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Why was it Important that the Gallipoli Campaign should succeed?
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Why was it Important that the Gallipoli Campaign should succeed?
Gallipoli is in Turkey, near the Dardanelle's. The Peninsula of Gallipoli lays in Turkey, which forms one side of the Dardanelles Straits, which is only about 45 miles long, its historic waterway links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. The campaign was started on March 18th 1915. It was started to try and knock Turkey out of the war, because they had just signed an agreement with Germany and were now attacking Russia. As well as those reasons there were many more which made it important for the campaign to succeed.
Firstly I will look at the strategic value of turkey, at Gallipoli. First of all Britain felt that Turkey needed to be knocked out of the war. As this would encourage Balkan countries around them to support us. Their help was much needed, as it would mean another front could be opened up in Austria-Hungary and it would put Germany under a huge amount of pressure, as they would now be fighting on three fronts. Also England was worried that Turkey would threaten our colonies such as India. Not just as a threat of
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