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Pyramids and Fleshpots by Stuart Hadaway

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Stuart will provide an overview of the campaigns in and around Egypt in 1914 -16.  In 1914, the Suez Canal was seen as 'the jugular vein of the British Empire' and disrupting it could have disastrous implications on the war effort.  Over the next two years, this forgotten corner of the war would see repeated attempts by the Ottoman Empire to cut...