Why Gallipoli was a failure

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Mind Map on Why Gallipoli was a failure, created by adamsparkes07 on 06/01/2014.
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Why Gallipoli was a failure
  1. Planning
    1. Gallipoli was simply too far from any British supply bases and could not have therefore been able to support such a campaign
      1. There nearest supply base was in Egypt, and Britain was over 3000 miles away
      2. 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
        1. 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
        2. The British relied on outdated maps and information to organise their attack, this lead to misconceptions about the landscape and the landing sites, this lack of up to date information lead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
          1. The terrain was difficult to navigate and the en often found themselves fighting uphill against the turks, which was considerably harder.
          2. Execution
            1. 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.
              1. 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
                1. 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
                  1. This meant that the men ended up entrenching themselves which merely created another stalemate.
                    1. As a result of this entrenchment many of the men died of diseases such as dysentry, this coulee been avoided had they kept moving
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