The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era 1904–1919 [02] From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: The War Years: To the Eve of Jutland, 1914-1916 by Arthur J. Marder & Barry Gough

Author:Arthur J. Marder & Barry Gough [Marder, Arthur J. & Gough, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: World War I, Naval, Campaigns, Strategy, Leaders, Politics
ISBN: 9781591142607
Amazon: 1591142601
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2013-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

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The Dardanelles Operation: Execution

(FEBRUARY 1915–APRIL 1915)

(Map 7)

In an effort to satisfy the urgent needs of diplomacy, Britain’s fleet was to attempt, without the aid of a single soldier, an enterprise which in the earlier days of the war both the Admiralty and the War Office had regarded as a military task. The operation would, moreover, be many times more difficult than in the early days of the war. The Germans had already had six months in which to improve the defences of the Straits, and the minefields were continually growing. The enterprise was perhaps still capable of accomplishment, if the Government were ready to face the inevitable loss of ships. . . . But there must be no indecision, no faltering, and no delay.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL C. F. ASPINALL-OGLANDER, Military Operations, Gallipoli.

Not to persevere—that was the crime.

CHURCHILL, The World Crisis.

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