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1 online resource (364 pages) |
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Summary |
The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth—that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part—even Lawrence of Arabia had done his bit! The War Office knew all about Greek plans to capture the peninsula, and one plan was even Anglo-Greek. The authors examine all the intelligence and how it was used or ignored and in the process, in the words of the late Richard Holmes, they "illuminate a wildly beautiful landscape, which never fails to charm and shock me in equal measure." |
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System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
HISTORY / Military / World War I.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Cartography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Doyle, Peter, 1960- illustrator.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Chasseaud, Peter. Grasping Gallipoli. Staplehurst : Spellmount, 2005. 1862272832 (DLC)2006274843 |
ISBN |
9780750963572 (e-pub) |
Standard No. |
9780750963572 |
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