♥Ŧ.Remembering.Everything.Forgetting.Nothing.Ŧ

Tonight. 8:30. Channel 9.

Cha.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH *breathes* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…

I’m a loser.

creideamh:

missy-m-kaulitz-xd:

creideamh:

And I haven’t even gotten to the ground attacks yet.

Gallipoli (Battle of Dardanelles)

Closing of the Dardanelles.

At the outbreak of WW1 Turkey was neutral. Germany had been most productive in forming relation ships with the Ottomans.

When the war broke out the British claimed two boats under construction for the Ottoman Empire.  In response Germany gave the gift of two new war ships the Yavuz Sultan Selim and Midilli to the Ottomans, while still operated by German crew members these ships essentially became the core of the Ottoman Navy.

Dardanelles is the strait connecting the Aegean sea to the Sea of Marmara which is connected to the Bosporus, the strait that joins the Sea of Marmara to The Black Sea.

On the 8th of September 1914 the Ottomans refused to close the Dardanelles strait to the allies despite pressure from Germany to do so.

The next day Britain withdrew all naval operations from Marmara. 19 days after that The british ordered Turkish torpedo boat to turn back from the Aegean Sea to the Dardanelles.

So Turkey joined the war in 1914, closing the Dardanelles to the Allies switching off the lighthouses and laying mines.

The closing of the Dardanelles was a major problem for Russia as the Dardanelles was the only way boats could access the Back Sea.

The Black Sea housed Russia’s only warm water port, during winter all the other ports froze over. To replenish Russia’s supplies would mean invading Turkey, taking Istanbul and the Dardanelles.

Naval Attacks on the Dardanelles.

Winston Churchill implemented a blue print for a purely naval attack.

A purely naval attack on the straits had been long recognised as a near impossible undertaking.

The straits were 65 km long and 7km wide, except for the heavily fortified Narrows where it was as narrow as 1,600m and surrounded by cliffs. Additionally the varying current and now mine fields would prove only to make the task even more difficult.

However Church requested Sir Sackville Carden (British naval commander) provide him with a proposal for a naval only offensive on the straits. Which he did.

Carden seeing that simple bombardment of the straits defences was impractical developed a 3-fold plan.

The Forts outer guns where to be neutralised by long range gunfire from battle ships out side the range of fortress guns.

Once the first step had been accomplished the Allied fleet was to progress up the straits (to the Narrows) enabling medium range artillery to takeout shore batteries. Mine sweeps would wipe out any minefields in their path.

Finally the inner forts would be destroyed.

If successful they would be able to capture Constantinople, taking Turkey out of the war.

However problems still presented themselves.

Without ground troops, taking the shoreline would not be possible and without supplies from the shore the fleet would have to return, refuel and restock.

Regardless the plan was approved by the War Cabinet

You expect me to read all that?

Nope. xD

YAYS! *sleeps*

creideamh:

And I haven’t even gotten to the ground attacks yet.

Gallipoli (Battle of Dardanelles)

Closing of the Dardanelles.

At the outbreak of WW1 Turkey was neutral. Germany had been most productive in forming relation ships with the Ottomans.

When the war broke out the British claimed two boats under construction for the Ottoman Empire.  In response Germany gave the gift of two new war ships the Yavuz Sultan Selim and Midilli to the Ottomans, while still operated by German crew members these ships essentially became the core of the Ottoman Navy.

Dardanelles is the strait connecting the Aegean sea to the Sea of Marmara which is connected to the Bosporus, the strait that joins the Sea of Marmara to The Black Sea.

On the 8th of September 1914 the Ottomans refused to close the Dardanelles strait to the allies despite pressure from Germany to do so.

The next day Britain withdrew all naval operations from Marmara. 19 days after that The british ordered Turkish torpedo boat to turn back from the Aegean Sea to the Dardanelles.

So Turkey joined the war in 1914, closing the Dardanelles to the Allies switching off the lighthouses and laying mines.

The closing of the Dardanelles was a major problem for Russia as the Dardanelles was the only way boats could access the Back Sea.

The Black Sea housed Russia’s only warm water port, during winter all the other ports froze over. To replenish Russia’s supplies would mean invading Turkey, taking Istanbul and the Dardanelles.

Naval Attacks on the Dardanelles.

Winston Churchill implemented a blue print for a purely naval attack.

A purely naval attack on the straits had been long recognised as a near impossible undertaking.

The straits were 65 km long and 7km wide, except for the heavily fortified Narrows where it was as narrow as 1,600m and surrounded by cliffs. Additionally the varying current and now mine fields would prove only to make the task even more difficult.

However Church requested Sir Sackville Carden (British naval commander) provide him with a proposal for a naval only offensive on the straits. Which he did.

Carden seeing that simple bombardment of the straits defences was impractical developed a 3-fold plan.

The Forts outer guns where to be neutralised by long range gunfire from battle ships out side the range of fortress guns.

Once the first step had been accomplished the Allied fleet was to progress up the straits (to the Narrows) enabling medium range artillery to takeout shore batteries. Mine sweeps would wipe out any minefields in their path.

Finally the inner forts would be destroyed.

If successful they would be able to capture Constantinople, taking Turkey out of the war.

However problems still presented themselves.

Without ground troops, taking the shoreline would not be possible and without supplies from the shore the fleet would have to return, refuel and restock.

Regardless the plan was approved by the War Cabinet

You expect me to read all that?

be able to hear I Came 2 Party in the same way again…