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Battle of Gallipoli

In March, 1915, Great Britain and France planned an attack on the Ottoman Empire to force them out of the war, believing it would undermine Germany. The Turks had joined the Central Powers in November 1914, but were only viewed as “a weak underbelly of those who fought the allies” –(Gallipoli History Learning Site). Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, had a plan to attack Germany’s ally, Ottoman Turkey, to take them out of the war. Allied ships began a naval assault on February 19, 1915. Six English and four French battleships went for the attack. The assault resulted in three allied battleships being sunk and three baby damaged. A new assault began on August 6. Each assault was defeated. The allies drastically underestimated the Turkish forces. The allies finally withdrew in January 1916. Churchill resigned after the defeat and went to command an infantry battalion in France. About 58,000 lost their lives in this military disaster.