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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About the Author:
Alan Moorehead OBE, was born in Australia in 1910, but resided in England and Italy for most of his life from 1937-83. He was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile: The White Nile and The Blue Nile. His trilogy The Desert War on the North African campaign 1940-43 in which he reported events on the frontline is still seen as a definitive account.
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0345330889
- ISBN 13 9780345330888
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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