Turkish Forts in Ruins. Attack on Strategic Straits To ‘Knock Turkey Out of War.’ Special to The Great War Project. (19-21 February) British warships are bombarding the ancient forts in the Dardanelles in western Turkey. The British bombardment is successful. It reduces two forts there to rubble. The Dardanelles is a very narrow strait that…
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A BRITISH PLAN TO DEFEAT THE TURKS
by Mike Shuster
Proposed British Naval Action in the Dardanelles; ‘Knock the Props Out’ From Under Turkey and Germany Special to The Great War Project (1-4 January) The terrible stalemate on the Western Front has the allies struggling to find another way to stop what now seems to be endless slaughter and force an end to the war.…
WITH TURKEY IN IT, THE WAR TURNS GLOBAL
by Mike Shuster
Churchill’s Most Bellicose Mood. From Safety of Switzerland, Lenin the Prophet. Special to The Great War Project (4-5 November) With the Turkish and Russian declarations of war, the conflict now spreads to the Middle East. And it is Winston Churchill, British First Lord of the Admiralty, who has a plan for a quick and deadly…