Gallipoli was simply too far from
any British supply bases and
could not have therefore been
able to support such a campaign
There nearest supply base was in
Egypt, and Britain was over 3000
miles away
The British army didn't have enough resources to
open a new front, and the resources they did have
were limited and they were restricted to dated warships
and incompetent Generals
John French did not send over any of the newer British ships as he worried
they would be sunk by Turkish mines or German Submarines, additionally he
refused to send over his best generals as he thought that the war was to be
won on the western front
The British relied on outdated maps and information to
organise their attack, this lead to misconceptions about the
landscape and the landing sites, this lack of up to date
information lead them to believe that the Turks were weak when
intact a German general had taken over and had strengthened
the Turkish forces, essentially the allies were mislead
The terrain was difficult to navigate
and the en often found themselves
fighting uphill against the turks,
which was considerably harder.
Execution
The British navy decided to bombard
Gallipoli around a month before they
invaded it. This gave the Turks time to
build up their forces and create a
defence. By doing this the allies ha list
the element of surprise.
Ian Hamilton the leader of the attack wasn't even
based on the shores of Gallipoli and was intact
stationed on a ship. This meant that he couldn't
efficiently coordinate an attack furthermore
problems with technology at the time created more
communication problems between the ship and the
shore
General Stopford decided
not to gain ground once he
had landed and instead
chose to stay put instead
of moving forwards and
keeping the element of
surprise
This meant that the
men ended up
entrenching
themselves which
merely created
another stalemate.
As a result of this entrenchment many of
the men died of diseases such as
dysentry, this coulee been avoided had
they kept moving