Gallipoli Children's Books and the Ottoman Empire

and the Ottoman Empire

and the lives lost

the everyday tactics of dynamic movement and slow attrition

but remained active until the end of the war and contributed to improving the offensive capacity of the German infantry

Gallipoli Children's Books and the Ottoman EmpireDescription by Alan Moorehead Paperback When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill, as Sea Lord for the British, conceived a plan: smash through the Dardanelles, reopen the Straits to Russia, and immobilize the Turks. On the night of March 18, 1915, this plan nearly succeeded the Turks were virtually beaten. But poor communication left the Allies in the dark, allowing the Turks to prevail and the Allies to suffer a