perseus
Active member
The Galipoli campaign was ludicrous plan from day one, while its objectives were admirable it was never realistically possible due to the inadequacies of logistics at the time.
It isn't hard to see that it never really had a chance when close to 1/3rd of the supply train was shipping water and it only allowed hospital space for 500 casualties (The Allies took 5000 casualties on the first day).
Hard to see why you say this Monty, wasn't it true that a little more urgency could have swept the field before the Turks had the chance to reinforce their positions? Instead the troops relaxed on the beaches and lost their window of opportunity due to a failure of command. I believe there were other opportunities as well.