Gallipoli - Softcover

Moorehead, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345330889 ISBN 13: 9780345330888

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1985

Synopsis

An epic of gallantry and folly -- the whole story of the most controversial campaign of modern times.

The Allied campaign against Gallipoli began in 1915 when the Turks went into World War I on Germany's side. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty in the British War Cabinet, conceived the plan of smashing through the Dardanelles with a fleet of old battleships and reopening the straits to Russian shipping.

For years the Turks had been beaten in every battle they fought, and the project stood a reasonable chance of success.

But what happened in the next nine months was a nightmare of lost opportunities, confused planning, and military incompetence.

ONE OF THE MOST STAGGERING STORIES OF WAR EVER TOLD

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About the Author:

Alan Moorehead OBE, was born in Australia in 1910, but resided in England and Italy for most of his life from 1937-83. He was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile: The White Nile and The Blue Nile. His trilogy The Desert War on the North African campaign 1940-43 in which he reported events on the frontline is still seen as a definitive account.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0345330889
• ISBN 13: 9780345330888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352