WWI Sinai and Palestine Campaign Gaza Front Ottoman Empire Military Map

WWI Sinai and Palestine Campaign – Gaza Front

Description:
An Ottoman Turkish military map depicting the Gaza Front during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I. The map illustrates the telegraph and telephone infrastructure established by the Ottoman forces on the battlefield. Labels include terms such as:

• “Muhasara ordusunun bir mıntıkasında telgraf müfrezesi tarafından tesis edilen muhabere irtibatı” (communication lines established by the telegraph detachment of the siege army)

• “Menzil tahliye mevki” (range evacuation position)

• “İkinci piyade fırkası mıntıkası” (area of the 2nd Infantry Division)

• “Telefon ve telgraf merkezine havi tel nakli” (telephone wire transmission to the telephone and telegraph center)

This map provides a rare insight into how the Ottoman Army organized communication networks at the front during WWI.

Key Features:

• Dimensions: 45 × 29.1 cm

• Period: World War I

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• Condition: Preserved; historical annotations clearly legible

• Significance: Demonstrates Ottoman military engineering and communications on the Gaza front