In this book, published for the first time, Atilhan, who recounts with candor the betrayals and mistakes he personally witnessed during the 1917-18 Gaza Battles and the defeat that resulted in the loss of Palestine and Syria, also makes some significant revelations. He describes with complete transparency how 7th Army Commander Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s withdrawal without any resistance against General Allenby’s forces caused the collapse of the 4th and 8th Armies and the entire front, and even writes, based on witnesses, that they had town criers search the streets of Damascus for İsmet İnönü, who had abandoned his forces and fled, but were unable to find him.