the Arab Revolt against the Turco-German forces in Palestine. The battle starts in Gaza and ends with Allenby walking into the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem. The story of the fateful campaign that brought British imperialism to Palestine (and Lebanon, and Syria…). We note that the British found Gaza to be a “fortress” from which it was impossible to dislodge the Turkish forces; Justin felt TE Lawrence was overrated, just another imperialist; and we compare admiration of the stoicism with which Allenby took news of his son’s death, with an analogous situation today.
https://podur.org/2024/05/13/world-war-civ-40-how-britain-took-palestine-in-1917/
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