WWI Quiz 3 Flashcards
Gallipoli Campaign
Quick Strike to Force Ottomans to Collapse; Launch of the Gallipoli Campaign- February 1915 to January 1916; Navy and Army Campaign; Significance: Proved Costly in Men and Arms, Formed ANZAC Identity, and Created Part of the Myth of Mustafa Kemal; If Victorious Other Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania Join the Entente
Mustafa Kemal
Lt. Colonel Mustafa Kemal or Ataturk Lived from 1881 to 1938; Disliked by Young Turks; Significance- Rallied Ottoman Defenders, Reached Heroic Status, Father of Modern-Day Turkey
ANZAC
Australian and New Zealand Army Corp; Formed by the British Empire between 1914 and 1918; Significance- Loss of Life in Gallipoli, Lack of British Support, and Mythologizing Heroism of ANZAC Soldiers Created Separate National Identities and ANZAC Day April 25
Ottoman Threat
could attack the Suez; Feb 1915- 5,000 Turkish Troops assault across the Sinai, Ottomans close the Black Sea; Britain needed to get rid of them to balance out the Balkans, have access to Russians, and to knock the Ottomans out of the war entirely
what is ali (ty)
cutie booty
Vid on ANZAC & Gallipoli Campaign
https://youtu.be/G4j4is5Z2Yw?si=DndA-Ffc7BdqchsR
Failure of Gallipoli
The Dardanelles was incredibly fortified with bombs and forts, so a purely navel attack was just weak; the ANZAC (first troops sent) were sent in as ground troops to capture Gallipoli peninsula (April 25) and were just obliterated; allowed Ottomans to gain confidence (Mustafa)