The Gallipoli Campaign

By John D. Burt

The genesis of the Gallipoli Campaign was the western front as it became a troop-devouring stalemate at the end of 1914. In Britain alternative approaches came from the Admiralty, led at the time by Winston Churchill. He proposed several options he believed would be better than continuing to “chew barbed wire in Flanders.” Not surprisingly, he emphasized the use of Britain’s strongest military asset—the Royal Navy.

He initially favored taking one of the small islands off Germany’s northwest coast, which would allow for the establishment of a base from which to maintain a close-in blockade. It would also provide a jump-off point for further operations into the Baltic once the German fleet had come out—as it would have to do in the face of such a move—and been destroyed in a huge engagement. The army high command under Lord Horatio Kitchener would not support the idea, however, because it did not allow that service a share of the glory.

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• The Gallipoli Campaign, Part 1: A Strategic & Operational Analysis: The genesis of the Gallipoli campaign was the western front as it became a troop-devouring stalemate at the end of 1914. In Britain alternative approaches came from the Admiralty, led at the time by Winston Churchill. He proposed several options he believed would be better than continuing to “chew barbed wire in Flanders.”
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