General Edmund Allenby assumed command of British forces in Egypt only weeks before T.E. Lawrence returned from capturing Aqaba in 1917

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The pre-2022 Russian military strategic concept of active defense was designed to survive an initial NATO aerospace assault and prevail through attrition

The Prussian General Staff served as the foundational model for subsequent modern general staffs

Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus established a permanent staff function by combining infantry, cavalry, and light artillery in tactical doctrine

The modern organizational structure of the Russian General Staff was established during the Second World War

Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Imperial Russian military officers influenced by the Prussian model contributed to shaping the Soviet General Staff

Lieutenant General Vladimir Slipchenko proposed replacing conventional armed service branches with strategic offensive and strategic defensive commands focused on standoff missile strikes

While researching The Russian Understanding of War, Oskar Jonsson identified the Russian General Staff as the primary institution developing Russian military theory

Russian military theorists developed the concept of non-contact warfare in response to the United States military's performance in the 1991 Gulf War

The military concept of non-contact warfare was formulated by Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Slipchenko

Officers selected for the Russian General Staff are separated from their service branches in their late twenties or early thirties to attend General Staff academies

In November 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour authored a letter to Lord Walter Rothschild endorsing the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine

Arab conspirators in Greater Syria centered in Damascus were uncovered and mostly executed before the Arab Revolt began

The Arab Bureau originally proposed an Allied amphibious landing at Alexandretta in northern Syria rather than at Gallipoli

T.E. Lawrence told Prince Faisal not to rely on British promises and advised the Arab forces to secure their own independence by force

During a 10-day journey in the Hejaz, T.E. Lawrence met Sharif Hussein and his four sons: Ali, Abdullah, Faisal, and Zeid

T.E. Lawrence disclosed the secret terms of the Sykes-Picot Agreement to Prince Faisal on the Arabian coast

T.E. Lawrence traveled to the Red Sea with British officer Ronald Storrs to find ways to revitalize the Arab Revolt

General Edmund Allenby took command in Cairo following two disastrous frontal assaults at Gaza overseen by his predecessor

In October 1917, T.E. Lawrence told British Member of Parliament George Lloyd that he was no longer fighting for the British government, but for the Arabs

The Arab Revolt began four months before T.E. Lawrence arrived in the Arabian Peninsula