Military books on the Gallipoli campaign and the Dardanelles. These historical books on Gallipoli published by leading military publishers in stock for immediate delivery.

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Gallipoli by Alan Moorhead

In 1915 the Gallipoli campaign was designed to break the deadlock in the muddy trenches of the Western Front by forcing the Dardanelles, capturing Constantinople, knocking Turkey out of the war and bringing supplies and arms to the Russians for their immense German front. It was a costly failure.

Using private papers as well as official records, Alan Moorehead recreates with extraordinary vividness the drama of Gallipoli with its tragic hesitations and missed opportunities. He describes the heroism of the British and Anzac troops who were hemmed within a few terrible acres of beach and hillside and permanently under shellfire. His sympathetic account provided the basis for the film Gallipoli, and won the first Duff Cooper Prize for Literature.

Book serial number W43. Price £5.99. Fully illustrated paperback with 320 pages.

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Defeat at Gallipoli by Nigel Steel & Peter Hart

The battle for Gallipoli was officially described as 'one of the world's classic tragedies' and in Defeat at Gallipoli the participants tell the full story of the failed offensive through contemporary accounts and memories recorded in later life. The bitter campaign against the Turks from April 1915 to January 1916 was ill-conceived, inadequately equipped and never likely to succeed. The bravery and resilience of the troops drawn from the United Kingdom, from the dominions of the Empire, from France and her African colonies, in the face of disease and violent death is shown in their letters, diaries and recorded memories which recall the sordid reality of the campaign. Linking together these experiences, Nigel Steel and Peter Hart provide a new insight into the lives of the soldiers involved and a powerful, moving account of a doomed campaign.

Book serial number BK57. Price £10. Paperback with 480 pages including black and white photographs.  sold out

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