Grasping Gallipoli

Terrain Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I
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Author: Peter Chasseaud ISBN: 9780750963572
Publisher: The History Press Publication: March 2, 2015
Imprint: Spellmount Publishers Ltd Language: English
Author: Peter Chasseaud
ISBN: 9780750963572
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: March 2, 2015
Imprint: Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Language: English

The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth—that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part—even Lawrence of Arabia had done his bit! The War Office knew all about Greek plans to capture the peninsula, and one plan was even Anglo-Greek. The authors examine all the intelligence and how it was used or ignored and in the process, in the words of the late Richard Holmes, they "illuminate a wildly beautiful landscape, which never fails to charm and shock me in equal measure."

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The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth—that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part—even Lawrence of Arabia had done his bit! The War Office knew all about Greek plans to capture the peninsula, and one plan was even Anglo-Greek. The authors examine all the intelligence and how it was used or ignored and in the process, in the words of the late Richard Holmes, they "illuminate a wildly beautiful landscape, which never fails to charm and shock me in equal measure."

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