Why did the Gallipoli Campaign fail

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Why did the Gallipoli Campaign fail?

Brief prologue on the Gallipoli Campaign

The campaign at Gallipoli was one of the most major events, and most devastating events for the British during the First World War.  This campaign consisted of a plan put forward by Winston Churchill to break the stalemate that had built up in the war, give supplies and food to the poor Russians, and to hopefully knock Turkey out of the war altogether…  Allied troops must land on the Gallipoli peninsula and, after capturing the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople, while the navy sailed through the Dardanelles to attack from the sea, hopefully knocking Turkey out of the war.  To this day it is debated as to whether it was sensible to take this wager…

Climate, landscape and environment of the Gallipoli peninsula

The first reason which came to my mind, and is very obvious, is that, from a geographical perspective, the Turks had an advantage right from the beginning, owing to their positioning on the cliffs above the beaches.  This firstly made it impossible to attack easily, as the Anzac troops could not charge uphill, and secondly made it very easily defensible for the forces of the Turks.

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So far as the climate or weather was concerned the main problem was water.  In the summer, there was next to no water for the troops, and if there was any it was almost certainly infected, because of the impossibility of retaining any sense of hygiene.  Although this might not seem to be anything to do with the failing of the Gallipoli Campaign, it has a great deal to do with it, in my opinion.  This is because the lack of hygiene meant that soldiers became ill, and died, not from being killed in battle but from diseases.  This would cause ...

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