Railway Defensive Measures in Egypt in the First World War
Abstract
Between February 1915 and August 1916 Ottoman forces attacked the Suez Canal across the Sinai Desert. The British, despite many other pressures at the time, were compelled first to create a network of rail-served direct defences east of the Canal and then to push the Ottoman forces back into Palestine, constructing a standard-gauge line across Sinai to supply their forces as they did so.
Fields of Study & Subjects
World Wars: History
Literature
and Impact
Military History and Strategy
Military history and social perspectives
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 59–73
- Publication date
- 5 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter