Gallipolis



In contradiction with most claims, I am not convinced that Gallipolis
campaign was so bad.
From my estimate leaving was the mistake.

First it was giving an easy victory to the Turks.

Second In effect getting out & moving to the Western Front caused the death
of 40,000 more young Australians killed.
By staying in Gallipolis until the end of WWI the number of killed would
have reached 20,000 rather than 60,000, since they were 8000 during the time
they fought in Gallipolis.
The Boys: The move, to the Western Front, has not been too good for the
Boys. The conditions were far worse on the Western Front, with rain &
flooded terrain, the cold, the constant bombing.
The Germans on the WF were much more active than the Turks.
The Generals: it is obvious that the generals in the Western Front were only
too pleased to see the Australians. They considered them as fresh troops,
only too willing to fight. Consequently they sent them to the fighting.

Third: the Media: it is obvious that if no attempt had proceeded there, the
media would have been first to write: "Look how obtuse the generals are, an
attack on the Dardanelle would have helped to decrease the pressure on the
WF & caused an early end of the war."

Fourth: a co-coordinated attack further away from Constantinople at a more
appropriate place, may have enabled to encircle it with more chances of
taking it.

Fifth At the time, the generals were infatuated with frontal attacks. They
send the men directly under fire of machine guns, in long distance assaults.
This was extremely costly in casualties with a very low return on the
Western Front.

Six: Connecting with the Russian army may have avoided the Bolsheviks with
70 long years of hell on the world.

Salutations


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