Gallipoli

Gallipoli

by Macleod, Jenny

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The British-led Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that attacked the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli in 1915 was a multi-national affair, including Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French, and Indian soldiers. Ultimately a failure, the campaign ended with the withdrawal of the Allied forces after less than nine months and the unexpected victory of the Ottoman armies and their German allies. In Britain, the campaign led to the removal of Churchill from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and the a…

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  • Full title :Gallipoli.

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The British-led Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that attacked the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli in 1915 was a multi-national affair, including Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French, and Indian soldiers. Ultimately a failure, the campaign ended with the withdrawal of the Allied forces after less than nine months and the unexpected victory of the Ottoman armies and their German allies. In Britain, the campaign led to the removal of Churchill from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and the abandonment of the plan to attack Germany via its 'soft underbelly' in the East. Thereafter, it was lar.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191035227, 019103522X
  • oclc:ocn916923426
  • LC Classification:D568.3
  • Dewey Decimal:940.426

Table of Contents

Cover; Great Battles: Gallipoli; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of figures; List of Maps; Maps; 1: Introduction; 2: Origins; The Decision to Attack at the Dardanelles; The Making of British Strategy; From Ships Alone to an Invasion Force; The Naval Attack; 3: Invasion; Gathering Forces; The Commanders Make Their Preparations; Anzac: 25 April 1915; Cape Helles: 25 April 1915; Diversions; A Bloody Reckoning; 4: Stalemate; Krithia; Sanitation and Hospital Provision; The August Battles: Anzac; The August Battles: Suvla; Endgame; Anatomy of a Victory.

5: Australia and the Civil Religion of AnzacA Nation in Waiting; The Origins of Anzac Day; The Evolution of Anzac Day in the 1920s and 1930s; Anzac Day after the Second World War; A Civil Religion Born Again: Anzac Day After 1990; Twenty-First-Century Anzac Day in Australia; 6: New Zealand and Anzac; New Zealand before Anzac Day; The Origins of Anzac Day in New Zealand; Anzac Day in the 1920s and 1930s in New Zealand; Anzac Day in New Zealand after the Second World War; Anzac Day in New Zealand since 1990; 7: Britain and Ireland: Gallipoli Day or Anzac Day?; A Very British Campaign.

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Subjects

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Campagnes… Historiography HISTORY -- Western. -- Europe Military campaigns Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Tu…

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Macleod, Jenny

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