In the Sykes-Picot agreement, concluded on May 19, 1916, France and Britain divided up the Arab territories of the former Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence. Also, Britain and France would retain free passage and trade in the other's zone of influence.
Nearly as many men died in captivity during the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the ... Military Deaths in American Wars ... The Civil War Trust does not agree with this claim.
