TY - BOOK AU - HAYTHORNTHWAITE Philip J TI - Gallipoli 1915: frontal assault on Turkey SN - 0855321114 (pbk.) PY - 1991/// CY - London PB - Osprey KW - GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN KW - GALLIPOLI EXPEDITION OF 1915 KW - WINSTON CHURCHILL KW - TURKISH EMPIRE KW - FIRST WORLD WAR KW - SUPPLY ROUTE KW - HIGHER COMMANDERS KW - ALLIED FORCES N2 - The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. The campaign is characterised by the military incompetence of the higher commands, particularly the Allies ER -