"How The Most Daring Plan Of WWI Turned Into..." Topic

…a military disaster.

"This coming Sunday marks the centenary of one of WWI's most infamous campaigns: Gallipoli. It was an audacious attempt by the Entente to break the European deadlock with a master stroke. Instead, it quickly turned into a hellish ordeal and a resounding defeat. Here's why Gallipoli seemed like a good idea at the time – and why it was doomed to fail.

With the war along the Western Front at a standstill in early 1915, allied leaders were looking for ways to break the stalemate. Many were worried that the deadlock might be permanent. Lord Kitchener, the British secretary of state for war, reluctantly conceded that operations needed to be established elsewhere…"
Full article here
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Amicalement
Armand

Thanks, Armand,

… and a national-identity-building 'myth!'

Commemoration of the Gallipoli landings has hit fever-pitch in Australia. And, rightly so.

There have been some great photographs published, but here is a recent effort I have liked a lot: link

Cheers cobber!
Alan

Yep, the debacle that was at least partly responsible for the success of D-Day in 1944. It scared the $^&* out of Young Mister Churchill, gave him a political set-back and haunted him for the rest of his days, so he made very, very sure that the Normandy Landings were not going off until everything was worked out and practiced for years.

I suspect that Dieppe was also an attempt to convince the U.S. and the Russians that they had to wait for everything to be just right. Cost a lot of Canadians at the time but probably saved more lives in the long run.

Interestingly, with the public release of the Dieppe-related war diaries
it seems the purpose of the raid was to steal an Enigma machine and the associated documentation.

Robert

Glad you enjoyed it boys.
Thanks for share Alan! (smile)

Amicalement
Armand