This article contrasts how it dealt with malaria on two of these fronts, the Macedonia front and the Palestine front. One front result- ed in a failure of the Army to protect itself against the disease, with the other front resulting in successful pro- tection of its troops, enabling those troops to create a decisive victory. The paper briefly explains the major dif- ferences between the two fronts, including the different attempts to deal with the disease, and draws lessons for contemporary malaria elimination efforts.
Opinion: How malaria was ‘weaponised’ by the British Army during World War I
During the first World War (1914-1918), the British Army found itself confronting enemy armies in several countries in which malaria potentially hampered its ability to engage with the enemy.