| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations (16 pages plates) |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Origins of the naval offensive -- 2: From ships to troops -- 3: Worst-laid plans -- 4: Rise and fall of the naval attack -- 5: No going back -- 6: Military plan -- 7: Bodies everywhere: the Helles landings -- 8: Perfect hail of bullets: landing and consolidation at Anzac -- 9: Killing fields of Krithia -- 10: Last throw in the south -- 11: Plans of August -- 12: Assault on Sari Bair -- 13: Suvla Bay: the scapegoat battle -- 14: War as we must: the political debate -- 15: Campaign not won -- Reflections on Gallipoli -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Overview: World War I's Gallipoli campaign was an ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten the war by eliminating Turkey, creating a Balkan alliance against the Central Powers, and securing a sea route to Russia. Now in paperback, this is the definitive report of this dramatic and tragic operation |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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| SUBJECT |
Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) -- History, Military
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Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula
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Halbinsel Gelibolu -- Schlacht.
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300159912 |
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0300159919 |
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