Moorehead, Alan 1910-1983 creator author. text bibliography nyu 1956 monographic eng

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384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill conceived a plan: smash through the Dardanelles, reopen the Straits to Russia, and immobilize the Turks. On the night of March 18, 1915, this plan nearly succeeded -- the Turks were virtually beaten. But poor communication left the Allies in the dark, allowing the Turks to prevail and the Allies to suffer a crushing quarter-million casualties. A chronicle of adventure, suspense, agony, and heroism, Gallipoli brings fully to life the tragic waste in human life, the physical horror, and the sheer heartbreaking folly of fighting for impossible objectives with inadequate means on unknown, unmapped terrain. Alan Moorehead. Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index. aw----- a-tu--- World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Turkey Gallipoli Peninsula Military campaigns Turkey Gallipoli Peninsula D568.3 .M78 Moorehead, Alan, 1910-1983. New York : Harper, �1956 (OCoLC)565041257 9780060130251 0060130253 56006028 731030 20250512135906.0 ocm00250936 eng