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The Final Evacuation at Gallipoli
Summary: The evacuation of Australians from Gallipoli in 1915 was a treacherous mission. The astuteness of soldiers and commanders alike, and their strength to walk away from battle and admitt defeat, made the withdrawal of troops the most successful operation of the Gallipoli campaign.
Not without irony, did the soldiers note that the most successful operation of the Gallipoli campaign was their withdrawal, conducted as it was with a shrewdness and care of planning otherwise lacking among the comandeers.
After the Lone Pine and Suvla Bay attacks in August, the allies conducted no further major offensives at Gallipoli. The bold attempt to win in the Dardanelles had little hope of success, and was reinforced by the onset of a bitterly cold winter.
November's snows froze men. More than 16000 troops suffering frostbite and exposure- including 3000 Australians, many of whom had never seen snow- were evacuated.
It had been imagined that the defeat of Turkey would enable the British and French navies to supply their Russian allies through the ice-free ports of the Crimea. Instead, Bulgaria's entry into the war on Turkey's side in October opened the Berlin-Constantinople (now Instanbul) rail line, allowing the...
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