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Otto Liman von Sanders
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1915
March
25
Liman von Sanders takes command at the Dardanelles
At the end of March 1915 Enver Pasha gave General Otto Liman von Sanders the new 5th Army, tasked with defending the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli peninsula.
1916
January
07
Start of the evacuation of Cape Helles
On 7 January 1916 the Turks attacked at Helles, but their assault collapsed. That night another 2,300 soldiers left the cape, leaving 17,000 ashore.
1918
March
27
Attack on Amman
From 27 to 30 March 1918 Australian and New Zealand horsemen, the Camel Brigade and London infantry assaulted Amman. In rain and mud they failed to take it.
September
20
Capture of Nazareth and Beisan
On 20 September 1918 British cavalry reached the Jezreel Valley, took Afula and Beisan and burst into Nazareth. Liman von Sanders barely escaped capture.