{"id":102573,"date":"2026-10-04T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=102573"},"modified":"2026-10-03T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:27:13","slug":"why-the-allies-lost-the-battle-of-gallipoli-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/why-the-allies-lost-the-battle-of-gallipoli-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c7ANy_reF5s?si=NfwelVmsZ62ZIZXY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 8 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>On April 25, 1915 Australian, British, New Zealand and French forces landed at the mouth of the Dardanelles to capture the Gallipoli peninsular and march on Constantinople. But the Ottoman defenders, including legendary officer Mustafa Kemal, held firm and the Battle of Gallipoli would last for 7 bloody months.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nBroadbent, Harvey. &#8220;Desperate Defence&#8221;. In <em>Defending Gallipoli<\/em>. Melbourne University Press, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Veterans&#8217; Affairs. &#8220;Australians on Gallipoli After the August Offensive&#8221;. <em>Anzac Portal<\/em>. Last updated June 30, 2022. Accessed October 14, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFo3ZmgtZXB2RGFUVFVBUTJjV0dVQ1RqdzdCQXxBQ3Jtc0trbEZHMnFPQ19vZFlEZUVjZEFQb0ZuWHZ0THBoUUxNYjlkUHpOWXpqVXBqbEhjN2VOdU9TMlU4OUxGOTdmRTZiNVc0ZGJYLThPM0FtdE1mYm1zSlp0RTA4MGdfTTB1d1R5OW1XQ2dtQ0FMaHFzQlRtaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fanzacportal.dva.gov.au%2Fwars-and-missions%2Fww1%2Fwhere-australians-served%2Fgallipoli%2Fafter-august-offensive&#038;v=c7ANy_reF5s\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/anzacportal.dva.gov.au\/wars-a&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erickson, Edward J.: &#8220;Strength against Weakness. Ottoman military Effectiveness at Gallipoli, 1915&#8221;, in: <em>The Journal of Military History<\/em> 65\/4 (2001).<\/p>\n<p>Ferreira, Sylvain. <em>L&#8217;exp\u00e9dition fran\u00e7aise aux Dardanelles<\/em>. LEMME edit, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Hart, Peter. <em>Gallipoli<\/em>. Oxford University Press, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Hart, Peter. <em>The Great War 1914-1918<\/em>. Profile Books, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Leonhard, J\u00f6rn. <em>Die B\u00fcchse der Pandora. Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges<\/em>. CH Beck, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Macleod, Jenny. <em>Gallipoli<\/em>. Oxford University Press, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Pegler, Martin. <em>Sniping in the Great War<\/em>. 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, Chris. <em>The Landing at ANZAC 1915<\/em>. Big Sky Publishing, 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Uyar, Mesut, and E.J. Erickson. <em>A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atat\u00fcrk<\/em>. Bloomsbury Academic, 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Uyar, Mesut. <em>The Ottoman Army and the First World War<\/em>. Routledge, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Uyar, Mesut. <em>The Ottoman Defence Against the ANZAC Landing: 25 April 1915<\/em>. Big Sky Publishing, 2015.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMotion Design: Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nChannel Design: Yves Thimian<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. 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