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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 80. 1912
A WELL PLANNED DRIVE
Able planning by the Allied high
command enabled American and
British forces TO score smashing
success and hold loss OF life al an
amazingly low figure in launching
the North African campaign.
Through long-range preparations
for occupation OF the Allan
tic and Mediterranean coasts
Of French Africa the Allies avoid
ed costly mistakes that turned a
similar campai gn-the 1915 attack
on the Dardauelles-into a major
disaster. In that drive $1,000 OF
their troops were lost and three
battleships sunk before English and
French forces finally withdrew. In
the recent African attack the loss
was 1910.
There are strong resemblances
between the present operations in
North Africa and the move against
tra Dardanelles. In both instances,
there was military stale
mate in western Europe Demands
by the Allied populace for swift Of
fensive action turned attention Of
the general STATS 10 the weaker DO
sitions OF the enemy in the Mediter-
ranean theater.
Appeals from Russia were de-
termining factors in both cases.
The Cars troops in 1915 were
pressed by the full weight Of
German offensive just as the Soviet
forces have been this year.
The swing through Africa, Ike
the assault OF the Dardaneles, was
heavily influenced by Winston
Churchill. As first lord OF the Brit
fish admiralty in World War J.
Churchill almost alone selected the
point OF attack and urged It's feasa-
bility. He also figured prominently
in the recent decision to enter
North Africa, even though he gra-
ciously intimated that President
Roosevelt sponsored the move.
Similarity OF the African and
Dardanelles campaigns is obvious
in their common detectives which
include help for Russia, new allies
among the smaller powers, defeat OF
weaker members Of the enemy's
coalition. a blockade against Ger
many and Italy by complete domi
nation OF the Mediterranean, and
preparation OF a position from
which an about attack can be
launched against the major bastion
OF enemy power
Military strategists agree that
the Gallipoli campaign at the Dard~
anelles failed because ii was not
carried out with sufficient man
power and material, but strstegical-
ly. the Dardanelles operation was
sound, in their opinion. Lack OF
proper preparation for the Gallipeli
venture is therefore regarded a.
the major factor OF difference be
tween il and the African opera
tions.
There is an excellent example OF
what careful planning can sccomp-
lish Proof is apparent in the CON
trast between. the staggering loss
OF $4,000 men at Gallipoli and the
comparatively Hight casualties sus-
tained by American forces in the
recent campaign along the African
shores.
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