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This is EP 5 in our second series about WWI!
EP 1 is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
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EP 4: youtu.be/SmdnS_KNF3U
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Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations.
Why was the Battle of Gallipoli, starting in February 1915, in Turkey, so disastrous for the Allies, and in particular, Winston Churchill? How has it become such a foundational moment in the national identity of New Zealand and Australia? And, how did it transform the destiny of Turkey?
Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the worst military catastrophes of the First World War.
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0:00 Gallipoli landings cold open
1:27 Lloyds
2:52 The first reports from Gallipoli
4:05 Why Gallipoli matters to Australia, New Zealand and Turkey
5:12 Churchill and the road to disaster
10:50 The Ottoman Empire before the First World War
13:35 Why the Ottomans side with Germany
16:12 The fear of jihad and imperial humiliation
17:01 Ottoman defeat against Russia
18:13 Churchill’s obsession with Constantinople
20:03 The Dardanelles plan
21:43 Why Churchill thinks sea power can win the war
23:20 The War Council approves the scheme
26:18 Why the plan makes no military sense
27:02 Asquith, Venice Stanley and distracted leadership
28:11 Why Britain drifts into Gallipoli
30:33 Lord Fisher warns of catastrophe
33:04 The naval attack begins
36:59 Disaster for the Allied fleet
38:17 Why Britain refuses to stop
40:09 Disclosure Day
41:11 The Rest Is Football
41:38 Britain prepares to land troops
45:03 The ANZACs in Egypt
47:35 Why the troops are dangerously unprepared
48:12 The Ottomans prepare to defend Gallipoli
49:36 Rupert Brooke and the romance of Troy
52:17 Churchill begins to wobble
54:18 ANZAC Cove and Cape Helles
56:21 The ANZACs land under fire
58:36 Mustafa Kemal rallies the Turks
1:00:07 The ANZACs are driven back
1:01:54 The British land at Cape Helles
1:06:02 The River Clyde becomes a death trap
1:08:08 Heroism under Turkish fire
1:09:51 The failed push off the River Clyde
1:12:02 Hamilton tells the ANZACs to dig in
1:12:52 Gallipoli becomes the trench war Churchill wanted to avoid
1:13:15 Next time: will Churchill give up?
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
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This is EP 5 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: youtu.be/SmdnS_KNF3U
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
Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations.
Why was the Battle of Gallipoli, starting in February 1915, in Turkey, so disastrous for the Allies, and in particular, Winston Churchill? How has it become such a foundational moment in the national identity of New Zealand and Australia? And, how did it transform the destiny of Turkey?
Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the worst military catastrophes of the First World War.
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 Gallipoli landings cold open
1:27 Lloyds
2:52 The first reports from Gallipoli
4:05 Why Gallipoli matters to Australia, New Zealand and Turkey
5:12 Churchill and the road to disaster
10:50 The Ottoman Empire before the First World War
13:35 Why the Ottomans side with Germany
16:12 The fear of jihad and imperial humiliation
17:01 Ottoman defeat against Russia
18:13 Churchill’s obsession with Constantinople
20:03 The Dardanelles plan
21:43 Why Churchill thinks sea power can win the war
23:20 The War Council approves the scheme
26:18 Why the plan makes no military sense
27:02 Asquith, Venice Stanley and distracted leadership
28:11 Why Britain drifts into Gallipoli
30:33 Lord Fisher warns of catastrophe
33:04 The naval attack begins
36:59 Disaster for the Allied fleet
38:17 Why Britain refuses to stop
40:09 Disclosure Day
41:11 The Rest Is Football
41:38 Britain prepares to land troops
45:03 The ANZACs in Egypt
47:35 Why the troops are dangerously unprepared
48:12 The Ottomans prepare to defend Gallipoli
49:36 Rupert Brooke and the romance of Troy
52:17 Churchill begins to wobble
54:18 ANZAC Cove and Cape Helles
56:21 The ANZACs land under fire
58:36 Mustafa Kemal rallies the Turks
1:00:07 The ANZACs are driven back
1:01:54 The British land at Cape Helles
1:06:02 The River Clyde becomes a death trap
1:08:08 Heroism under Turkish fire
1:09:51 The failed push off the River Clyde
1:12:02 Hamilton tells the ANZACs to dig in
1:12:52 Gallipoli becomes the trench war Churchill wanted to avoid
1:13:15 Next time: will Churchill give up?
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
