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This is part two of the Turkish War of Independence of 1919 to 1922.

In the previous episode, I described how in the last couple of months of 1917,

the Ottomans lost decisive battles in Mesopotamia, the Arabian Peninsula and Palestine,

with the loss of the key cities of Baghdad, Mecca and Jerusalem.

The close alliance forged between the Turks and Germans was beginning to fray,

as arguments broke out as to who was to blame for the defeats,

and Turkish papers routinely blame the Germans for food and fuel shortages. However, events in Russia appeared to suddenly give the Ottomans a new lease of life.

When Linnens Bolsheviks, who took over St. Petersburg and Moscow after the October Revolution,

brought Russia out of the war, this immediately relieved pressure on the Ottoman-Russian battle lines around the Black Sea.

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