After the big defeat in the Gallipoli Battles and huge loss of people, the Turks were in bad conditions, too. ... First the author explains that the French politicians were impressed by the idea of having some part of east in short-term (some land from a very developed agricultural society-Turkey-), the thought of capturing the Ottoman Empire's lands that include the middle-east which the French politicians can't wait to get a part from. ...

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Indeed, the war was skilfully portrayed as a game to be played, as in source F, where the East Surreys, somewhat naively, kick four footballs into no-mans land to launch the assault on enemy positions. ...

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