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Record Nr.

UNINA9910651206503321

Autore

Hart Peter <1955->

Titolo

Gallipoli [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-936127-4

1-84668-161-8

1-84765-285-9

1-283-26972-4

9786613269720

0-19-983687-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Classificazione

8

Disciplina

940.426

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, New Zealand

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, British

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dodging the issue -- Navy in action -- Gathering of the forces -- Plans : countdown to disaster -- 25 April : landings at Anzac -- 25 April : landings at Helles -- 25 April : drama at V Beach -- 25 April : Kum Kale and diversions -- Anzac : the holding pen -- Helles : the real fight for Gallipoli -- Helles : writing on the wall -- New beginnings : Hamilton's plans -- August : Helles sacrifice -- August : Anzac, diversions, and breakout -- August : Suvla Bay landings -- 21 August 1915 : a useless gesture -- Should they stay or should they go? -- The beginning of the end -- Last rites at Helles -- Myths and legends -- Appendix A: A Gallipoli tour -- Appendix B: Glossary of military terms.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most famous battles in history, the WWI Gallipoli campaign began as a bold move by the British to 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 airplanes overhead--to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of



attrition that followed, it was a tragic folly destined to fail from the start. Gallipoli forced the young Winston Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal (better known as ""Ataturk""), and marked Australia's emergence