Gallipoli?

Question

HOW did the Gallipoli campaign come to an end?

Did someone surrender?
Did someone just say "lets go"

HOW??

Answer 1

The invasion was going badly for the Allies. When Bulgaria entered the war on Turkey's side, it allowed the Germans to ship heavy siege weapons through Bulgaria to help the Turks at Gallipoli. The allied trenches would have been devestated and their forces annihilated.

General Charles Monro recommended evacuation after he replaced the previous commander, who had resisted evacuation.

Answer 2

Australian,New Zealand and birtish troops pulled out gradually.
the whole thing was a disaster.

The British Government ordered an evacuation. By day, the Anzacs kept up their attacks with more Anzacs observed to be landing - by night the force was withdrawn, broken only by sporadic rifle and gunfire. On 20 December 1915, the Anzac retreat was complete, unnoticed by the Turks who continued to bombard the Anzacs' empty trenches. On 9 January 1916, the Turks carried out their last offensive on Gallipoli, revealing only that the entire force had withdrawn without casualty. The evacuation was the Allies most successful operation in Gallipoli.

A British Royal Commission into Gallipoli concluded that from the outset the risk of failure outweighed Its chances of success. The British had contributed 468,000 in the battle for Gallipoli with 33.512 killed. 7,636 missing and 78,000 wounded.

The Anzacs lost 8,000 men in Gallipoli and a further 18,000 were wounded. The Anzacs went on to serve with distinction in Palestine and on the western front in France.
Australia had a population of five million - 330,000 served in the war, 59,000 were killed.
New Zealand with a population of one million lost 18,000 men out of 110,000 and had 55000 wounded. These New Zealand figures (62%) represent the highest percentage of all units from the Anglo-Saxon world.

Answer 3

The troops were withdrawn, without many casualties.

Of course the most significant military campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula resulted in the fall of Constantinople and the end of the Eastern Roman Empire, but that was many centuries ago.

Answer 4

Jo ...which stats are correct?

http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/anecdotes/stats01.html

This site indicates the total no. of australian casulaties during WW1 was 215,585 out of an army of 331,781 (65%), however, further below, it states,

416,809 enlisted AIF (includes AFC) -- 13.43 percent of the white male population and probably about half the eligible men.


331,000 enlisted and served overseas


61,720 died (all causes)


155,000 wounded (all services)


4,044 taken POW, 397 died while captive

So what figures do you believe, even the awm govt site differs.

The http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1.htm site advises,

"For Australia, as for many nations, the First World War remains the most costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 300,000 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner".


(In relation to WW1 ... not just galiipoli)

Answer 5

after they last attempts in august allies understood that the campaingn was not gonna be successfull and the turkish side understood that they wont be able to push the allies out.Allies then made an evacuation plan which was the most succesfull plan of the campaingn,they evacuated the area in a couple of days without any losses.

Answer 6

http://user.online.be/~snelders/timeline.htm

1914


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Jul 27

Enver Pasha and the German ambassador meet secretly to talk about a Turko-German alliance


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Aug 2

The secret Turko-German alliance is signed


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Aug 3

Churchill informs the Turkish authorities that the 2 warships they had ordered in England will not be released and are confiscated by the English


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Aug 4

England declares war to Germany


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Aug 10

The German warships Goeben and Breslau steam through the Dardanelles into the Marmara. The Dardanelles are closed for Allied ships


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Oct 28-29

Three Turkish torpedo-ships with a German crew attack Odessa and the Goeben does the same at Sebastopol, a provocation to draw Turkey further into the war at Germany's side


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Nov 3-4-5-6-7

Declarations of war arrive at Constantinople from Russia, England, France, Montenegro, Japan and Belgium


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Nov 3

British ships bombard the forts of Seddulbahir and Kum Kale without causing any serious damage


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Dec 13

Lieutenant Holbrook dives in his submarine under the minefields in the Straits and sinks the old Turkish battleship Messudieh


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Dec 29

The disastrous battle of Sarikamish : of Enver's 100.000 strong army, only 18.000 survivors returned to Turkey


Hope this helps.