The majority of the information in this post comes from the Imperial War Mueum's article on this campaign, which can be found here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-dardanelles-campaign
The Dardanelles, a narrow 60-mile-long strip of water that divides Europe from Asia, has been of great strategic significance for centuries. Carefully secured by international treaty, it was the closing of the Dardanelles that eventually brought the Ottoman Empire into the war as a German ally at the end of October 1914.
When it became clear that the campaign could not be achieved by sea power alone, troops were landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in April 1915. These were repelled with heavy losses, and by January 1916, all the allied forces had been withdrawn and the campaign was abandoned.
Over 100,000 people died in the campaign, and another 400,000 were injured, and by the end of 1915, Churchill was no longer the political head of the Royal Navy.
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A reminder of a far off war in a Glasgow graveyard. This is a memorial in the city's Sighthill Cemetery for a 26 year old Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officer who died near Achi Baba in the Dardanelles on the 4th of June 1915. The Dardanelles is one of the world's narrowest navigation straits which connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and it was the site of one of the most controversial campaigns of World War I.
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#Asian Geographical Regions of #Turkey
(neither including the western-side of the #Bosphore and #Dardanelles Strait, nor #Cyprus).
⬆️ [Higher up in 🧵] >> Early 1915: #Russia tells #EntentePartners it wants #Constantinople (now #Istanbul) & #Dardanelles; #Britain & #France reluctantly agree.
For centuries, Russia wanted access to warm water ports in the Mediterranean and fought with #Turkey for that access. It finally got one in #Syria after military intervention following #ArabSpring to prop up Bashar #Assad.
Assad's collapse threatens that Russian naval port as well as an air base.
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Intelligence update via @hanse_mina
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✧ Bouvet ✧
Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, built in the 1890s, and armed with a main battery of two 305 mm (12 in) guns and two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns in individual turrets. A top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) made her one of the fastest battleships in the world. Bouvet spent the majority of her peacetime career con...
#FrenchNavy #GallipoliPeninsula #Dardanelles #Wikipedia
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⬆️ November 1914: Anwar #Pasha of #Turkey aligns with #CentralPowers (#Germany and #Austria-#Hungary) and enters the #GreatWar.
Early 1915: #Russia tells #EntentePartners it wants #Constantinople (now #Istanbul) & #Dardanelles; #Britain & #France reluctantly agree.
#Balfour, #Churchill, & #Kitchener favor annexation of #Arabia, #Palestine, #Mesopotamia (#Iraq) from #Ottomans; #EdwardGrey opposes.
A separate #intrigue was playing out between Turkey, #Arab leaders, & #Hussein (Sharif of Mecca)
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Well I know what this week’s episode of @accordionnoir Radio will be
The #VancouverFolkFestival featured sooo many great #Accordion players, many of whom we got to meet: @squeezyjohn #Bellowhead #LostBayouRamblers #Calexico #Dardanelles #CedricWatson #TheWaterboys #RhiannonGiddens #TheJerryCans #Vilda gosh how many more? I’ll have to look back over 16 years of episodes
I hoped to do another 16 years more! 😢
Did not expect 2022 to be the last ❤️🔥🪗
https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/accordion-noir-radio-playlist-2022-07-13-festive-vancouver-international-folk/
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