[Cronos]

Interesting

The British actions against the Ottomans were textbook cases of what NOT to do -- they lost thousands in a silly battle for Gallipolli instead of attacking at Antioch (a chicken-neck allowing for support to Armenian and Arab revolts against the Turks

and

They lost thousands of British Indian troops fighting in Iraq in battles that were poorly supplied and planned.

[publius911]

GB was all for aiding Jews until they decided to abandon coal for the cleaner, more efficient oil burning Navy

Guess where all of the known oil was back then...