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Capture of Damascus

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1918Date range
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Chronological records

1918

Thomas Edward Lawrence of Arabia1 October 1918

Damascus · Warfare / World War, 1st

Enters Damascus after Arab and Allied forces take the city from the Ottoman Empire.

Names involved

Thomas Edward Lawrence of Arabia

Provenance

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