Gallipoli /

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 des...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hart, Peter, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army. > Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
Great Britain. > Army. > Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
1914-1918
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.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Turquie > Gallipoli, Péninsule de.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Military campaigns
Military participation > Australian
Military participation > British
Turkey > Gallipoli Peninsula
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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