Gallipoli campaign
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- Created on: 22-02-15 15:24
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- Gallipoli Campaign
- Helles beach
- Gallipoli Campaign
- Under hail of machine gun fire
- Impractical to clear minefields
- Origins
- No danger of trench warfare
- Sulvla bay
- Withdrawal
- Submarine campaign
- In April 1915, British, French and ANZAC troops attacked Helles beach
- Helles beach
- Under hail of machine gun fire
- Impractical to clear minefields
- Helles beach
- They had to dig trenches to get out of the way of the firing line
- By May, the British had lost thousands of troops
- Reduce pressure on other fronts
- Origins
- No danger of trench warfare
- Origins
- Improve the sea routes
- Turkey was one of Germany's most vulnerable allies
- Stalemate on the Western Front
- Use of subs to attack Constantinople
- Submarine campaign
- Submarine campaign
- Sank large numbers of turk warships and merchant vessels
- August, General Sir Ian Hamilton ordered an attack on Sulvla bay
- Sulvla bay
- Sulvla bay
- Involved over 60,000 soldiers
- Didn't break through the turks
- Frostbite from the cold Turkish weather
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawal
- By November 2915, troops were short of supplies
- Weren't making any progress
- March 1915, Warships began their assault on strong forts that lined Dardanelles
- Rear-Admiral Robeck decided the army should launch a land invasion and capture Dardanelles
- 3 British and French battle cruisers sank
- British lost 2/3 of their battleships
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