WWI Quiz 3 Flashcards

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Gallipoli Campaign

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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

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Mustafa Kemal

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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

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ANZAC

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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

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Ottoman Threat

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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

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what is ali (ty)

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cutie booty

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Vid on ANZAC & Gallipoli Campaign

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https://youtu.be/G4j4is5Z2Yw?si=DndA-Ffc7BdqchsR

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Failure of Gallipoli

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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)

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