Gallipoliby Alan Moorehead | |
| Category: |
"World History - Military" |
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| Pages: | 343 |
| Year of Publication: | 1956 |
| Date Read: | 06/23/1987 |
| Notes: | The Allied campaign againsst Gallipoli began in 1915 when the Turks went into World War I on Germany's side. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty in the British War Cabinet, conceived the plan of smashing through the Dardanelles with a fleet of old battleships and reopening the straits to Russian shipping. For years the Turks had been beaten in every battle they fought, and the project stood a reasonable chance of success. But what happened in the next nine months was a nightmare of lost opportunities, confused planning and military incompetence. |
| My Rating: | 8 |