Agaoglu, Sami2024-09-292024-09-2920172147-0626https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v6i2.637https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/8001According to Germany's demand, Ottoman Empire opened Canal Front which is one of the most important front lines of WWI to pass the Suez Canal and attack Egypt. There were two massive attacks between Ottoman and British. The first clash occured in 1915 and second took place in 1916. Result of Ottoman forces struggle with the British troops, Ottoman Empire were defeated but then Ottoman Empire counter attacked. They tried to prevent British attacks in the campaigns of Sinai and Palestine. The paper deals with the First and the Second Battle of Gaza that repelled English forces, the third Gaza Battle and its result, Yildirim Army Group (or Thunderbolt Army Group) of the Ottoman Empire that was formed in order to prevent advance of attackers and siege and fall of Jerusalem. Therefore, subsequent failures of the campaign and retreating to the Anatolia started. The research paper was based on archival documents, primary&secondary sources and memoirs.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGazaPalestineBritainAllenbyVon KressCemal PashaArticle10.7596/taksad.v6i2.63733523076WOS:000403910400017N/A