The Gallipoli Gamble - What were the factors that led to it's failure?
Date Submitted: 03/18/2004 20:27:28
I believe that the Allied Forces gamble at Gallipoli, to attack Constantinople and force Turkey to back out of the war failed miserably, due to such an ill thought out plan, terrible planning skills and bad organization.
's original idea, was simply to send in the Navy, without the support of the army as well, this actual plan began in February, two months before the army got involved as well. Lord Fisher did not want
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in disgrace.
organization, more experienced officers and much more planning could have made this bold plan work, which may have ended the war with Germany much more quickly. However, due to the rushed plans, and the attitude of Churchill hoping that his loose ends would work out as soon as they landed on the beaches, the plan fell through, and was doomed from the moment the first soldiers were gunned down on the Gallipoli beaches.
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