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TIL at the Battle of Megiddo, General Allenby won one of the most decisive victories during WWI against the Ottoman Empire. He attacked through the narrow Musmus Pass, a risky tactic he had learned from reading about Egyptian Pharao Thutmose III during the Battle of Megiddo in the 15th century BCE

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