Who planned the Gallipoli campaign?

In late November 1914, Churchill raised the idea of an attack on the Gallipoli Peninsula at a meeting of the British War Council. The council, led by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, Secretary of War Lord Kitchener, and Churchill, deemed the plan too risky.

Where did the Gallipoli campaign take place?

Gallipoli Peninsula
GeliboluDardanelles Strait
Gallipoli campaign/Locations

At dawn on 25 April 1915, Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Turkey. The Gallipoli campaign was the land-based element of a strategy intended to allow Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople (now Istanbul) and ultimately knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war.

Who won Battle of Gallipoli?

Ottoman Turks
April 25, 2015, marks the 100-year anniversary of an important battle in the First World War: it was a major defeat for the Allies (Britain, France and Russia) and a great victory for the Ottoman Turks (and their allies Germany and Austria-Hungary).

What was the Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign?

Gallipoli: An Australian Encyclopedia of the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign. McRae, Victoria: Slouch Hat Publications. ISBN 9780957975255. Erickson, Edward J. (2001) [2000]. Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0-313-31516-7. Gilbert, Greg (2013). “Air War Over the Dardanelles”.

When did the c.e.o.leave Gallipoli?

^ Appendix 1 of the French official history (AFGG 8,1) has a four page table listing the units of the C.E.O. at its departure on 4 March 1915. Appendix 2 has a four page breakout of the transport vessels and units aboard.

Why was the Macedonian Front established at Gallipoli?

Evacuation. The Serbian defeat in the Serbian Campaign in autumn 1915 prompted France and Britain to transfer troops from the Gallipoli Campaign to Greek Macedonia; the Macedonian Front was established to support the remnants of the Serbian army to conquer Vardar Macedonia.

What did Germany do to Britain during the Gallipoli Campaign?

The German Empire and Austria-Hungary closed the overland trade routes between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east.