Monday, February 26, 2018

The Explorers' Club, № DCII

Operation AXIOM: The World War
19-21 February 1918: The Capture of Jericho—British & A.N.Z.A.C. forces, having consolidated their hold on Jerusalem & the Gaza-Beersheba line, advanced into the Jordan River Valley, to secure their eastern flank in order to advance north of Jerusalem & into Transjordan & Syria; Enver Pasha fired his German theater commander, Erich von Falkenhayn, replacing him with Otto Liman von Sanders.




Lest we forget.

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