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Location: Vaal Krantz, Battle of South Africa

Britain, in possession of the Suez Canal …

Years: 1912 - 1923
Britain, in possession of the Suez Canal and playing a dominant role in India and Egypt, attaches great strategic importance to the Near and Middle East.

British policy, however, espouses conflicting objectives; as a result, London becomes involved in three distinct and contradictory negotiations concerning the fate of the region.