num_pages: 400
description: The classic account of one of the most tragic battles in modern historyWhen Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill as First Sea Lord for the British conceived a plan of smashing through the Dardanelles, reopening the Straits to Russian shipping, and immobilizing the Turks.Although 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 vivid chronicle of adventure, suspense, agony, and heroism, Gallipoli brings to life the tragic waste in human life, the physical horror, the sheer heartbreaking folly of fighting for impossible objectives with inadequate means on unknown, unmapped terrain. 
language: English
title: Gallipoli
titlecomplete: Gallipoli
genres: Historical, War, World War I, Australia, European History, Nonfiction, Classics, Military History, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 1065
places: Gallipoli
awards: awardedAt: -441820800000
name: Duff Cooper Prize
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics