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Seizing Damascus by Dr Jean Bou

Australian Light Horse enter Damascus, 1918
Conflict:
First World War (1914-18)
Service:
Army

Dr Jean Bou examines the dramatic events in Palestine in the last months of the Great War, when a great offensive led to a rapid British advance over hundreds of miles. An advance in which the Australian Light Horse played a considerable role.

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