Gallipoli: The Doomed Campaign That Shaped Nations: The ANZAC Legend, Churchill's Gamble, and the Birth of Modern Turkey
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Sep 2026 · Miguel Muñoz
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Gallipoli. The Doomed Campaign That Shaped Nations. In April 1915, Allied forces landed on the rocky shores of the Gallipoli peninsula in one of the most ambitious and ultimately catastrophic operations of the First World War. Winston Churchill's bold plan to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war, relieve Russia, and break the Western Front stalemate ended in eight months of grinding combat, over 140,000 Allied casualties, and an evacuation that rescued the men but could not rescue the reputation of those who sent them. This book tells the full story of Gallipoli from every angle: Churchill's strategic gamble and the navy's failed attempt to force the Straits, the landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles where men died before they reached dry land, the Turkish defense shaped by the extraordinary leadership of Mustafa Kemal, the brutal summer stalemate, the failed August offensive, and the brilliantly executed evacuation. It gives equal weight to British, ANZAC, and Turkish perspectives, recovering the human experience of a campaign that created three national myths. For Australia and New Zealand, Gallipoli was the birth of national identity; for Turkey, it was the foundation of a republic; for Britain, it was a cautionary lesson in the limits of bold strategy. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how catastrophe becomes legend.
Gallipoli. The Doomed Campaign That Shaped Nations. In April 1915, Allied forces landed on the rocky shores of the Gallipoli peninsula in one of the most ambitious and ultimately catastrophic operations of the First World War. Winston Churchill's bold plan to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the w...
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