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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Maps; Glossary; Foreword; Introduction: The Issues; Chapter 1 The Gallipoli Peninsula; Chapter 2 Genesis of the Gallipoli Campaign; Chapter 3 Pre-War Geographical Intelligence; Chapter 4 Terrain Intelligence at the Outbreak of War; Chapter 5 Intelligence from March 1915; Chapter 6 The First Operations Maps; Chapter 7 Gallipoli from the Air; Chapter 8 Admiralty Hydrographic Surveys; Chapter 9 Captured Maps and New Maps; Chapter 10 Repeating the Mistakes: the Suvla Landings; Chapter 11 Retrospect |
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Appendix I Military Report on Eastern Turkey in Europe, 1905Appendix II NID 838 May, 1908, Turkey, Coast Defences; Appendix III WO Report on the Defences of Constantinople, 1909; Appendix IV Samson's Report on Landing Places at Kaba Tepe, 1910; Appendix V Manual of Combined Naval and Military Operations, 1913; Appendix VI Dowson's Notes on Mapping from Aeroplane photographs in the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915; Appendix VII Dowson's Report on Visit to Gallipoli, July 1915; Bibliography; Authors' Note; Copyright |
| Summary |
The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth - that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part - even Lawrence of Arabia had done his bit! The War Office knew all about Greek plans to capture the peninsula and one plan was even Anglo-Greek. The authors examine all the intelligence and how it was used or ignored and in the process, in the words of the late Richard Holmes they 'illuminate a wildly beautiful landscape, which never fails to charm and shock me in equal measure.' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Cartography
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Cartography.
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Military campaigns.
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Military intelligence.
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Great Britain.
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Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Doyle, Peter, 1960- author
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| ISBN |
9780750963572 |
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0750963573 |
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