{"id":56725,"date":"2020-04-27T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=56725"},"modified":"2020-08-15T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T21:20:56","slug":"spoils-of-war-for-britain-and-france-redrawing-the-map-of-the-middle-east-i-the-great-war-1920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/04\/27\/spoils-of-war-for-britain-and-france-redrawing-the-map-of-the-middle-east-i-the-great-war-1920\/","title":{"rendered":"Spoils of War for Britain and France &#8211; Redrawing the Map of the Middle East I THE GREAT WAR 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qRsHqP-QHGQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 25 Apr 2020<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Curiosity Stream and Nebula &#8211; and get 40% off annual plans right now: <a href=\"https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>100 years ago at the conference of San Remo, one thing became clear: Great Britain and France wanted control over the Middle East. Justified by the fighting in the previous years and painted as &#8220;liberators&#8221; of the Middle Eastern minorities, the new map of the Middle East emerged &#8211; under the cover of the League of Nations Mandate system.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><br \/>\nMerchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.de\/thegreatwar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.de\/thegreatwar\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nKarsh, Efraim &#038; Karsh, Inari, <em>Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East 1789-1923<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1999)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dans Le Levant&#8221; <em>Le Temps<\/em>, August 31, 1919 issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=qRsHqP-QHGQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k243751f%2Ff2.item.r%3Dpatriarche&#038;redir_token=zM9WlcOpz0JXphtEI74Io8_VnYx8MTU4ODAwOTQxMEAxNTg3OTIzMDEw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lloyd George, David, <em>Memoirs of the Peace Conference<\/em>, (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1939) vol. 2<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mounted Rifles Units&#8221; <em>New Zealand History<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=qRsHqP-QHGQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fnzhistory.govt.nz%2Fwar%2Fauckland-mounted-rifles%2F1914&#038;redir_token=zM9WlcOpz0JXphtEI74Io8_VnYx8MTU4ODAwOTQxMEAxNTg3OTIzMDEw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nzhistory.govt.nz\/war\/aucklan&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paris, Timothy J. <em>Britain, The Hashemites and Arab Rule 1920-1925<\/em>, (London : Frank Cass, 2003)<\/p>\n<p>Provence, Michael, <em>The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East<\/em>, (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017)<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill, Robert, <em>Official History of Australia in the War of 1914\u20131918, Volume VII &#8211; The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914\u20131918<\/em>, (Australian War Memorial, 1941)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;King-Crane Commission Digital Collection&#8221; Oberlin College Library. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=qRsHqP-QHGQ&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fdcollections.oberlin.edu%2Fcdm%2Fsingleitem%2Fcollection%2Fkingcrane%2Fid%2F722%2Frec%2F32&#038;redir_token=zM9WlcOpz0JXphtEI74Io8_VnYx8MTU4ODAwOTQxMEAxNTg3OTIzMDEw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dcollections.oberlin.edu\/cdm\/s&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOCIAL MEDIA<br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/the_great_war\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/the_great_war<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WW1_Series\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WW1_Series<\/a><br \/>\nReddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/TheGreatWarChannel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/TheGreatWarChannel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller &#038; 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