Lest We Forget

[matteus the inbred]

Tenacious though Turkish resistance was, in country well-suited to defence, I think the campaign was poorly executed and suffered from delays in landing, reinforcing and supplying the troops. In particular, there were incidents of landings being made on the wrong areas and similar, and poor understanding of the terrain. I don't know if it was one of those big 'might-have-beens', as I don't think it detracted from German strength on the Western Front at all, but it could have achieved most of the objectives set out for it had it been done properly.
An examination of it appears in a not-entirely-well-written book called 'Military Blunders' which I own.

All in all, a sad waste of an opportunity for which Churchill rightly took much of the blame.

[AggonyDuck]

From what I've read the preceding naval expedition was almost close to succeeding in forcing it's way to the Sea of Marmara, but they stopped a day too early and thus allowing the Turks to gather themselves.

[LeftEyeNine]

We're happy to welcome their sons and daughters. Interesting that one of the most severe field battles has been a means of introduction to each other.

Bless upon those fought and defended heroically and those that fell on foreign lands -never able to return their homes.