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The Ottoman Empire in World War I (Part 2) | Jerusalem, Baku & Megiddo
Fires of History · YouTube
Collection summary
An English-language YouTube documentary video covering the Ottoman Empire's final years in the First World War through the Jerusalem, Baku and Megiddo fronts.
Published on the "Fires of History" channel, this English-language video traces the Ottoman Empire's war after 1917, presenting the Russian revolution and imperial collapse as a renewed opportunity for the Ottomans. The Baku segment named in the title relates directly to the 1918 Ottoman campaign in the Caucasus and the Army of Islam's advance on Baku. For the collection it serves as general background and popular-history audiovisual material.
The source's own abstract
By 1917, the Ottoman Empire appeared to have found a second chance. The Russian Empire was collapsing in revolution.
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