"Palestine 1917" (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

World War I was a global war and one of the theaters of that war was the Middle East. The British who had a long standing colonial interest in the region made it part of their strategy to protect Middle Eastern oil supplies which were needed by the Royal Navy. In this conflict Britain was pitted against the Turkish forces of the Ottoman Empire and their German allies. Below is a contemporary photograph of some of the British soldiers involved in the Middle Eastern Campaign. Note especially the figure in the back row of the photograph who is wearing a tropical helmet and the army blue-grey collarless shirt typical of uniforms in that theater of the war. Below the photograph are 2 illustrations from the Osprey Men-At-Arms volume THE BRITISH ARMY 1914-1918, showing the tropical helmet and blue-grey shirt worn with khaki shorts. In the second frame of this thread is my diorama commemorating this lesser known part of WWI

 

[PolarBear]

Here we see 2 members of the British Army, in tropical helmets, blue-grey shirts and khaki shorts keeping watch over a Sopwith Camel that has landed in the Sinai Desert. The figures are from W. Britain's Premier series and the airplane is a model by New-Ray. There were a number Sopwith Camels specifically assigned to the Middle East during World War I

 

[kogu]

Wonderful, Randy,
while the figures are very nice indeed you also do have a beautiful airplane there.
Another very professional setup.
Thanks!
Konrad

 

[craig1985taylor]

thanks for the bit of background info on the middle eastern campaign always nice to learn a bit about the models i own!!! great photo 2 im loving that sopwith camel more & more every time i see it

 

[Russell]

I love that plane.