Gallipoli
About this book
'The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.' Vice Admiral P. E. Guéprette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915.One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal ('Ataturk') and marked Australia's emergence as a nation in its own right. It had begun as a bold move led by the British to ultimately capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings - which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead - to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels and from all sides - not only from Britain, Australia and New Zealand, but unusually from Turkey and France too - Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of this military disaster to a popular audience.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Dodging the Issue
- 2 Navy in Action
- 3 Gathering of the Forces
- 4 Plans: Countdown to Disaster
- 5 25 April: Landings at Anzac
- 6 25 April: Landings at Helles
- 7 25 April: Drama at V Beach
- 8 25 April: Kum Kale and Diversions
- 9 Anzac: The Holding Pen
- 10 Helles: The Real Fight for Gallipoli
- 11 Helles: Writing on the Wall
- 12 New Beginnings: Hamilton’s Plans
- 13 August: Helles Sacrifice
- 14 August: Anzac, Diversions and Breakout
- 15 August: Suvla Bay Landings
- 16 21 August 1915: A Useless Gesture
- 17 Should They Stay or Should They Go?
- 18 The Beginning of the End
- 19 Last Rites at Helles
- 20 Myths and Legends
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: A Gallipoli Tour
- Appendix B: Glossary of Military Terms
- Index
- Plates
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