- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New Ed edition (28 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750936398
- ISBN-13: 978-0750936392
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 524,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Military Trader, "September 2006
..".""a judicious, straightforward account of the campaign from the Allied point-of-view."
..".""a judicious, straightforward account of the campaign from the Allied point-of-view."
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Sacred ground of lost endeavour' or 'Hell heaped up'? Controversy still rages today about the Gallipoli campaign, inspired by Winston Churchill and designed to knock Turkey out of the First World War, thereby opening a supply route to arms-starved Russia. Was it one of the greatest blunders of the war, misconceived from the start and mishandled by tacticians? Or was it a strategic masterstroke, ruined by incompetence on the spot? Whichever view is accepted, the campaign was of decisive importance, its failure paving the way first to the collapse of the Imperial Russian army and later to socialist revolution. Damn the Dardanelles! is much more than just another account of the action in the field. John Laffin has written a critical and challenging analysis of the whole campaign, assisted by detailed maps and contemporary photographs. He examines the premises on which it was conceived, the way it was executed, the personalities of the generals and the conflicts amongst them. The author's introduction declares that 'the purpose of this book is to explain the defeat, to apportion the blame, and to let the soldiers speak.Here he provides a forthright treatment of a subject which still continues to grip the imaginations of people throughout the world
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I own an original copy of this book in hardback.
Excellent account of the Anzac and Indian gains at the Dardenells.
Very balanced study of the campaign including the passion felt by
the Turkish defenders.
Worth buying. I am Turkish Cyriot and still love this book.
Excellent account of the Anzac and Indian gains at the Dardenells.
Very balanced study of the campaign including the passion felt by
the Turkish defenders.
Worth buying. I am Turkish Cyriot and still love this book.
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An excellent book by John Laffin,my only criticism is the lack of maps or plans in the book to give the reader a better understanding of the Gallipoli campaign.
The campaign to win the Gallipoli peninsula and so open up the way to keep Russia supplied during WW1 was an ill conceived, badly thought out and badly planned campaign.
The allied commanders seemed to underestimate the Turks, and fought the campaign along similar lines to the way the war was being fought on the Western Front.
They didn't properly take into account the terrain they were fighting on, trying to gain a foothold on what was basically a cliff- face, with the Turks picking off troops as they were landing and trying to attack uphill.
The senior officers in charge of the campaign had a total misunderstanding of how to fight on the terrain the troops were facing, so Allied troops- Anzacs, French and British, were getting killed in their thousands, because of senior officers who didn't have a clue what they were doing!
The Navy weren't allowed to back up the troops as they should have done, by shelling the Turkish positions, probably another decision that came from those supposedly in charge?
The maps of the area they were using were years out of date?
Troops were dying like flies from dysentry, lack of medical aid for wounds sustained in battle and probably dehydration from the lack of water? when have to fight for days on end with no sleep in the searing temperatures of the area.
All in all no wonder Gallipoli was the military disaster it was- the blame lies solely with the politicians and the senior military officers.
Men killed in their 1,000s for what?
The campaign to win the Gallipoli peninsula and so open up the way to keep Russia supplied during WW1 was an ill conceived, badly thought out and badly planned campaign.
The allied commanders seemed to underestimate the Turks, and fought the campaign along similar lines to the way the war was being fought on the Western Front.
They didn't properly take into account the terrain they were fighting on, trying to gain a foothold on what was basically a cliff- face, with the Turks picking off troops as they were landing and trying to attack uphill.
The senior officers in charge of the campaign had a total misunderstanding of how to fight on the terrain the troops were facing, so Allied troops- Anzacs, French and British, were getting killed in their thousands, because of senior officers who didn't have a clue what they were doing!
The Navy weren't allowed to back up the troops as they should have done, by shelling the Turkish positions, probably another decision that came from those supposedly in charge?
The maps of the area they were using were years out of date?
Troops were dying like flies from dysentry, lack of medical aid for wounds sustained in battle and probably dehydration from the lack of water? when have to fight for days on end with no sleep in the searing temperatures of the area.
All in all no wonder Gallipoli was the military disaster it was- the blame lies solely with the politicians and the senior military officers.
Men killed in their 1,000s for what?
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