Dardanelles: centrepiece of British Strategy 1915?
In this presentation, Professor Eric Grove asks if the Dardanelles was the centrepiece of British Imperial Strategy in 1915, and if this campaign was 'the greatest missed opportunity of the war'.
In 1915, the Dardanelles campaign was indeed a central focus of British strategy, aiming to knock the Ottoman Empire out of World War I and open a supply route to Russia. The plan involved a naval assault on the Dardanelles Strait, followed by a land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula to capture Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). This was intended to relieve pressure on Russia, facing Ottoman forces on the Eastern Front.
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