Grasping Gallipoli: terrain, maps and failure at the Dardanelles, 1915

The Failure Of The Gallipoli Campaign Was Instantly Blamed On A Great Untruth – That The War Office Was Unprepared. This Book, Incorporating Information Unavailable Elsewhere, Shows That In Fact The Wo And The Admiralty Had Amassed A Huge Amount Of Data. Aerial Reconnaissance Had Played A Part – Even Lawrence Of Arabia Had Done His Bit! The War Office Knew All About Greek Plans To Capture The Peninsula And One Plan Was Even Anglo-greek. The Authors Examine All The Intelligence And How It Was Used Or Ignored And In The Process, In The Words Of The Late Richard Holmes They ‘illuminate A Wildly Beautiful Landscape, Which Never Fails To Charm And Shock Me In Equal Measure.’