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This is EP 6 in our second series about WWI!
EP 1 is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
EP 3 is here: youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU
EP 4 is here: youtu.be/SmdnS_KNF3U
EP 5 is here: youtu.be/uHgPGuQfoyA
All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_
And for the entirety of our series about WWI: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD
After Gallipoli has descended into a bloodbath, why do the British pour in more troops? Does Churchill finally understand his fateful error? How do the allies escape the total mess they find themselves in? And, why has this failed campaign become the foundational moment of Anzac identity?
Join Dominic and Tom as they bring an end to this disastrous Gallipoli campaign and the bloody year of 1915.
Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations.
Twitter:
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@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
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0:00 — Churchill’s Gallipoli gamble becomes his lowest moment
1:22 — Lloyd’s Business and Commercial Banking
2:48 — Jack Simpson and the birth of the Anzac legend
7:24 — Churchill’s plan to force the Dardanelles
9:35 — Gallipoli becomes a deadly stalemate
12:12 — A truce to bury the dead
16:01 — The horror of life in the trenches
21:42 — Churchill comes under attack in London
24:06 — The Shell Crisis rocks the government
26:06 — Fisher’s resignation brings Churchill down
29:58 — Westminster chaos leaves Gallipoli stranded
32:34 — Churchill is forced out
36:16 — Britain doubles down on Gallipoli
38:02 — Disclosure Day
39:07 — The Rest Is Football / Netflix
39:32 — The August Offensive begins
42:15 — The Anzac breakout ends in disaster
43:55 — The mystery of the Sandringham Company
46:07 — Gallipoli becomes impossible to win
49:17 — Public opinion turns against the campaign
53:33 — Britain finally considers evacuation
54:59 — Churchill resigns and goes to the Western Front
56:14 — Winter makes Gallipoli even worse
57:18 — The evacuation succeeds
59:44 — Why Gallipoli was all for nothing
1:00:48 — Churchill’s responsibility for the disaster
1:04:49 — Gallipoli makes Mustafa Kemal
1:06:19 — Gallipoli and the Anzac myth
1:11:10 — Defending the British soldiers’ reputation
1:13:16 — Looking ahead to 1916
1:14:23 — Rest Is History Club outro
Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude
Senior Producer: Callum Hill
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley
Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts
Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko
Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko
Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan
Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy
3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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This is EP 6 in our second series about WWI!
EP 1 is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
EP 3 is here: youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU
EP 4 is here: youtu.be/SmdnS_KNF3U
EP 5 is here: youtu.be/uHgPGuQfoyA
All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_
And for the entirety of our series about WWI: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD
After Gallipoli has descended into a bloodbath, why do the British pour in more troops? Does Churchill finally understand his fateful error? How do the allies escape the total mess they find themselves in? And, why has this failed campaign become the foundational moment of Anzac identity?
Join Dominic and Tom as they bring an end to this disastrous Gallipoli campaign and the bloody year of 1915.
Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations.
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Social channels:
instagram.com/theresthistory
tiktok.com/@theresthistory
https://x.com/TheRestHistory
https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social
threads.com/@theresthistory
0:00 — Churchill’s Gallipoli gamble becomes his lowest moment
1:22 — Lloyd’s Business and Commercial Banking
2:48 — Jack Simpson and the birth of the Anzac legend
7:24 — Churchill’s plan to force the Dardanelles
9:35 — Gallipoli becomes a deadly stalemate
12:12 — A truce to bury the dead
16:01 — The horror of life in the trenches
21:42 — Churchill comes under attack in London
24:06 — The Shell Crisis rocks the government
26:06 — Fisher’s resignation brings Churchill down
29:58 — Westminster chaos leaves Gallipoli stranded
32:34 — Churchill is forced out
36:16 — Britain doubles down on Gallipoli
38:02 — Disclosure Day
39:07 — The Rest Is Football / Netflix
39:32 — The August Offensive begins
42:15 — The Anzac breakout ends in disaster
43:55 — The mystery of the Sandringham Company
46:07 — Gallipoli becomes impossible to win
49:17 — Public opinion turns against the campaign
53:33 — Britain finally considers evacuation
54:59 — Churchill resigns and goes to the Western Front
56:14 — Winter makes Gallipoli even worse
57:18 — The evacuation succeeds
59:44 — Why Gallipoli was all for nothing
1:00:48 — Churchill’s responsibility for the disaster
1:04:49 — Gallipoli makes Mustafa Kemal
1:06:19 — Gallipoli and the Anzac myth
1:11:10 — Defending the British soldiers’ reputation
1:13:16 — Looking ahead to 1916
1:14:23 — Rest Is History Club outro
Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude
Senior Producer: Callum Hill
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley
Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts
Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko
Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko
Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan
Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy
3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal
