GW20: The 1918 Middle Eastern Campaigns
Key Battles of American History
Key Battles of American History
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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In this episode, Sean and James examine the dramatic final campaigns of World War I in the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Italy before turning to the decisive 1918 Allied offensive in the Middle East. They focus on General Edmund Allenby’s brilliantly executed victory at the Battle of Megiddo, where British, Indian, Australian, and Arab forces shattered the Ottoman armies. The discussion explores the use of deception, airpower, and fast-moving cavalry that turned Megiddo into one of the war’s most complete operational victories. Finally, the hosts show how the fall of Damascus, the collapse of Ottoman resistance, and the Armistice of Mudros reshaped the political landscape of the modern Middle East.
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| 0:27.8 | andy wherever you get your podcasts war has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding |
| 0:40.8 | right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, |
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| 0:59.0 | through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars. |
| 1:02.8 | Here is your host, James Early. |
| 1:19.7 | Hello and welcome back to the Great War, our 10,000-foot survey of the cataclysmic conflict that changed the world forever. |
| 1:21.8 | I'm your host, James Early. |
| 1:30.5 | As always, and as always, I am joined by my co-host and my good buddy, Sean Mc McIra. In our last episode, Sean and I examined Germany's final bid for victory in 1918, the massive spring offensives, or Kaiser Schlacht, |
| 1:37.1 | that aimed to break the Allied line before American manpower could tip the balance. We traced |
| 1:42.8 | the dramatic sequence of operations from the initial |
| 1:45.6 | breakthrough of Operation Michael to the far-reaching assaults on the Lise, the N, and finally the Marn, |
| 1:52.6 | showing how early German successes dissolved into exhaustion, logistical collapse, and |
| 1:57.7 | strategic overreach. The discussion highlighted the emergence of unified Allied command under Ferdinfoche, |
| 2:04.8 | the accelerating impact of American forces, and the shifting operational dynamics |
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