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Grasping Gallipoli - Terrain, Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915 (Paperback)
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Grasping Gallipoli - Terrain, Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915 (Paperback)
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The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a
great untruth - that the War Office was unprepared for Dardanelles
operations and gave Sir Ian Hamilton little in the way of maps and
terrain intelligence. This myth is repeated by current historians.
The Dardanelles Commission became a battleground of accusation and
counter-accusation. This book, incorporating much previously
unpublished material, demonstrates that geographical intelligence
preparations had indeed been made by the War Office and the
Admiralty for decades. They had collected a huge amount of terrain
information, maps and charts covering the topography and defences,
and knew a great deal about Greek plans to capture the Gallipoli
Peninsula. At least one plan was Anglo-Greek! Much of this
material, which is here identified and evaluated, was handed over
to Hamilton's Staff. Additional material was obtained in theatre
before the landings, T. E. Lawrence playing a part. This book,
which is the first to examine the intelligence and mapping side of
the Dardanelles campaign, looks closely at its terrain, and
describes the production and development of new operations maps,
and clarifies whether the intelligence was properly processed and
efficiently used. It also examines the use of aerial photos taken
by the Royal Naval Air Service during the campaign, and charting,
hydrographic and other intelligence work by the Royal Navy.
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