Orient Express Podcast

19/10/2022

16/10/2022

Good morning with another episode!

Today, we will discuss a Kurdish rebellion of Isma´il Aqa – a Kurdish chieftan known as Simko who became a prominent figure during the First World War and the subsequent interwar period in the Middle East theatre. The first part is aiming to provide the listeners with the overall description of the Kurdish clan society and its customs and habits that stood behind the subsequent successful career of the Kurdish chieftain Simko. This episode will dive deeper into the structure of the Kurdish society, its decision-making processes, political role within Persia and the Ottoman empire and also the starting years of Simko´s rebellion. All this and more in this new episode.
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Thank you for your interest in the Middle East!

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09/10/2022

Greetings!

Allow me to present you the next episode of my Middle East history podcast.
This episode discusses the Indian contribution to the British war effort in the Middle East during the First World War. In this matter, the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force went through a dynamic process of Indianization through which Great Britain supplement domestic British soldiers in the Middle East with Indian expeditionary forces due to the need to continually refill its military personnel on the Western Front. As such, the Indian expeditionary force was designed to operate as the strategic imperial reserve of the British army and thanks to this role, Great Britain was able to attain its presence in various theatres of war during the First World War. Within this topic, we shall look upon the historical development of the Indian army under the British rule and its engagement and specific role in the Middle Eastern battlefields of Egypt and Palestine.
If you find this episode interesting, don´t forget to tell your friends. As always, thank you for being a fan of this podcast. 😊

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02/10/2022

Dear fans and listeners, allow me to present you with yet another episode of our history podcast!

This time, we shall focus on the British campaign in Mesopotamia in which the British Empire suffered one of the worst military defeats when its 6th division surrendered at K*t Al-Amara in 1916. The episode provides political-military background that describes the motives and reasons for opening up the Mesopotamian front as well as the description of which administrative bodies stood behind the Mesopotamian campaign. It also dwells into the overall campaign progress that started with the British success and capture of Basra, continued with the British failure and defeat at K*t Al-Amara until it finally ended with the British victory and capture of Baghdad and Mosul in 1918.
If you find this episode interesting, don´t forget to tell your friends. As always, thank you for being a fan of this podcast. 😊

Enjoy!

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25/09/2022

Dear fans and listeners, allow me to present you with yet another episode of our history podcast!

This time, we shall look upon the wartime activities of the Ottoman´s Secrete Service (Teskilat-i Mahsusa) in Iran. This episode aims to describe the domestic political situation in Iran and its willingness to work with the Ottoman´s Secret Service that aimed to win the support of the local population and politicians and turned them against the British and Russian interests in the region in accordance with the Enver Pasha´s dream to create a pan-Turanian alliance against the Entente powers in the Middle East and with his vision to secure eastern territory for the Ottoman Empire as an compensation for the loss of European territory before the First World War.
If you find this episode interesting, don´t forget to tell your friends. As always, thank you for being a fan of this podcast. 😊

Enjoy!

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18/09/2022

Greetings!

Its Sunday again and therefore allow me to present you with a new episode of our Middle East history podcast.

In the last episode, we were focusing on the political process within the Ottoman Empire and in today´s episode, we are going to dwell deeper into the social and economic background of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. We shall discuss the major economic shortcomings and problems that people had to encounter during the wartime as well as demographic and societal impacts of the First World War upon the population of the empire.

If you find this episode interesting, don´t forget to tell your friends. As always, thank you for being a fan of this podcast. 😊

Enjoy!

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11/09/2022

Good morning with another episode!

In the last few episodes, we have talked about the foreign powers and their interest in the Middle East and therefore allow me to turn the page and present you with an episode that focus on the political development in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War!

This episode aims to describe the main centres of power within the Ottoman administrative and assess what power dynamics were keeping the Ottoman´s government intact during the war. Furthermore, it is also discussing the civil-military relations of the Ottoman officials and army and the role of the last two sultans in terms of their factual power upon the domestic and foreign policy of the Ottoman empire.
I hope you find this episode interesting and if you do, I will be more than glad for its sharing.

Thank you for your interest in the Middle East!

Enjoy 😊

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04/09/2022

Dear fans and listeners, allow me to present you with yet another episode of our history podcast!

This episode builds upon the already discussed political motives of Germany´s engagement in the Middle East. We are going to talk about the so-called Asien-korps – the First World War relative of the more famously known Afrikakorps and its concrete military involvement in the Middle Eastern war theatres such as Palestine or Caucasus. In this matter, the experience of the German expeditionary force is supplemented with concrete memoirs of its participants that managed to return to Germany after the end of the First World War. All this and more, in today´s episode of the Orient Express podcast.
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28/08/2022

Greetings!

Its Sunday again and therefore allow me to present you with a new episode of our Middle East history podcast. In the last one, we have talked about the Australians and New Zealanders and in this week´s episode, we shall talk about …Germany!

We are going to focus on the political motives that stood behind the Germany´s military and political involvement in the Middle East during the Great War. We are going to discuss the historical background of Germany´s presence and intentions in the region, its military mission and last, but not least, its cooperation with the Ottoman Empire.
If you find this episode interesting, don´t forget to tell your friends. As always, thank you for being a fan of this podcast. 😊

Enjoy!

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21/08/2022

Good morning with another episode!

In the last few episodes, we have come across the already mentioned Australian and New Zealand troops that fought in the Middle East during the Great War and I have decided that it is time to dedicate a whole episode to these forces and their stories.
In this week´s episode, we shall talk about the involvement of Australian and New Zealand troops in the Middle Eastern battlefield. The so-called ANZAC corps and its present-day identity partially stands upon its battle successes in the Middle East during the Great War since this theatre was the first major battlefield in which the Australian and New Zealand troops participate. We are going to discuss what was so specific about the Australian and New Zealand troops, how they spent their free time and much more.
I hope you find this episode interesting and if you do, I will be more than glad for its sharing.

Thank you for your interest in the Middle East!

Enjoy 😊

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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/orient-express-middle-east-history-podcast/id1632803667?fbclid=IwAR3aJ0QlgS4kLHw2SoDGiuIyngHHfb9AxqywUbOYJ5_L9EflK19bEb5dTe4