Why was it important that the Gallipoli campaign should succeed?
Why was it important that the Gallipoli campaign should succeed?
The Gallipoli campaign was thought to be a much need breakthrough for the Allies at the time when on the western front was stuck in stalemate with many casualties and little progress being made it was thought that the allies could open up a new line of attack on the central powers and kill any threat from Turkey.
The allies' thought that Turkey was the weakest link of the central powers so would be the easiest to topple. As Lloyd George said they were the 'props under Germany' but later found to be false.
The Gallipoli campaign was a much needed was a much needed breakthrough for the allies as the Russians who were fighting already on the eastern front were short on supplies and suffering great loses. Without the Russians fighting in the east the allies would face a greater chance of lose in the west as all of the central powers forces could be directed in the west, which would put even more pressure on the slowly diminishing allied forces. The allies hoped that with success in Gallipoli would open up an all year round much need shipping route to Russia as the only other route was in the north and would freeze for much of the winter and cut off Russia from supplies. Therefore the route through the Dardanelles was needed to be open to the allies to send Russia much needed supplies are avoid the collapse of Russia and there exit from the war. The situation became worse as Turkey began to attack Russia in the Caucasus.
The Gallipoli campaign was thought to be a much need breakthrough for the Allies at the time when on the western front was stuck in stalemate with many casualties and little progress being made it was thought that the allies could open up a new line of attack on the central powers and kill any threat from Turkey.
The allies' thought that Turkey was the weakest link of the central powers so would be the easiest to topple. As Lloyd George said they were the 'props under Germany' but later found to be false.
The Gallipoli campaign was a much needed was a much needed breakthrough for the allies as the Russians who were fighting already on the eastern front were short on supplies and suffering great loses. Without the Russians fighting in the east the allies would face a greater chance of lose in the west as all of the central powers forces could be directed in the west, which would put even more pressure on the slowly diminishing allied forces. The allies hoped that with success in Gallipoli would open up an all year round much need shipping route to Russia as the only other route was in the north and would freeze for much of the winter and cut off Russia from supplies. Therefore the route through the Dardanelles was needed to be open to the allies to send Russia much needed supplies are avoid the collapse of Russia and there exit from the war. The situation became worse as Turkey began to attack Russia in the Caucasus.
