An epic of gallantry and folly -- the whole story of the most controversial campaign of modern times.The Allied campaign against 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 ...
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An epic of gallantry and folly -- the whole story of the most controversial campaign of modern times.The Allied campaign against 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.ONE OF THE MOST STAGGERING STORIES OF WAR EVER TOLD
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Citing many sources, especially first-hand diaries from those who participated in the events, Moorehead reviews the decisions and their repercussions in the Battles for Gallipoli in WWI. It is hard to imagine worse decisions, for worse reasons, than those that precipitated the disaster at Gallipoli. The leaders were incompetent both in London AND on the battlefield. All that saves Churchill from ignominy is his brilliance in WWII.
