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Turning point · The Great War, 1914–1918
The Arab Revolt
10 Jun 1916 — Sharif Hussein of Mecca raises revolt against Ottoman rule, on British promises of Arab independence. His sons’ armies — with a liaison officer named T. E. Lawrence — will cut the Hejaz railway and enter Damascus in 1918.
This is one scene of Chapter 7 — The World’s War in The Great War, 1914–1918.
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