The Palestine Campaign - A Talk by Dr John Peaty preceded by brief branch AGM

Following three battles to break into Palestine at Gaza, the capture of Jerusalem and a spectacular victory at Megiddo (Armageddon) which finally broke the enemy forces, the Holy Land was freed from Turkish rule.

John Peaty is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Historical Society. He holds a PhD and MA in War Studies from King’s College London, where he also attended the intelligence studies programme, He served for many years on the Committee of the British Commission for Military History in the post of International Secretary