| Yes the Dardanelles was Churchill's idea and the General Idea was a good one, the problems that arose where most of the Military Planners thought the real war was being fought on the western front. The General that was put in charge had never commanded much more than a desk, he was refused his list of Generals for his staff, but they the same ones were called in to get them out of this mess. Security was at a low level and every one that was any one knew that this action would take place and know doubt that this information had been passed on to Turkey. The troops did not have full level of Naval Support or artillery support that was required for action of this size, as all the guns were being sent to western front. Like many other thing the whole action is full of ifs and we will never really know just would of happened with better planning and equipment. The one thing you can't fault is the soldiers bravery. |