In our timeline, Egypt was a crucial base of operations for the Entente, serving as a training ground for Commonwealth forces (particularly, the Anzacs) and served as a jumping off point for the Gallipoli campaign and for the Entente offensive into Ottoman-controlled Arabia. Most crucially, it was the home of the Suez Canal.
But in an alternate timeline, Egypt's rulers do not bankrupt their country and it remains a part of the Ottoman Empire, along with the Sudan. As a result, they also retain control of Libya after winning the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottomans allow the British to construct the Suez Canal as a sort of good will gesture, but they draw up plans for it's capture in the event of war.
How does the Middle Eastern theatre develop with these conditions in place? Would the Arab Revolt still happen? How long will the war be extended? Will there be trench warfare in the Middle East? Or more pertinently, is there even going to be a Middle Eastern campaign? Would the Ottomans be willing to go to war with Britain and potentially lose their holdings?
But in an alternate timeline, Egypt's rulers do not bankrupt their country and it remains a part of the Ottoman Empire, along with the Sudan. As a result, they also retain control of Libya after winning the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottomans allow the British to construct the Suez Canal as a sort of good will gesture, but they draw up plans for it's capture in the event of war.
How does the Middle Eastern theatre develop with these conditions in place? Would the Arab Revolt still happen? How long will the war be extended? Will there be trench warfare in the Middle East? Or more pertinently, is there even going to be a Middle Eastern campaign? Would the Ottomans be willing to go to war with Britain and potentially lose their holdings?