Dardanelles Campaign

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john sefton
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Dardanelles Campaign

Post by john sefton » Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:29 pm

The naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign of the First World War were mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia. The Dardanelles Campaign began as a purely naval operation. When that failed to overcome Turkish defences, an invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula was launched in which naval forces were heavily involved. Throughout the campaign, attempts were made by submarines to pass through the Dardanelles and disrupt Ottoman Empire shipping in the Sea of Marmara.
So much has been published regarding this campaign that I am only giving the briefest summary on the site.
A great amount of detail can be found on the web:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_oper ... s_Campaign

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