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Suvla: August Offensive - Gallipoli (Paperback)
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Suvla: August Offensive - Gallipoli (Paperback)
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List price R457
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Discovery Miles 3 750
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The landing at Suvla Bay, part of the August Offensive, commenced
on the night of 6 August 1915. It was intended to support a
breakout from Anzac Beach. Despite early hopes from a largely
unopposed landing, Suvla was a mismanaged affair that quickly
became a stalemate. The newly formed IX Corps, commanded by
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stopford, failed, not for lack of
sacrifice of its New Army and Territorial's, but for failure of
generalship. Opportunities were thoughtlessly wasted due to
lethargy. Suvla not only signalled the end of Stopford and many of
his Brigadiers, but also saw the end of the Commander in Chief, Sir
Ian Hamilton. It was the beginning of the end of the Gallipoli
gamble and in its own right created a catalyst of disaster that
would come to represent the failed campaign.This book adds to the
Gallipoli story by recounting the Suvla Bay landing through a mix
of official accounts intertwined with a rich collection of the
participants' letters, diaries, personal accounts, photographs and
maps.
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