In April, allies land at Gallipoli to execute Churchill's plan to cut off Turkey

Category
War
Place
Turkey
Date
1915
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The Gallipoli campaign was a bold strategic plan--typical of Winston Churchill--but disastrously flawed in execution. The aim was to take control of the Gallipoli peninsula, thereby cutting off Turkey from her German and Austrian allies and possibly forcing her out of the war. . . . A third landing at Suvla Bay also failed, and in November 1915 the cabinet bowed to the inevitable and ordered evacuation. . . . The campaign left a sense of lasting bitterness among Australians at British military incompetence and (briefly) also cost Churchill his glittering career." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
World War I
1914
1918
Wars